MSW: Links for 4/2/19

MSW: Links for 4/2/19
Affirmative action should happen to sort the middle after the best candidates are selected and the worst excluded. If the selected candidates are more than the number of admissions or promotions select by lottery.

Actually knowing the history and politics of Israel and a commitment to minority rights are as important in dealing with Israel. Either make Palestinians full members if society or create an Israeli Arab and Palestinian state apart from Israel. No more settlements or use of Palestinians as cheap labor. Recognizing their rights is not antisemitic. Quit assuming it is. THAT is racist. It is as bad as MAGA insisting that talking about race is racism. Bernie is a Jew. By definition, he cannot be anti-Semitic. This also applies to the UK. The Holocaust is not an excuse for official hatred of Palestinians. Just the opposite. I sense a neoconservative theme in today's links.

Gay clergy are not abusers. Let them be out and proud and see who the abusers really are. The way to end clericalism is to ordain women and the married and let priests marry.

The first edition of Musings from the Religious Left was for sale online in 2004. The current title is Conscience of a Catholic Radical, although the old title is available in paperback. Conscience of a Catholic Radical https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HWWVN49/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Km6OCb971JJJ9

Mayor Pete and Beto need to run for Governor and give a joint Keynote in Milwaukee.

The fetal heartbeat bill is not constitutional. States do not have the power to diverge from the 14th Amendment. That is why we have such an Amendment. This issue is about the power of states, not the unborn.

It is not pandering to give voice to major party subgroups, especially if they were or are past victims of official discrimination based on group identity and no, this says nothing about the unborn having rights against the interest of their mothers.