Payton Head, student body president at Mizzou, spreads false rumor of racism at the school
A new false rumor, that is. Take a look. I’m in a hurry right now, but I’ll have more to say about this later.
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Why yes, let’s
A good idea from Kevin Williamson, now that Democrats are fighting against the so-called “Cadillac tax” that was instrumental in getting Obamacare (remember Obamacare?) its low CBO scoring, the low scoring it needed in order to pass muster: Speaker of … Continue reading →
Another resignation at Mizzou
But this time it was assistant professor Melissa Click: An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned from her courtesy appointment Tuesday after she was caught on video confronting a student journalist and attempting to block him … Continue reading →
The tale of the racist string, and the college administrators who responded
Somehow I’d missed this story when it first came out in September. But it certainly fits in quite nicely with recent events. It involves an incident that occurred at the University of Delaware: When the black studies student saw a … Continue reading →
Bob Dole endorses Jeb Bush: with help like this…
…you don’t need saboteurs: Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole has endorsed Jeb Bush for president and will serve as the former Florida governor’s National Veterans’ Chairman, according to the campaign. Dole said that while almost all of the candidates are … Continue reading →
Debate open thread
The undercard is debating right now. My first observation is that Fox Business News shines compared to CNBC, the moderators of the last debate. Of course, it’s not hard to shine compared to CNBC, which covered itself with shame. But … Continue reading →
The poop swastika: real or phantom?
When I wrote my first post on the University of Missouri racism flap, I included these observations: And if the origins of that [excrement] swastika are anything like many such incidents in the recent past at other universities, the perpetrator … Continue reading →
And then there was Yale
I’ve been too busy to follow what’s been happening at Yale. But since we’ve have talking about what’s going on at college campuses, I’ll take a moment to pay some attention. Conor Friedersdorf has a piece on the subject at … Continue reading →
More on Missouri—and more and more and more
The University of Missouri story is not over. It has legs, and it has tentacles. I wrote two posts about it yesterday, and one at Legal Insurrection today that’s even longer, and I’m still not done. Nor are they. If … Continue reading →
The photographer versus the mob
Watch it: Articles about what happened are here and here. Heather Mac Donald writes the following in City Journal (before this particular incident occurred, by the way; she is speaking of another video, one of an incident that occurred at … Continue reading →
One more thing: Ben Carson and the media
You might think that the media attack on Ben Carson had the intent of damaging his standing among Republican voters in the primary. And if you think that, you’d be correct. The MSM has been distressed by the prospect of … Continue reading →
More on Missouri
In response to my post on the resignation of President Wolfe of the University of Missouri, commenter “cornhead” asks: “How is the [university] president responsible for all these actions of third parties?” Cornhead’s question was almost certainly rhetorical. But I’m … Continue reading →