In a prelude of what will almost certainly be a serious drive for reparations, the House of Representatives apologized for the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow" segregation. The apology was delivered 143 years after slavery was abolished in this country so unless there are any 144 year old resident of the US, someone with an ounce of sense might want to ask on whose behalf they were apologizing?If the House wanted to recognize the damage done by slavery - a "fundamental injustice" - that would be fine. But an apology denotes fault and frankly, I find the idea that I am at fault for slavery a little too much of a stretch. What this "apology" does is open the door for a debate on reparations - a nightmare that would degenerate into trying to figure out how black someone has to be in order to get the goodies. In addition to African Americans who can trace their lineage back to ante-bellum America,...(Read Full Post)