Christina Hoff Sommers: What Gender Wage Gap?

She's the "Factual Feminist," and boy is she factual!

A great video, via Prager University:

'The fact that two different speeches triggered violence at two different campuses within the space of a month suggests that we may be entering into a new and more dangerous phase of the anti-free-speech movement...'

Well, you think?

It's Megan McArdle, via Instapundit, "MEGAN MCARDLE OFFERS ADVICE TO STUDENT PROTESTERS: Use Your Words."

Charles Murray, Coming Apart

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.

And from yesterday the other day, ICYMI, "Fanatical Left-Wing Mob Attacks Charles Murrary and Middlebury Professor Allison Stanger."

'Day Without a Woman'

These leftists "protests" get more stupid by the one. I mean, of course no one can go "a day without a woman." Just like no one can go a day without a man. People need people to have commerce, to interact, to keep the wheels of society going. What's the point?

Well, to cause chaos, for one thing. That's what leftists do.

At AL News, "'Day Without a Woman' protest forces schools to close Wednesday." And iOTW Report, "Women’s March Protest Causes ‘Burden on Parents’."

And here's the kicker, at the Seattle Times, "Day Without a Woman protest sparks debate on white privilege":

There are no A Day Without a Woman events planned for Wednesday amid charges of “white privilege.” What may be the only Puget Sound area event is a free yoga open house in Kirkland.

So maybe it wasn’t the best thought-out event, A Day Without a Woman general strike this Wednesday, on International Women’s Day.

“Stupid. That’s what I first thought,” says Angie Beem, the state director of the Women’s March that in Seattle drew tens of thousands of participants on Jan. 21.

“What’s the purpose of a strike when you can’t afford a day to not work? Women who could possibly do this are in an executive-type position. Life will go on for them. Their career is more stable. This screamed …”

Guess the next two words.

“White privilege,” concludes Beem.

Her group is not sponsoring any events associated with A Day Without a Woman, which also coincides with International Women’s Day.

There are strike events promised in New York, Washington, D. C., Boston and even Fairbanks.

Beem remembers a tweet coming a month or so ago from the national Women’s March group.

“It was just two women who decided it was going to happen. They put this out on social media without discussing it,” says Beem.

“Facebook blew up. There were a lot of people like myself saying, ‘This isn’t right.’ ”

She says she had the same misgivings about “A Day Without Immigrants” that took place Feb. 16 — that there’s too much risk. News reports said a number of protesters were fired for not showing up for work that day.

“People are desperate to take some action and some control over their lives,” says Beem. “Then they make the horrible choice of not going to work and their whole career is over.”

While Beem doesn’t agree with the strike, the event was later expanded to include avoiding shopping that day — except for at small women-and-minority owned businesses — and wearing red in solidarity.

About the color red, says the national group, “We have chosen red as a color of signifying revolutionary love and sacrifice. Red is the color of energy and action associated with our will to survive. It signifies a pioneering spirit and leadership qualities, promoting ambition and determination.”

Beem says she will wear red on Wednesday...

Keep reading.

Financial Red Flags at Celerity Charter School Group in Los Angeles

Well, staying on the education beat here, check out the Los Angeles Times, "Inside Celerity charter school network, questionable spending and potential conflicts of interest abound":

By her own account, Vielka McFarlane was an immigrant success story. She had escaped a childhood of poverty in Panama, made her way to Los Angeles and founded a nonprofit network of publicly funded charter schools called the Celerity Educational Group.

In 2013, she earned $471,842, about 35% more than Michelle King, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, makes today.

McFarlane was prospering, and it showed. She wore Armani suits, ate at expensive restaurants and used a black car service.

Financial records obtained by The Times show that, as Celerity’s CEO, she paid for many of these expenses with a credit card belonging to her charter schools, which receive the bulk of their funding from the state.

It could not be determined whether McFarlane, 54, ever reimbursed the charter schools for her credit card purchases. Neither she nor a lawyer hired by Celerity responded to requests for comment about the transactions.

At a time when charter school advocates are determined to increase the number of such schools in L.A., the story of McFarlane and the Celerity schools offers a case study of the growing difficulty of regulating them. The task of spotting and stamping out risky financial practices in charters largely falls to the school district’s charter schools division, which employs about a dozen people dedicated to monitoring the schools’ fiscal health.

But as the number of L.A. charter schools has grown to more than 220, enrolling about 111,000 students, oversight has become a challenge for district officials, who are at once competitors and regulators...

Well, nice work if you can get it. And a "black car service"? Must be nice.

And I'm a fan of charters too!

Put me down for more regulation, though. Can't trust those Panamanian immigrants, it turns out.

Keep reading.

The U.S. Ranked 7th in 'Best Countries' Survey at U.S. News

Which is bull.

We're behind Switzerland (#1), Canada (#2), the U.K. (#3), Germany (#4), Japan (Japan! #5), Sweden (#6).

What a joke, really.

