For black politicians, civil rights organizations and white liberals to support the racist practices of the University of Michigan amounts to no less than a gross betrayal of the civil rights principles of our historic struggle from slavery to the final guarantee of constitutional rights to all Americans. Indeed, it was practices like those of the University of Michigan, but against blacks, that were the focal point of much of the civil rights movement.

Government schools can go for decades delivering low-quality services, and what's the result? The people who manage it earn higher pay. It's nearly impossible to fire the incompetents. And, taxpayers, who support the service, are given higher tax bills.

Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists.

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow.

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.

If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma.