David A. Love Posts

The race-baiting from the right has begun in the Chris Lane shooting case. GOP bloggers and radio personalities claim Obama's relative silence is de facto evidence of his anti-white bias. This, though one of the suspects in custody is white, and the tragedy as a whole speaks more to the violent tendencies of a gun-friendly society, regardless of race.

With the imminence of yet another affirmative action decision by the Supreme Court, the oft-misunderstood and always-controversial law deserves a fresh examination of its merit and importance for all of America. Unfortunately, the balance that affirmative action aims to bring to the American workforce is needed now, perhaps more than ever.

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor told the Chicago Tribune about her buyer’s remorse over the 5-4 decision, which put the brakes on the Florida vote recount in the epic 2000 presidential election, in the contest between then-Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice president Al Gore.

“Obviously the court did reach a decision and thought it had to reach a decision,” she said. “It turned out the election authorities in Florida hadn’t done a real good job there and kind of messed it up. And probably the Supreme Court added to the problem at the end of the day.”