“The trial court sided with the black applicants, and ordered the city to hire 132 randomly selected African American applicants who scored above 64. The court also ordered the city to divide backpay owed among the rest of the black applicants.

White, Asian and Hispanic applicants who also scored above 64 but below the 89 standard were not offered employment or backpay.”

But when have you ever heard the media excitedly grill a SUPPORTER of the civl rights bill over THIS nonsense? Happening RIGHT NOW? No, instead, it’s a grilling over the exclusion of blacks from a lunch counter four decades ago.

On a practical level, I wasn’t surprised by Rand Paul’s quick retreat on this issue. He wants to get elected. But on an intellectual level, I was dissatisfied. If you’re going to call yourself a “libertarian”, the biggest target you’d have in your sights are the “civil rights” laws, which effect the greatest restriction on freedom — decisions about personal association — I can think of. But as always, the race issue makes men into mice.