And we already have equality of opportunity, at least for the vast majority of Americans. What the equity proponents want is equality of outcome, which is absolutely a joke and a lie, not to mention dangerous for the government to pursue. If someone wants to achieve something, she should put in her own work and succeed on her own terms.
And we already have equality of opportunity, at least for the vast majority of Americans. What the equity proponents want is equality of outcome, which is absolutely a joke and a lie, not to mention dangerous for the government to pursue. If someone wants to achieve something, she should put in her own work and succeed on her own terms.
I 99% agree. Sometimes though, equality of opportunity is prevented by ideology and prejudice. For instance, a conservative seeking a career in academia or journalism really has no chance.
Some of that could be altered - at least in the public sector - by withholding funding from colleges and universities that refuse to implement/maintain a balance in their hiring practices. One of the biggest mistakes conservatives ever made was allowing the left to take over the education sector.
Very true, although as a conservative seeking a career in journalism, I beg to differ--there are plenty of opportunities. But I've been blessed with the ability to attend one of the few non-woke colleges in the country, so my situation is a little different than most. Conservatives absolutely need to take back education and get rid of the rot in academia--New College of Florida is a great model for how that could happen.
My experience says different . . . but after spending 40 years as a conservative in writing/journalism (local, regional and national) I’ve seen enough that I’m pretty jaded by the inner workings of most newsrooms.
Great school you attend. Many. many years ago the Hillsdale student-run newspaper sub-contracted to me for quite a bit of freelance work. Hillsdale is impressive, to say the least, and Imprimis is still on my list of monthly must reads.
I'm sorry you've had a rough time with newsrooms--I don't mean to denigrate your experience at all. I've given up on established media, but there are lots of smaller, conservative newsrooms developing, such as the Daily Wire, The Federalist, and the Daily Caller. Plus with Elon's X and the rise of podcasts (which is a tough industry, I'll admit), there are more ways to get your thoughts out there. But Hillsdale's journalism program is pretty amazing in getting people connected (that's how I met Chris, actually), so I can't speak to non-Hillsdale conservatives hoping to get into journalism.
It's so cool that you worked with our paper! I write for it a bunch myself. Glad to hear you still read Imprimis, as well. :)
And we already have equality of opportunity, at least for the vast majority of Americans. What the equity proponents want is equality of outcome, which is absolutely a joke and a lie, not to mention dangerous for the government to pursue. If someone wants to achieve something, she should put in her own work and succeed on her own terms.
I 99% agree. Sometimes though, equality of opportunity is prevented by ideology and prejudice. For instance, a conservative seeking a career in academia or journalism really has no chance.
Some of that could be altered - at least in the public sector - by withholding funding from colleges and universities that refuse to implement/maintain a balance in their hiring practices. One of the biggest mistakes conservatives ever made was allowing the left to take over the education sector.
Very true, although as a conservative seeking a career in journalism, I beg to differ--there are plenty of opportunities. But I've been blessed with the ability to attend one of the few non-woke colleges in the country, so my situation is a little different than most. Conservatives absolutely need to take back education and get rid of the rot in academia--New College of Florida is a great model for how that could happen.
My experience says different . . . but after spending 40 years as a conservative in writing/journalism (local, regional and national) I’ve seen enough that I’m pretty jaded by the inner workings of most newsrooms.
Great school you attend. Many. many years ago the Hillsdale student-run newspaper sub-contracted to me for quite a bit of freelance work. Hillsdale is impressive, to say the least, and Imprimis is still on my list of monthly must reads.
I'm sorry you've had a rough time with newsrooms--I don't mean to denigrate your experience at all. I've given up on established media, but there are lots of smaller, conservative newsrooms developing, such as the Daily Wire, The Federalist, and the Daily Caller. Plus with Elon's X and the rise of podcasts (which is a tough industry, I'll admit), there are more ways to get your thoughts out there. But Hillsdale's journalism program is pretty amazing in getting people connected (that's how I met Chris, actually), so I can't speak to non-Hillsdale conservatives hoping to get into journalism.
It's so cool that you worked with our paper! I write for it a bunch myself. Glad to hear you still read Imprimis, as well. :)