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My brother's keeper and NPR

As I mentioned, I was on a Blogger's Roundtable Discussion on NPR's News and Notes, hosted by Farai Chideya . Here's the archive and blog of the show with a link to the audio. Anyway, some random thoughts: And I'm not responsible for the bad checks Megan Williams wrote, either... * If I told you that six people had kidnapped and raped a woman for a week, would you need to know the race of the people involved to know just how outraged you should be? It seems that many racial activists and members of the chattering class need such information... * White people in West Virginia are apologizing for the alleged abduction and rape of a 20-year old black woman by 6 white people. I feel absolutely no responsibility for the actions of criminals and lunatics, regardless of their race. As I said on the show, if I am really my brother's keeper and I am somehow responsible for what he does, then I want him checking in with me every 15 minutes so I'l

NPR Roundtable

I was on NPR's News and Notes again yesterday. The archive and blog about the show are here. I'll try to post some random thoughts later on. CJL