How often have we heard it said by conservative pundits and talk radio personalities that unemployed Americans are inclined to refuse menial work, apparently content to accept government handouts? The list of supposed "shall nots" are numerous: Americans won't bus tables, clean hotel rooms, harvest crops and, in general, bust our chops. On the flip side, …
Tag: discrimination
If Justice is Blind, Sotomayor is Anything But
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's controversial comment reveals a competing priority. Does someone who so openly esteems one ethnic or gender group's potential over another belong on the bench?