Inside Higher Ed asks, apparently in all seriousness, “Inclusivity or Tokenism?” Not much on nuance—and saddled with the disturbing habit of recognizing a rhetorical question when we see one—we classical liberals are revoltingly cocksure in our assertion that demanding a woman appear in a panel discussion as a condition of accepting the validity of the historical scholarship at issue, is rather clearly tokenism, and trivializes women scholars as “diversity” place

…at Hamline University. Which is odd, because I was almost certain universities had gotten around the accusation that they routinely crush dissent by installing pen-sized free speech zones where such untoward musings are grudgingly allowed.  In the name of “tolerance.” Guess some free speech is just too hurtful for the enlightened arbiters of appropriate discourse.  If it goes “bang,” it must be muzzled.  Unless it’s, say, Clinton’s penis, around which

Simone: I know you’re right, Pee-wee, but… Pee-wee: Everyone I know has a big “But…” C’mon, Simone, let’s talk about *your* big ”But”. Yaser El-Menshawy, chairman of the Majlis Ash-Shura of New Jersey, the state’s council of mosques, condemned the plot and said he is glad it was not carried out. BUT he said the motivation of people who plot against the government “cannot be stopped simply by law enforcement

It’s come to this.  From Orson Scott Card: In last Sunday’s News and Record, columnist Andrew Brod heaped ridicule on those who dare to contest the religion of global warming. What is his proof? He doesn’t think he needs any. In fact, he’s against proof. He likes it when governments make massive changes without any evidence that those changes are necessary. He spends his whole column citing political documents like

From The Rocky Mountain News: A 21-year old Mesa County man appeared at the courthouse in Grand Junction Tuesday afternoon and walked past a sign saying security personnel will search briefcases, purses and pockets.  he presented himself at the security station and put into a designated tray a marijuana pipe with burnt residue in the bowl.  He was issued a summons for possession of drug paraphernalia. See?  No good deed

But for many security experts, the men’s motivation is what serves as the starkest warning. ”The animosity felt toward the United States isn’t something just outside our borders,” says Bruce Hoffman, a professor of securities studies at Georgetown University in Washington. “There are obviously people inside this country who have the same hostility and are prepared to use violence.” We see this hatred every day from nutroot bloggers and trolls.

At Opinion Journal this morning, Andrew Stark provides the perfect companion reading for George Tenet’s Center of the Storm, an article on apologies and non-apologies. Meanwhile, you can sate your taste for red meat by checking out this article, posted at Bloody Scott.