I have been trying to learn about equity in education recently. The always-reliable Wikipedia says, Educational equity depends on two main factors. The first is fairness, which implies that factors specific…
Progressives, led by President Obama, continue to push for an increase in the government-mandated minimum wage. They want employers to be forced to pay a “living wage.” Dr. Roy Cordato,…
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with University of Missouri-Saint Louis economist David Rose about capitalism and fairness. John Hood’s Daily Journal distinguishes between North Carolina’s…
Thomas Sowell‘s latest column posted at Real Clear Politics pokes holes in arguments about the lack of “fairness” in American society. It seems as if, everywhere you turn these days,…
We’re hearing and reading a lot about “fairness” these days and, this weekend, I came across a passage that jumped out at me. It’s from The Road To Freedom by…
In this excellent post, Mary Theroux (Independent Institute) writes about the increasing brazenness of “progressives” in arguing that as long as they get their way, concepts such as fairness and…
Kudos to the student at the University of California-Merced who, through this video, showcased the intellectual dishonesty of fellow students who say it would be unfair to force them to…
Thomas Sowell’s column today is especially sharp. He considers the deceptive way that statist politicians like Barack Obama use the term. The deception arises when they talk about the troubles…
Another lesson in responsibility and fairness from sports. No fingerpointing. No recriminations. Just good sportsmanship and grace all around.
Bashing bad ideas from the White House and Capitol Hill is one thing. Nina Easton realizes, and explains in her latest Fortune column, that Republicans also must rebuild support for…
Not too long ago I argued that fairness as a standard of decision making?especially in public policy? needed to be dumped. For those same reasons and more, it definitely does.…
In a Newsweek article with the headline ?Women: Truly the Fairer Sex,? Dahlia Lithwick offers the case for the preferability of female jurists: Men, the theory goes, prefer their law…