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The Unethical Culture of the Congressional Black Caucus

Even though Congress is a cesspool of corruption, and even though the Office of Congressional Ethics has represented a welcome, if small, step forward in efforts to change the culture on Capitol Hill, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are primarily interested in protecting their unethical colleagues and are willing to use racial politics to do it. Continue reading

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The Ethics of Bigotry, Part I: A Dubious Complaint

Charging the ethics committee with racial bias for investigating black members whose conduct richly deserves investigation suggests that the Black Caucus doesn’t believe its members should be held to reasonable ethics standards. Continue reading

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