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Today I attended this event on Coca-Cola entitled Oxtoby v. Pomona Round 1. (Curiously, Pomona College President David Oxtoby could not make it, but the members of Pomona's Responsible Coalition Endowment have informed me that they shall be giving a recorded discussion.)

Memo to AARC: U.S. Internment of Japanese Families Is Not Equal to Treatment of Muslim Terrorists

A study from two economists at the Western Virginia University, entitled Has Wal-Mart Buried Mom and Pop?: The Impact of Wal-Mart on Self-Employment and Small Establishments examines the effect Wal-Mart has had on small-town economics.

President Bush’s critics are quick to point out that the President is not above the law. It’s President George Bush, not King George.  

Although they often misapply their position to matters that are actually presidential, the critics are nonetheless right, especially after a President is voted out or retires from public service.

Jimmy Carter, one of our most feckless presidents, is just an ordinary citizen. He isn’t a member of any branch of the government.

Pitzer College is a nutty leftwing private school in Claremont, CA. Its one of the few places where a former terrorist can be invited to teach young people and you can even take classes on YouTube.

And so it is with no surprise that we discover that its president, Laura Skanderra Trombley thinks Chinese traditional medicine is a good thing.

John J. Pitney on National Review talks about "The Perfect Defeat" that gave birth to Republican renaissance and Reaganomics.

Sachs being Sachs, he says a lot and so this post will be very long. I apologize but I'll try to bold the important sections so you can check out of topics that don't interest you.

Claremont McKenna Professor John J. Pitney has a quotation in the latest Christian Science Monitor about the Clinton's money, $109 million since he left the presidency.

Monday was Cesar Chávez Day. At Claremont McKenna, we will be celebrating for one full month. (It is widely known that even white liberals get tired after that much self-flagellation, although how much they can take is still a matter of dispute.)

If that month long celebration seems excessive, it is because it is.

Note: In California, Cesar Chavez Day is a state-wide holiday. I really don't get why.

My friend soon to be my roommate from India has thankfully moved me from the camp that believes in fortifying America against illegal immigrants. I now believe that immigration reform includes more immigrants, not fewer, and that as long as they don't get a welfare state -- and that's a big if -- that provides cradle-to-grave care, they have no beef with me.