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Keep the Appointment, Set the Record Straight

Notice the date; four years before the FedGov passed the CRA, private parties were able to end segregation in a private firm through moral suasion, absent government coercion.

The Free Market works.

Me- Only because Woolworth's was a National Chain that couldn't afford backlash in other parts of the country.

Incidently, where is "Woolworth's" Today? Oh, yeah, it's out of business...

The rest of the south had to be brought along kicking and screaming to end segregation...
Rand Paul has cancelled an appearance on "Meet the Press."  In my view, that's shame.  He should have used it as an opportunity to discuss the controversy once and for all -- and to set the record straight.

Here's the thing: Any of us who value liberty and freedom from government intrusion can understand the instinctive distrust of any law that allows government to dictate to private businesses whom they must serve.  BUT there are instances where such laws are necessary, even in a free society.

Most of the time, they are not.  In most cases, the market will do better than the...
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