* I don’t agree with a lot that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says, but I’ll try to put his off-putting affirmative action comments regarding the University of Texas into a non-combustible context. Maybe he needs a ghost opinion-writer to override ScaliaSpeak.
It should be a valid premise that students can be unequally prepared for “equal opportunity,” regardless of intent. The issue is how to address the seeming dilemma. Scalia, however, would rather traffic in condescending “slower school” rhetoric that obscures the point of properly prepping all students–from across the spectrum of societal backgrounds–for success.
* Can’t somebody talk House Speaker Paul Ryan into shaving? Does a prominent GOP politician, even one with a Freddy Munster resemblance when clean-shaven, need to double down by actually looking seedy and suspect?
* Michelle Obama was searching for the best vehicle for her campaign to encourage teens to pursue higher education. She settled on a video that has her making the case as a rap artist. Sounds like an early Christmas present to Republicans.