SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE – FROM DAILYWIRE.COM:    Cigna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance providers, has allegedly told employees not to hire white men as part of the company’s broader critical race theory campaign.   According to an internal chat log obtained by the Washington Examiner, a hiring manager at Cigna dismissed a white candidate because he did not fulfill the company’s diversity standards. In the chat, an employee suggested the company interview a man with extensive experience for an open position. The hiring manager allegedly told the employee that the man could not be interviewed because he is white.   In a separate chat log, a hiring manager dismissed another candidate who he assumed to be white. The candidate was a racial minority. After learning of the candidate’s accurate skin color — and little else — the hiring manager allegedly reversed course and hired the candidate.  Is this progress?  Of course not.  It simply sets group against group, race against race.  Dr. King's dream of an individual being judged by the content of his (or her) character is out the window, and with it any intelligent understanding of fairness. 

YES, THERE ARE MODERATE DEMOCRATS – FROM THE HILL:   Moderate Democrats are urging party leaders not to meddle in a contested Iowa House race, warning that the potential benefit of flipping a seat in their favor this cycle isn’t worth the long-term political damage it would cause in the next.  Democrats had fought tooth-and-nail against President Trump’s attempt to reverse the outcome of November’s presidential contest, accusing Trump of abusing his powers in an effort to nullify the will of voters.  While the situation in Iowa is far different — and the results drastically closer than those delivering Trump’s defeat — centrist Democrats are wary that even the best-faith effort to reexamine the outcome in Iowa’s 2nd District would be overwhelmed by the terrible optics of the majority party using its powers to flip a certified seat to its side.  “It strikes me as remarkably hypocritical and a dangerous precedent at a time we need to be repairing precedents,” said one moderate Democrat, who requested anonymity to speak on a delicate topic.  I doubt that the party, now heavily controlled by leftists, will listen to this thoughtful advice.  The race in Iowa has been recounted and certified.  The Democrats should let the Republican victory, if by only six votes, stand, and fight harder the next time.

March 22, 2021