Today’s Wall Street Journal has a hard-hitting editorial on the bill being pushed by Hawaii’s Senator Akaka (and with a lot of support in Congress) that would give special rights to “native Hawaiians.”

This is a terrible idea, another step along the “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” path the US has been following for decades. The idea that anyone should have either more or fewer rights than others because of his characteristics or circumstances is perilous.