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On Reparations: John F. Kennedy vs. Robert F. Kennedy May. 27, 2021
When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly ... Read More
A City Opts To Pay Racial Reparations Mar. 14, 2021
Difficult tasks often don't get done, because they are, well, difficult. It's easier to ignore them,... Read More
Some Final Thoughts on Reparations Mar. 11, 2021
How would reparations be funded? Conservative writer Michael Medved estimates that only 5% of white... Read More
The Case Against Reparations: Part 2 Mar. 04, 2021
With reparations, there is the issue of who pays. Do African countries owe reparations to Black Amer... Read More
The Case Against Reparations: Part 1 Feb. 25, 2021
Last week, I testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitutio... Read More
Reparations Don't Buy Justice, Dignity or Freedom Feb. 24, 2021
The issue of reparations to Black Americans as payment for damage done as a result of years of legal... Read More
Hard Conversations Nov. 15, 2020
I have never been a fan of confrontation. I learned to get out of daunting social situations over ti... Read More
The Great Recession: 'Reparations' Gone Bad Jan. 09, 2020
Some of the Democratic candidates for president support studying reparations to blacks to compensate... Read More
Why Reparations Talk Is Harmful Sep. 20, 2019
Three Democratic candidates for president, Julian Castro, Cory Booker and Marianne Williamson, have ... Read More
What Reparations Opponents Get Wrong Jun. 27, 2019
Among many Americans, the founding of the republic and the drafting of the Constitution are as vivid... Read More
Reparations for Slavery Jun. 26, 2019
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery. ... Read More
Will Joe Repudiate His Segregationist Friends? Jun. 21, 2019
"Apologize for what? Cory should apologize. He knows better. There's not a racist bone in my body." ... Read More
Media Matters' Fake-News Pro-Slavery Headline Apr. 25, 2019
In journalism, a "lede" is the introductory section of a news story, intended to entice the reader i... Read More
Some Things to Ponder Apr. 17, 2019
There's a push to change laws to permit both criminals serving time and ex-criminals the right to vo... Read More
Must the West Beg the World for Forgiveness? Mar. 29, 2019
As the Democratic Party quarrels over reparations for slavery, a new and related issue has arisen, r... Read More
To Pay for Reparations, Will Democrats Sue Themselves? Mar. 07, 2019
After the election and re-election of the country's first black president, who would have thought th... Read More
Left's Latest Demand: Race-Based Reparations Feb. 26, 2019
Having embraced "Medicare-for-all," free college tuition and a Green New Deal that would mandate an ... Read More
Slavery Reparations Jun. 18, 2014
Calls for slavery reparations have returned with the publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for ... Read More
Reparations for Blacks? May. 30, 2014
In the latest of periodic revivals of the argument that the United States ought to issue reparations... Read More
