In addition to the Center for Equal Opportunity’s speaking on campuses and other venues, media outreach, and general research and writing (in National Review Online, Commentary Magazine, The New York Times, and other magazines, newspapers, and publications), here are just a few highlights of CEO’s work this past year.  An overarching point:  Last year, we hired former Reagan administration official, author, and prominent affirmative action critic, Terry Eastland, as our new senior fellow. He has been working on a variety of anti-preference projects, joining forces with CEO research fellow Althea Nagai, who published an important article on microaggressions and critical …

Last month the Washington Post published my response to an op-ed written by one of its columnists, Michael Gerson, on felon voting.  Here’s what I wrote: “If you’re not willing to follow the law yourself, then you should not have a role in making the law for everyone else, which is what you do, directly or indirectly, when you vote.  Mr. Gerson implied that Florida’s law was racially motivated, but a federal court of appeals ruled [[11-1] in 2005 that it was not.  “We have certain minimum, objective standards of responsibility and commitment to our laws that we require before entrusting …

Two items in the news recently highlight the creepiness of racial preferences. First, do you think it’s a good idea for medical schools to consider race, instead of simply who’s the best qualified, in deciding whom to admit?  To put it another way, would you like it if you knew your doctor might have been admitted in part for some reason other than his or her likely ability to become a good doctor? I explained to a reporter why such preferential treatment is a bad idea, and am quoted in this article.   Here’s the full response I emailed to …

A few weeks ago on National Review Online, where I’m a contributing editor, there was a good exchange among David French, Reihan Salam, and yours truly, begun by David’s post, “There’s a Need for More Constructive Conservatism on Race.”  Below are my responses, first to David, and then to Reihan, who had replied to me. *          *          * Thanks for your post, David. I’d offer a few thoughts. First, the principal reason for the stubbornness of racial disparities in this country is family structure — i.e., out-of-wedlock birthrates. About seven out of ten African Americans are born out-of-wedlock, more than …

Next week, on September 4, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin its hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to fill retired Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court.  One item that has drawn some attention, and will doubtless draw additional attention at the hearings, is a brief the Mr. Kavanaugh helped author for the Center for Equal Opportunity and other clients before the Supreme Court in 1999.  You can read that brief here. We thought that, as a CEO supporter, you might be interested in the Washington Post article excerpted below, which discusses that brief and what it …