Dr James Allan: Trump’s Lesson in Remedial Education

I have hesitated to respond article-by-article to Roger Partridge’s continuing attacks on the Trump administration beyond my initial response and rebuttal in these pages to his first anti-Trump piece. That was where I argued that Roger’s comparisons of Trump to Hitler, Mussolini and Hugo Chavez were, shall we say, a tad overdone. My general view is that more than a few people on the political Right side of politics (and near on everyone on the Left side) have been infected with a strong dose of TDS, or ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’. All of us can agree or disagree with this or that policy of a US President, including those of President Trump.

Professor Richard Epstein: Affirmative Action On Shaky Ground

This past week, the Supreme Court heard extensive argument on the deceptively simple question of whether race can be considered in admissions at institutions of higher education. The matter of great urgency in both cases before the court (Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina), is the extent to which minority students may receive a systematic boost in their applications on account of their race. Race could never be the only relevant element, for then all African-American applicants would get in before anyone else was considered. Instead, the key questions are how much of a “plus factor” is race and whether that boost for African-American students can be justified by some race-neutral criterion.

Denis Hall: I have left this till now - In the hope someone else would speak up

Look at her expression. She cannot hide her smug.

And there's this!

On May 26 2022 - our esteemed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern went to Harvard University in the USA to receive an Honouree Doctorate of something or other. They plonked a fancy hat on her head that was representative of that honour - and the coveted robes of office were ceremoniously placed around her shoulders.



Everyone cheered. Yaaaaay!