Without A High Pain Threshold, You Can't

I Am Trying To Be Honest With You And It Hurts Me. Now.

What Happened To Us In September, 2001, Is A Microcosmic But Painful And Powerful Example Of The Fact We Live In An Inter-dependent World That Is Not Yet An Integrated Global Community.

The Purpose Of Affirmative Action Is To Give Our Nation A Way To Finally Address The Systemic Exclusion Of Individuals Of Talent On The Basis Of Their Gender, Or Race From Opportunities To Develop, Perform, Achieve And Contribute. Affirmative Action Is An Effort To Develop Systematic Approach To Open The Doors Of Education, Employment, And Business Development Opportunities To Qualified Individuals Who Happen To Be Members Of Groups That Have Experienced Long-standing And Persistent Discrimination.

We've Had Periods Of Meanness In American Politics. Actually, The Dawn Of Partisan Division In America Was Basically In George Washington's Second Term, When It Was Obvious That He Would Be The First And Only Consensus President.

It Turns Out That Advancing Equal Opportunity And Economic Empowerment Is Both Morally Right And Good Economics. Why? Because Discrimination, Poverty And Ignorance Restrict Growth. We Know That Investments In Education, Infrastructure And Scientific And Technological Research Increase Growth. They Increase Good Jobs, And They Create New Wealth For All Of Us.