– Police Sgt. Crowley, Professor Gates, and President Obama will be meeting at the White House for a beer later this week, according to reports. In the meantime, Michael Mechanic writes about why you should never get righteous with street cops in the first place, and of course the NYT publishes an alternative opinion.
– Krauthammer on “rhetoric meeting reality” in Obama’s healthcare speech.
– A professor offers students 5% extra credit for abstaining from all forms of social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) for a three month semester.
– Via Instapundit, why the Obama honeymoon is over.
– “Academics, like teenagers, sometimes don’t have any sense regarding the degree to which they are conformists.” Nicolas Wade cites the dangers of conformity in academia. (Found on MR)
– Skorton has been taking the bus to cut costs!
– Via METAezra, Cornell has been cited as one of the best schools for a genuine Hogwarts experience.
– A few days after our debate on the legalization of pot, the Washington Post has a very interesting article on the effects of minimal drug enforcement in the very same county previously discussed, Mendocino, California.
– According to repetitive polling, Nancy Pelosi is extremely unpopular. No big surprise here, but her reaction and other’s comments on her here ring with a subtle humor.
– With the health care decision looming ever closer, here is a particularly funny article by Cornell’s Coulter that bashes the overarching concept of moving towards a more universal health care policy.
I think pretty much anyone who has ever eaten in Risley knows precisely why we’re on that Potter list. That building reeks of Dumbledore.
http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=3060320