
America's worst writer, Richard Cohen, strings together the saddest tale of all today in his importantWashington Post newspaper column. Overarching topic: the Supreme Court. Pertinent issue: Affirmative Action. Protagonist: hard-working white firefighter. Antagonist: Negro race. "Punished" victim: all white people. Unimportant litmus tests: abortions, "unions." Only important litmus test: getting hard-working white firefighter's job back from Negroes. Person whose fault all of this is: Barack Obama. "Supremely irrelevant" factor in American society: race. Bittersweet music to play in background: "Colour My World." Policy that Richard Cohen does not understand: Affirmative Action. [Washington Post]