Legal Commentary

Even In The Guardian ... !

Michael Lind has an excellent piece in the Guardian opposing race-based affirmative action. (Yes, you read that right, the Guardian.) Read it.

Lind has always been a young man in a hurry ? at times, apparently in a hurry to try on the outfits of as many different political persuasions as possible. Reviewing one of his books several years ago, Michael Barone pithily described him as ?a young man full of learning, information, humor ? and himself.?

Lind is less young now, but that description still seems to fit. To his credit, however, he?s been a consistent critic of government imposed racial classifications and patronage for a number of years, no matter what political hat he was wearing. This latest article continues the tradition, and is especially welcome given the place it appears.

Full post as published by Discriminations on April 10, 2008 (boomark / email).