Desiree Rogers and Fort Hood: The Case For Affirmative Action

When Mark Todd brought down the Fort Hood shooter, his image and his name were withheld and another was credited with his achievement. When secret service employees failed to follow protocol, even after the Secret Service Director accepted responsibility, Desiree Rogers...

Rethinking affirmative action

" According to the latest data available, Latino students such as Araque account for 27 percent of the California State University's systemwide enrollment. At University of California campuses, figures are lower. Black students, meanwhile, make up even smaller percentages of...

US Election Day 2008 Aftermath: What Passed? What Was Shot Down?

US Election Day 2008 was could be considered one of the most intense days out of 2008. That day was filled with excitement, tension, emotion, and anxiety. At the end, the new US President-elect was Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. He had...

Thousands of tribesmen protest in Delhi

Thousands of India's Gujjar tribesmen are protesting near Delhi.  They are blocking key roads into Delhi and fighting in the streets with police.  They demand affirmative action quotas for their communities."Tens of thousands of paramilitary troops and policemen...

Political Correctness Perceived as Democracy by BC. New Democratic Party (NDP)

Altered states of political correctness are now guiding the bastions of democracy in British Columbia. An affirmative-action policy is to  be introduced in five ridings at the next election according to the New Democratic Party's decision to...

NDP sets controversial new affirmative-action policy

The NDP, or New Democratic Party, is a left-leaning provincial party in British Columbia. Their new policy to ensure gender equality and minority representation within the party is causing a stir."VANCOUVER -- B.C. New Democrats quickly came under Liberal fire yesterday for...

CU and the Churchill Affair: how did this happen in the first place?

"The wait is over and the inevitable has happened: the University of Colorado yesterday formally dismissed Professor Ward Churchill. If Churchill is guilty of academic dishonesty, then he needed to go. However, it's a huge mistake to see the Churchill case exclusively in...

Report Identifies Institutional Racism in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

While opponents of affirmative action acknowledge the existence of individual acts of bigotry in the United States, they insist that institutional racism no longer exists in this country. However, a recent report documents continuing systematic unfair treatment based on...

Thoughts on the injustice done to males in our society

"It’s time for a nice rant on the injustice done to the males in our society. One particular voice stood out to me while reading Men’s News Daily. Mr. Mirwalk was saying exactly what I was pondering myself this morning. Do any of you find it strange that the...