Having criticized WaPo columnist Richard Cohen for his reasoning on "torture," it's only fair to acknowlege his excellent column today proposing a litmus test for the next Supreme Court nominee.

Meet Frank Ricci, fireman and victim of the worst kind of affirmative discrimination in action.

Money Q:

Liberalism, a movement in which I hold a conditional membership, would be wise to get wise to what has happened. Blatant affirmative action always entailed a disturbing and ex post facto changing of the rules -- oops, you're white. Sorry, not what we wanted. As a consequence, it was not racists who were punished, but all whites. There is no need to cling to such a remedy anymore.

Read the whole thing. Cohen nails it, accurately and bravely.