Our press conference on the space property rights paper will be live streamed, starting at 11 AM EDT.
Colleges Skimp On Science
…but spend big on diversity. Must be part of that “Republican war on science.”
This doesn’t just happen on the Left Coast. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington saved some money by lumping together two science departments and raised spending on its five diversity-multicultural offices.
But, to quote George W. Bush, is our students learning? Not very much, concludes the California Association of Scholars in its 87-page study of the University of California system.
Students aren’t required to study American history or Western civilization. But they’re subjected to a lot of political indoctrination by leftist activists. “Far too many” have not learned to write effectively to read “a reasonably complex book.”
“In recent years, study after study has found that a college education no longer does what it once did and should do,” the report concludes. “Students are being asked to pay considerably more and get considerably less.”
That’s the sort of thing that happens when you pump money into an insular system and don’t hold its leaders accountable for results.
And man, that’s an unflattering picture of Sherry Lansing. She looks like she’s auditioning for the Walking Dead.
Republican Space Socialists
Gene Kaprowski from the Daily Caller interviewed me on Monday afternoon. This is the result.
[Update a few minutes later]
It’s both amusing and depressing to read through the post comments, and note that absolutely none of them have anything to do with space. It’s all about the election and the Tea Party. This doesn’t bode well for having a space-policy discussion this year.
Bolden In Bizarro World
I’m glad to see the administrator so forthrightly in favor of private provision of launch services, but this seems exactly backward to me:
Only governments could control space exploration, he said, because only governments were willing to accept the risks.
“We are going to lose people,” he warned.
“You need to be able to accept that. Governments can handle that a little bit easier than private industry.”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah [deep breath] hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah…
Whew. That was a good one.
The Constitutional Law Professor
…doubles down on his ignorance of history and the Constitution.
Gosh, I’m starting to think that this guy may not be the brilliant lightworker we were told he was four years ago. You’d think that at some point his defenders would get tired of trying to defend him. But I expect them to double down, too.
[Update a few minutes later]
A lot more related links from Instapundit.
[Wednesday morning update]
The man who knew too little.
Off To DC
Light blogging until at least this evening, barring Wifi on the plane.
What Did The Media Get Wrong In The Trayvon Martin Case?
That’s the wrong question. The question is, did they get anything right? And how long, if ever, will it take them to correct it?
Inside The Tube
This is one hell of a surfing photo.
The Constitutional Law Professor
OK, I give up, can someone tell me what would be “unprecedented” about SCOTUS striking down a law as unconstitutional? And I won’t hold my breath waiting for news organizations to point out in their reporting that it wouldn’t be.
An Old Fireplace
Sorry, raw foodies, we’ve been cooking for longer than we’ve been human.