Morning Jolt: The Celebrity College-Admissions Scheme and Today’s Expectations of Students

Making the click-through worthwhile: Why all of those nutty celebrity parents in that college-admission corruptions scheme were just responding to incentives; the difficulty of building a strong union around the Green New Deal; an odd fixation on Joe Biden somehow being insufficiently sympathetic to African-Americans; and in New York, a new "Bell" is ringing.

Falsifying Ethnicity in College: Elizabeth Warren Was Ahead of Her Time

In 2014, former director of the California labor department Michael Bernick wrote in Time magazine, "whether your degree, for example, is from UCLA or from less prestigious Sonoma State matters far less than your academic performance and the skills you can show employers."

Whether or not Bernick's ...

March 13 2019

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The Celebrity College-Admissions Scheme and Today's Expectations of Students Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: Why all of those nutty celebrity parents in that college-admission corruptions scheme were just responding to incentives; the difficulty of building a strong union around the Green New Deal; an odd fixation on Joe Biden somehow being insufficiently sympathetic to African-Americans; and in New York, a new "Bell" is ringing. Falsifying Ethnicity in College: Elizabeth Warren Was Ahead of Her Time In 2014, former director of the California labor department Michael Bernick wrote in Time magazine, "whether your degree, for example, is from UCLA or from less prestigious Sonoma State matters far less than your academic performance and the skills you can show employers." Whether or not Bernick's ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Manafort Sentencing, Round 2 Andrew C. McCarthy The straightforward sentencing guidelines and the plea agreement Paul Manafort signed tell us that a severe sentence is coming. Democratic Primary Voters Turn to Socialism Michael Tanner Democratic primary voters have a surprisingly favorable view of socialism. According to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, Democrats prefer capitalism to socialism by the slimmest 51–49 percent margin. Cardinal George Pell Sentenced to Six Years for Abusing Choir Boys Jack Crowe Cardinal George Pell, the highest ranking Vatican official to ever be criminally prosecuted for sexual abuse, was sentenced Tuesday to six years for molesting two choir boys. ADVERTISEMENT Transit Is a Trendy Casablanca Knockoff Armond White Director Christian Petzold's thriller "Transit" twists modern concerns about national identity, immigration, and fascism into a personal, artsy mystery. How to Protect Your Kids from Google Predators Michelle Malkin Google gets schoolchildren to sign up for software that will track everything they do and misuse the data. Disapprove The Editors The problem with the emergency declaration is that, even if it's technically legal, it is clearly pretextual and a way to do an end run around the congressional spending power. Trump's Immigration Temptation The Editors A big expansion of immigration would undermine labor-market progress and subvert Trump's political achievement. Senator Grills Google Exec: 'Americans Did Not Sign Up for' Location Tracking Jack Crowe Senator Josh Hawley chastised Google's senior policy counsel Tuesday over the company's reliance on what they perceive to be overly invasive location-tracking technology. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Morgenstreich Parade Galaxidi's 'Flour War' ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.