My Friend Sol, the Supreme Court, and Defining Discrimination

He was a retired master sergeant who served with valor in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a Bronze Star recipient. Years later, in civil service, he was chief of the base Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office, which was how I came to know him in the late 1980s. A man of gentle grace and a kind heart, he brightened every room into which he entered with a happy gleam in his eye and an infectious laugh that was as big as his overflowing good spirit. 

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A sometime admirer of my submissions to the editorial page in the local newspaper, Sol would occasionally grill me on one subject or another and our debates were always jovial and more of an exploration

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