New Orleans This is our question for the day. Are people using the supposedly “neutral” tool of the internet to get around fair housing laws that prevent housing discrimination? An intriguing piece in the New York Times raises this issue in looking at the data explosion that gives exceptionally specific data on individual communities that therefore …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Taxpayers Should Never Have to Subsidize Discrimination
New Orleans The White House has announced that President Obama will sign an executive order barring discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers. Essentially, the President is adding sexual orientation and preference from government contracts as part of the banned list including race, color, sex, national origin, and religious preference. The order is estimated …
The Terrible Challenge of Building Resources for Change on a Global Scale
New Orleans Some time ago there was an op-ed in the Times that caught my eye, even though it was coming at me from a weird and somewhat disturbing angle. Juan Zarate and Thomas Sanderson had written a piece on the challenge that national security interests face in dealing with terrorist and other radical change …