By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
Nearly five decades after the end of the Jim Crow era, school boards just can't let go of the race issue. Last month, the Virginia State Board of Education unanimously adopted what it called "annual measurable objectives" that assumed the graduation rate for Asian children would be 14-37 percent higher than whites, Hispanics and blacks.
This is one of those awkward times when good news is bad news. When you're predicting doom and gloom, and doing everything in your power to convince people the world is going to heck in a handbag, it's almost embarrassing when the facts show just the opposite.
