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Answering Peggy Noonan: Why Sotomayor Should Withdraw
I enjoyed your latest on the proper response by Republicans to Judge Sotomayor’s nomination. As always, thought provoking. You raised a serious point in citing Newt Gingrich’s remark that the Judge is a racist, asking, “Does anyone believe that?” Between us, I have to say the answer is “yes” — I do believe it. Continue reading
Into the Trap With Open Eyes
President Obama’s choice of Judge Sonia Sotomayor was not cynical; she exactly mirrors his judicial philosophy of “empathy.” But it is still a trap. Yet Republicans must still enter the trap — with open eyes and no expectation of gain — not to defeat a nominee but to maintain a principle. Continue reading
Motion to Sotomayor: Race shouldn't matter
What would happen if I began a column about the corrosive effects of government-sanctioned racism with the following idiotic idea?
“I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than an African-American or Latino who hasn’t lived that life.” Continue reading
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‘Empathy’ in Action
Empathy for particular groups can be reconciled with equal justice under law only with smooth words. But not in reality. Continue reading
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