But there's a silver lining (for the world):

In a global ranking of "best countries," the United States drops to No. 7 https://t.co/Pnd8rB70xp

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 7, 2017

There is one bright spot for the United States: It is still perceived as the most powerful nation on earth, running ahead of Russia, China, the United Kingdom and Germany.

You see, all those countries that are ranked as "better" than us, are also free-riding on the security we're providing. And honestly, Canada, Sweden, and Germany are already gone, turned over to leftists and Islamists.  Switzerland's a nice place for a vacation, but why would it be ranked the best country in the world? And Japan! California's better than Japan, and we're a Democrat Party hell-hole, heh.

Clearly, this survey interviewed a bunch of anti-Americans who hate President Trump (see, "Overall Best Countries Ranking").

Nina Agdal Gets Real (VIDEO)

She's one of my very favorites (but you already knew that, heh).

At Sports Illustrated:

Methods Behind the Campus Madness

Following-up from last night, "Charles Murray and the Flight 93 Election."

See Sumantra Maitra, at Quillette.

Jackie Johnson's Sunny and Warming Forecast

Remember, it's going to heat up midweek.

And Ms. Jackie looks so lovely!

At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Nothing Good Comes from Dehumanizing Your Political Enemies

Following-up, from previously, "Charles Murray and the Flight 93 Election."

From Professor Allison Stanger, at Facebook:

When the event ended, and it was time to leave the building, I breathed a sigh of relief. We had made it. I was ready for dinner and conversation with faculty and students in a tranquil setting. What transpired instead felt like a scene from Homeland rather than an evening at an institution of higher learning. We confronted an angry mob as we tried to exit the building. Most of the hatred was focused on Dr. Murray, but when I took his right arm both to shield him from attack and to make sure we stayed together so I could reach the car too, that’s when the hatred turned on me. One thug grabbed me by the hair and another shoved me in a different direction. I noticed signs with expletives and my name on them. There was also an angry human on crutches, and I remember thinking to myself, “What are you doing? That’s so dangerous!” For those of you who marched in Washington the day after the inauguration, imagine being in a crowd like that, only being surrounded by hatred rather than love. I feared for my life...

RTWT.

ADDED: It's an excellent essay, but Professor Stanger unloads on President Trump in the conclusion, which blows it for me. I suppose she's trying to exonerate the left a bit, to justify leftist authoritarianism as a response to the so-called "evil" that President Trump's "unleashed." That's bullshit, and it's too bad. She otherwise offers a fine essay.

Charles Murray and the Flight 93 Election

At AoSHQ.

(Via Instapundit.)

I never did blog it at the time, but I recall some folks talking about it. It's the article, at the Claremont Review, "The Flight 93 Election."

I guess I was sold on this argument even before reading it, because Donald Trump didn't need to be anywhere near conservative for me. I just knew we needed him. We needed to give him a shot. To save the country.

(Ace also links Charles Murray's piece at AEI yesterday, "Reflections on the revolution in Middlebury.")

Craig Steven Wilder, Ebony and Ivy

Following-up from earlier today, "Harvard Confronts Academe's Ties to Slavery."

It turns out there's a nifty book on universities and their slave past, especially those "progressive" Ivy League universities. (I just get a kick out this.)

At Amazon, Craig Steven Wilder, Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities.

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BONUS: David Mamet, The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture.

Frances Townsend Discusses President Trump's Wiretapping Allegations (VIDEO)

At CBS This Morning:



Also, "How FISA plays a role in Trump's wiretapping claim," and "Trump's wiretap claim upends presidential tradition."

BONUS: At WaPo, via Memeorandum, "Inside Trump's fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations.

Robert Stacy McCain, 'From John Lennon to Charles Murray'

At the American Spectator, "From John Lennon to Charles Murray: We All Want to Change the World."

"But when you talk about destruction. Don't you know that you can count me out..."

Harvard Confronts Academe's Ties to Slavery

At NYT, "Harvard Confronts the Deep Ties to Slavery in Academia."

Harvard Confronts the Deep Ties to Slavery in Academia.
by @jennyschuessler via @nytimes https://t.co/S71XPsrxt5

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) March 6, 2017

#PresidentTrump to Unveil New Travel Ban Today (VIDEO)

At the Chicago Tribune, "President Trump's revised travel ban to apply to those seeking new visas."

Also, at ABC News, via Memeorandum, "President Trump expected to sign new travel ban executive order today."

And here's Mark Steyn:

Jesse Lee Peterson, The Antidote

This guy's way cool.

At Amazon, Jesse Lee Peterson, The Antidote: Healing America From the Poison of Hate, Blame and Victimhood.

Danielle Gersh's Warm-Up Weather Forecast

It's actually been quite pleasant this last few days, but should warm up to the mid-80s by midweek.

Here's the lovely Ms. Danielle, for CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Nathaniel Philbrick, The Last Stand

If you're studying Indian affairs and the fate of the frontier, it's inevitable you'll read about Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.

See Nathaniel Philbrick, at Amazon, The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

(I'm continuing with Robert J. Utley, The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890, which discusses Armstrong beginning in Chapter 4.)