Commentary
Countries and civilizations aren’t killed: They rot to death from within or commit suicide. They do so by tearing themselves apart or by questioning their right even to exist.
The proposal that every black person in California of slave lineage or with ancestry in the United States before the end of the 19th century should receive “reparations” has a suicidal quality to it. The proposal doesn’t come from a madman who stands ranting on a soap box at a street corner, but from a commission set up by the governor of the state—there being, of course, no easier way to feel righteous than to give away other people’s money….