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The joy of Tokenism: or if not joy, something ...(comments on political conservatism)(Column)
YEARS ago, Henry Kissinger invited Bill Buckley to speak to his students at Harvard, in order, said Bill, to exhibit to them one of the more "exotic specimens in the American political zoo."
We conservatives are more familiar now than we were then, but we still give off a whiff of exoticism--in certain quarters.
Recently, I was invited to attend a Renaissance Weekend. These are the famous conclaves associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton. Founded 25 years ago by another couple, Phil and Linda Lader, the weekends include people from many walks of life, talking about a variety of subjects on a slew of panels. In response to the Renaissance phenomenon, ...
- Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Stanford Law Review Sterba, James P. November 1, 2004 700+ words
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AROUND THE WORLD: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY. By Thomas...2004. INTRODUCTION I. SOWELL'S DEFINITION OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION II. SOWELL'S HISTORY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES A. Relevant Legislative...
- Affirmative Action
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Management January 1, 2009 700+ words
Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a descriptive phrase for policies and programs designed...disadvantaged groups, including women and African Americans. Affirmative action plans exist in the private and public sectors and involve...
- Affirmative-action debates slipping into electoral morass. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Stevenson, Brenda E. February 8, 1995 700+ words
...Brenda E. Stevenson Thanks in part to affirmative action, I have suffered comparatively few...volatile political sandbox of today's affirmative-action debate. Today's conflict is born...Department under President Reagan and sees affirmative action as a force in the 1996 general ...
- Affirmative action debate heats up
- Newspaper article from: International Examiner Scott Watanabe April 4, 1995 700+ words
...International Examiner 04-04-1995 Affirmative action debate heats up. Affirmative action has become a political wedge issue...which would have dismantled the states affirmative action laws, Washington has been plunged...
- Affirmative Action: Myth and Reality
- Newspaper article from: Precinct Reporter Tom Melsenhelder May 4, 1995 700+ words
...Melsenhelder Precinct Reporter 05-04-1995 Affirmative Action: Myth and Reality. Affirmative action is a set of public and private sector...even a cursory look at the facts of affirmative action (summarized by researchers Cedric...
- Affirmative Action: Theatrics . . .
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Robert J. Samuelson August 9, 1995 700+ words
...opposite of what he is doing. On affirmative action, he deplores those who "play politics...Clinton exactly. His eager embrace of affirmative action guarantees that it will foment racial...critical examination. As a result, affirmative action now involves political theater more...
- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Dispelling the Myths About Affirmative Action
- Magazine article from: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Couretas, John March 15, 1996 700+ words
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Dispelling the Myths About Affirmative Action. When the National People of Color Student Coalition...summer of 1995 on the politically charged topic of affirmative action, organizers could not have foreseen how prescient...
- Affirmative action.
- Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal Rubenfeld, Jed November 1, 1997 700+ words
Affirmative action is so burning it's boring...the name of California's affirmative-action-killing referendum, the...Initiative." Exhibit B: the term "affirmative action." Exhibit C: "I oppose affirmative...
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