The Weekly Standard has an interesting note on The Detroit News’ formerly conservative editorial page, noting that since being acquired by the Gannett Corp. the paper’s done an about-face on its position regarding affirmative action-based admissions policies: The Detroit News…threw out principle for P.C. pragmatism on the subject of racial preferences at public universities. For years, under editorial page editor Tom Bray, the News had published legally informed, coherent arguments

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary and New Harvard Prez Larry Summers may have succeeded in ridding Harvard of the Rappin’ Prof, Afro-American Studies Dept Prince, Cornel West. The Boston Globe is reporting that West is pissed off at Summers and is considering flying the Crimson coop to peddle his peculiar brand of divisive jargoneering and silly sociology at Princeton, instead. The paper points to a summer meeting between Summers, West, and

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary and New Harvard Prez Larry Summers may have succeeded in ridding Harvard of the Rappin’ Prof, Afro-American Studies Dept Prince, Cornel West. The Boston Globe is reporting that West is pissed off at Summers and is considering flying the Crimson coop to peddle his peculiar brand of divisive jargoneering and silly sociology at Princeton, instead. The paper points to a summer meeting between Summers, West, and

Canadian Intelligence analyst Michel Chossudovsky says Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad of Pakistan’s Inter-services Intelligence Agency can be connected to the 9/11 terrorists, the Press Trust of India reports. According to Chossudovsky, Mahmoud Ahmad was talking to officials at the Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon, while the ISI allegedly had contacts with the September 11 terrorists. Intelligence inputs said that $100,000 was wired to hijacker Mohammad Atta from Pakistan at Gen

Canadian Intelligence analyst Michel Chossudovsky says Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad of Pakistan’s Inter-services Intelligence Agency can be connected to the 9/11 terrorists, the Press Trust of India reports. According to Chossudovsky, Mahmoud Ahmad was talking to officials at the Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon, while the ISI allegedly had contacts with the September 11 terrorists. Intelligence inputs said that $100,000 was wired to hijacker Mohammad Atta from Pakistan at Gen

Debra Saunders

The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward is reporting that President Bush was considering a plan to target and destroy al Qaeda as early as this past summer.

Well, it’s that time — time to sign off, spend time with the loved ones, call old friends, sit by a fire, do whatever it is contented folks do on this very special evening…. The crew at Protein Wisdom is enormously grateful to those of you who’ve stopped by over the last coupla weeks to read our musings and to wish us well… From Jeff, Cynthia, Anne, Milton, Boja Willy,

More on the ticking Pakistan / India timebomb from Alex Knapp on Heretical Ideas. He’s been so consistenly good on this that I’ll just point you in his direction without further comment…

More on the ticking Pakistan / India timebomb from Alex Knapp on Heretical Ideas. He’s been so consistenly good on this that I’ll just point you in his direction without further comment…