Here and There, Feb. 28

Hey, if they can convict this 72-year-old man of a 1966 murder, maybe they can convict this 74-year-old man for a double murder in 1973?

Doing my part to spread the word: My friend Peter Wayner wrote to tell me about the following signature line:

Memes don't exist. Tell your friends.

Pass it on.

Senior members of a politically connected San Francisco street gang have been indicted on conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Crayon Diversity Watch: The San Francisco Chronicle apparently equates social justice with the lowering of standards on the basis of race

California's most selective public universities, UC Berkeley and UCLA, have found it difficult under the constraints of Proposition 209 to achieve a student body reflective of California's diversity.

The Chronicle also seems to blame former UC Regent Ward Connerly for his campaign to ensure that all university applicants are evaluated on the same standards of merit.

"I fully expect the [SCOTUS decision on the Michigan case] will be applicable to the Stanfords of this world," [Connerly] told The Chronicle this week. "I think the court is going to go all the way and say race is a suspect classification, and there is no compelling rationale for using race in admissions."

I hope Connerly is right. The Chronicle hopes he's wrong

Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, private colleges will face the same obstacles.

Funny how equality is seen by some to be an "obstacle". I've come to the conclusion that the real agenda of those who support the lowering of standards in the guise of "affirmative action" simply want to lower the standards of excellence for everybody, everywhere. I've been reading the Chronicle long enough to understand why its editors might feel less threatened in a world with lower standards.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 28, 2003 06:15 PM