August 11, 2026

Time to end race preference policies in higher education

Perhaps it’s time that we acknowledge that the affirmative action policies of institutions of higher education, often excused as pursuing diversity for diversity’s sake, are actually doing more harm than good. First emerging during the 1960s, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson signed executive orders calling for “affirmative action” by government employers to prevent discrimination based on […]

Proposition 8 overturned; next stop, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Just moments ago, the Judge Vaughn Walker of the  US District Court for the Northern District of California overturned Proposition 8, declaring it unconstitutional.  And, predictably per their promise, the legal team defending Prop 8 has sought a stay pending appeal.   In court papers filed Tuesday night, lawyers for the Proposition 8 defense team asked […]