QUOTE OF THE DAY - AT 9:18 A.M. ET:  From the great Michael Barone, exposing the "logic" of Yale-affiliated Emily Bazelon, one of the editors of Slate.  Bazelon was commenting on the Supreme Court's decision favoring white firemen who'd claimed racial discrimination in the hiring practices of New Haven, Connecticut:

Bazelon, a media and law fellow at Yale, laments that the promotion test rewarded memorization and that it favored " 'fire buffs' -- guys who read fire suppression manuals on their down time." She is outraged that a fire department might want to promote firefighters who know more about suppressing fires, rescuing victims and protecting their colleagues rather than simply promote a predetermined number of members of specific racial groups whose self-appointed political spokesmen back the politicians in office.

Amen.

July 3, 2009