Race and Banking II
My comment letter on proposed changes to Regulation B, cosigned by Ward Connerly, is available here. As I said before, "voluntary" data collection is probably going to be approved by the Fed, so this...
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Stand Down!
This afternoon I joined "Stand Down: the Left-Right Blog Opposing an Invasion of Iraq" mentioned on the blogs of Julian Sanchez, Gene Healy, Radley Balko, Cal Ulmann and others. Thanks to Cal for bringing...
Race and Banking
The Federal Reserve's misguided attempt to revise Regulation B is going to be considered very soon, likely tomorrow. This 1999 proposal would "allow" financial institutions to collect information about the "race", color, religion, national...
Iraq and Let’s Roll
If you live under a rock and haven't yet read Radley's soul baring post on how he came off the fence regarding war with Iraq, go check it out. It's worth the read. My...
Cosmic Critics
I stumbled across this ridiculous posting in the About.com "Race Relations" discussion forum. I love when people take something I wrote, post an excerpt and then claim that the posted words mean something other...
Senator Wellstone
Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone died today in a plane crash along with his wife, daughter, 3 campaign staffers and 2 pilots. Links: ABC News CBS News CNN FOX News MSNBC The Washington Post
For The Best (Or Not) II
From a DelphiForums.com discussion forum I sometimes visit: blackgold51 said: I posted an article, "For Better Or Worse," written by an older black man, whose wife is white, who has experience being in an...
Have You Seen Me?
I've been designated a "man of interest" by the joint sniper task force. I may be responsible for 13 heartless and unprovoked shootings in the DC Metropolitan area. I may have information germane to...
Sniper Horror Over
Did this morning seem lighter? Brighter? Did everyone on the Metro look a little more at ease? I believe so. Now we can get back to worrying about terrorists…
Snipers and Kindergarteners
Earlier this week, my little boy (five) told me that "a sniper is out in woods shooting at people." (sigh) I asked him where he heard that from, figuring a classmate told him or...