In 2003, the United States Supreme Court decided the two University of Michigan Affirmative Action cases, Grutter v Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) and Gratz v Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003) . In those cases, the Justices split hairs very neatly, declaring, in Gratz, that hard numerical quotas for minority admission to a state-supported university [...]
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€urosclerosis: The Greek bailout
From Europe Reaches a Greek Deal By Geoffrey T. Smith, Ainsley Thomson and Costas Paris BRUSSELS—Euro-zone finance ministers early Tuesday agreed to an ambitious €130 billion ($172.1 billion) rescue deal that will see Greece’s private creditors take an even larger loss in order to put the debt-laden country on a sustainable footing and avert a [...]
Facebook humor
From one of my Facebook friends: Rick Santorum picked up an endorsement from the lead singer of the heavy-metal band Megadeth. Santorum is the only candidate who is both pro-life and pro-Megadeth. I can’t top that one!
The Secretary of the Treasury tells us the truth
It’s so rare when an Obama Administration official tells the truth that we should sit up and take notice when one actually does. Of course, it’s entirely possible that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner will get his hand smacked for actually telling the truth! Administration stops pretending it has long-term debt plan byPhilip Klein [...]
Kim Jong-un rattles his sabre
From North Korea Warns South Over Drills Associated Press PYONGYANG—North Korea threatened Sunday to launch “merciless” strikes against South Korea over the latter’s plan to hold live-fire drills near their disputed sea border. South Korea plans to stage regular one-day artillery drills Monday from front-line islands off the western coast, including one shelled by North [...]
A political cartoon from The Miami Herald
One of my high school classmates, who is a die-hard Democrat, recently posted this cartoon from the Miami Herald on his Facebook page: Well, reading the sign held up by the Jackass, I have to wonder: why, when the Democrats held large majorities in both Houses of Congress, including a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, [...]
No wonder they call it “crack”
You just can’t make up stuff like this! Police Find Crack In Suspect’s Butt: Ramon Blair Arrested In Florida The Huffington Post Kyle McGovern First Posted: 02/17/2012 6:27 pm Updated: 02/17/2012 6:52 pm Florida police arrested and charged a 28-year-old man with possession of cocaine after they found crack in, well, his crack, according to [...]
A few stories from around the blogroll
From the Lonely Conservative: No Shared Sacrifice By Michelle Obama as She Skis Aspen February 18, 2012 By Lonely Conservative You’ve got to hand it to Michelle Obama. It’s one thing to talk about shared sacrifice and fairness. It’s another to live it. Oh wait. Never mind. She’s jetted off to Aspen, Colorado with her [...]
Rule 5 Blogging: IDF edition
The editor at THE FIRST STREET JOURNAL has his own ideas about what really ought to constitute Rule 5 Blogging. While the esteemed Robert Stacy McCain believes it should mean pictures of Christina Hendricks or Anne Hathaway or Natalie Portman or Sarah Palin dressed in their summer clothes, your editor, while he recognizes that such [...]
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