The Supreme Court has spoken today, in a 5-4 ruling in favor of the firefighters in the controversial New Haven case (Ricci v. DeStefano), and they have once again opened up a serious Pandora’s box. This case has always troubled me on the merits because it smacks of "well intended "affirmative action policy that does nothing to move us forward...

Shelby Steele has attacked Sonia Sotomayor and claims that the Obama presidency will be dominated by identity politics. But this is the same man who predicted that Obama could never win. You would think that he would be quiet trying to figure out why black conservatives have been so wrong about so much over the last generation.

Sure, the Supreme Court’s latest affirmative action case makes for a great shout fest, but Chris Matthews is missing the nuance of the Ricci case.