So George W. Bush is a good guy now? One wonders how many Americans had a queasy feeling in their stomachs last weekend when the 43rd president spoke at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Although Bush did sign the bipartisan (!) legislation clearing the path […]
Boston Latin School
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The Fox News Channel’s Culture of Chauvinism
Two weeks ago, I noted the 25th anniversary of President George H. W. Bush’s notorious nomination of Clarence Thomas to replace Justice Thurgood Marshall on the United States Supreme Court. You may recall this anecdote from Jeffrey Toobin’s 1993 New Yorker profile of Thomas: Thomas can no longer take runs along the [National] Mall, as […]
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You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
And now, an update on the high-profile controversy surrounding reports of rampant racism at the renowned Boston Latin School (from which this author graduated in 1995): I was thrilled to hear of the selection of former Boston Latin headmaster Michael Contompasis as interim headmaster (a permanent replacement for Lynne Mooney Teta, who stepped down in […]
