Word: meritably
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...schools--even for the purpose of desegregation. Chief Justice John Roberts quoted many of the Court's golden oldies on this point, like this from a 2000 case: "It demeans the dignity and worth of a person to be judged by ancestry instead of by his or her own merit and essential qualities...
...such pieties set up a false choice. Of course, "by his own merit," Obama is fully qualified to be President. Every time Obama opens his mouth, he makes a mockery of concerns about his basic competence or experience, especially if we take the incumbent as a minimal standard. Beyond that low threshold, "merit" is nearly irrelevant to our concerns. Should we just give them all a PAT (Presidential Aptitude Test...
...thinks that. So obviously factors other than merit deserve our consideration when we decide for whom to vote. Starting with "Does he or she share my vision of the country?" (For example, "Will he appoint Justices less likely to cite bromides about color blindness as if that settled everything?") But beyond this, the President is unavoidably a symbol, and a presidential candidate's "essential qualities" include his or her race...
...Motion Picture Association of America. "It has serious constitutional overtones," Vans Stevenson, senior vice president for state government affairs, said. The MPAA also is watching a North Carolina bill now before the Senate Finance Committee that would limit film tax credits to those films that have "serious artistic merit" and also mandates consideration of the "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the citizens of North Carolina." The amendment was prompted by outrage of some conservative politicians over the filming of Hounddog in North Carolina, the dark 2006 drama which featured a rape scene...
Since most Modernist houses were built after World War II, they strike many people as too young to be "historic," which means too young to merit the protection we sometimes extend to Colonial farmhouses or antebellum plantations. Nevertheless, some institutions are looking at ways to save the more important ones before it's too late. Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has said he wants to explore the idea of having his museum "collect" a few L.A.-area houses by name architects such as Neutra and Rudolph Schindler. And the National Trust is using...