Legislating from the bench and systemic liberalism

Chief Justice John Roberts proved again last week that he is afflicted with “systemic liberalism.”

He was the deciding vote in a Supreme Court decision that will allow the abortion industry to continue making huge profits via an unconstitutional ruling – a classic case of legislating from the bench. If Roberts wants to enact laws, we suggest he run for a legislative office. Read the column beginning on the right hand side of this page to get an informed opinion on Roberts’ action.

We have commented before how incongruous it is that the word liberal has been so abused as to be acribed as the screwball thinking of the Left.

Liberalism traditionally referred to a system of logical reasoning requiring that all points of view be considered – and even debated – to find truth.

True liberalism would not accept the bizarre concept that America was built on “systemic racism.”

Liberalism has been hijacked by the Left to mean anything it wants it to mean, including shutting up anyone who disagrees with it.

Columnist Kurt Slichter puts the concept of systemic liberalism in perspective this way:

“America’s true systemic flaw, arising at the time of those miserable progressives of yesteryear and continuing up through the miserable progressives of this rotten year, is what we now call “liberalism.”

“Oh, it’s not classical liberalism, with its concern for expanding economic and personal rights – you know, individual liberty. The current inverted mutation of liberalism is all about constricting economic and personal rights and forcing individuals into collective boxes where their individuality is subsumed into an easily exploited and manipulated conformist whole. Want to test out this hypothesis? Look through the endless woke tweets of your favorite hack journalist, pinko pol, or Hollywood half-wit, or even go up to some self-described liberal in your own life, and see if you can find one iota of deviation from any of the approved liberal dogma. Good luck. …”

He later adds:

“You won’t find a smidgeon of nonconformity. You won’t detect a molecule of dissent. These people are the Borg, if the Borg worked in a giant space coffee house, had Bernie stickers on their spaceships, and could not do a push-up. You can’t reason with them – appealing to reason is futile.

“Systemic liberalism is the real poison in America’s veins, not the fanciful notion pushed by bigots, charlatans, and demagogues, that the American enterprise is dedicated to invidious discrimination on the basis of race.”

(If you’re curious about the Borg, as we were being not very socially alert, Wikipedia explains it thusly:

“The Borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the Star Trek franchise. The Borg are cybernetic organisms, linked in a hive mind called “the Collective.”)

Unsophisticated as we are, we have yet to watch a “Star Trek” movie, episode or whatever they are.

We have often wondered why race has become such an incendiary issue in politics today.

People we know of all races tend to get along amicably. Seems like that’s the normal thing – people who live together learn to get along.

Sure, abuses have occurred along the way of American history and those can’t be undone.

However, giant strides have been taken over our nation’s history to correct the mistakes that were made.

As columnist-economics professor Walter E. Williams said in a recent column:

“Often overlooked or ignored is the fact that, as a group, black Americans have made the greatest gains, over some of the highest hurdles, and in a shorter span of time than any other racial group in history.

“For example, if one totaled up the earnings and spending of black Americans and considered us as a separate nation with our own gross domestic product, we would rank well within the top 20 richest nations.”

As anybody knows who reads the Times & Free Press editorial pages, Williams is black. Like Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, Williams rose to a prestigious position because of two reasons: 1. he is undeniably highly intelligent, and, 2. he didn’t allow resentment over his start in life to get in the way of achieving his potential.

Doctor Williams’ offerings are some of the favorite things we read each week. Others have told us the same thing.

We consider his writings on a par with that other great economist-columnist Thomas Sowell, now retired, who observed his 90th birthday on June 30.

It was a tremendous loss to clear thinking when Sowell quit writing his column but Williams continues to carry the torch high.

Fortunately, Sowell has left 56 books for current-day fans to read as well as many scholarly articles.

In case you missed Williams’ column about Sowell, you might look back on Page 4 of Wednesday’s edition. It is inspirational reading.