WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLDEN STATE? It failed.

JUST WHERE are the closed-minded bigots? Given his (former) relationship with PBS, Williams should know.

OBAMA TO REPORTER ABOUT SEQUESTER: What exactly do you want me to do? Well, for starters, resign. I'm quite confident that our 'crazy uncle', Vice President Joe Biden could do no worse and quite probably much better.

THE SEQUESTER HAS HAPPENED: What should the Republicans do now?

Republicans ... should prepare detailed budget cuts of their own department-by-department, providing exact line items of what programs can be cut or delayed under a sequester in the Dept. of Transportation, for example, so that it is not necessary to cut back on air traffic controllers in the towers, or food safety inspectors at USDA. They should announce these on a daily basis, as well as highlighting just one wasteful program in each department every day. The Pentagon should not be exempt from this, either. I’m sure the Pentagon can delay sexual harassment training programs for a few months, or can tell some colonels to drive their own cars to base instead of having a personal driver.

Push back. Push back hard.

HOW WELL does 'Rate my Professors' perform? Not very. Among the reasons:

Increased competition amongst universities for enrollment.

Poorly-prepared but emotionally coddled students accustomed to leniency, praise, and high marks.

A government policy dedicated to “credentialing” increasing numbers of young people regardless of their aptitude or commitment.

A post-secondary administration that is ever-more cravenly in thrall to university buzz words such as inclusivity, diversity, respect, relevance, and personal development.

University leaders who promote a pedagogy of student-centeredness.

A vulnerable cadre of part-time instructors who make up an ever-larger proportion of university faculty.

It seems to me that the post is more a reflection on the universities than it is on the professorate. Look at the reasons above: do any reflect the purpose of a University to educate?

THE LOW-INFORMATION VOTER’S guide to politics. In simple, easy to read English.

JUST A THOUGHT: the old way isn't always the bad way.

MORE TAR & FEATHERS NEEDED: Boy, 7, suspended for shaping pastry into gun. We need a zero-tolerance policy, for sure, for 'educators' who behave like this. All concerned should be fired and their certificates revoked.

AMERICA DIDN'T ELECT A PRESIDENT; it elected a Victim.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PreCrime unit takes on beer mergers.

TUNABLE ANTENNAS to the rescue. After reading this, I'm almost wondering if global warming isn't just the result of all those human bodies cooking under the effects of the microwave radiation emitted by all the cell phones.

MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.

MICHELLE MALKIN: Rotten to the (Common) Core.

PAUL GREENBERG: The Customary Crisis. "It's a lot easier than governing."

DID PRESIDENT OBAMA tax the US into recession? Well, yes -- with the help of a compliant Congress and media.

CATFISHING



The lure Diamond is playing with has no hook.

RANDOM THOUGHTS from the retirement lane. Have you noticed that President Obama has offered up policemen, firemen, teachers, emergency medical technicians, doctors, hospitals, disabled children, and weary air travelers as victims of sequestration -- but not one damned bureaucrat?

DOING MY PART to reduce the deficit during the sequestration. Following President Obama's lead, I have decided to offer back 2.4% of the salary I don't make for not working as an uncalled 'on-call' employee of the company I don't work for.

[UPDATE} That's at least as much as anything President Obama has contributed to date.

BLESS HER HEART: Donna Brazile blames ‘price gauging’ not Obamacare for rising premiums. From the number of her tweets, it's obvious poor Donna had to get the Obama administration's help in spinning her original tweet.

From the comments: 'low information legislator'. What an appropriate designation for Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Boxer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hank Johnson, Keith Ellison, et al.

CHICKEN MINISCULE: the sky is still falling.