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Like millions of Apple users around the world, I learned that Steve Jobs had died when I turned on my Mac on Wednesday evening. There his picture was, staring out from the Apple homepage when I went to my browser: his signature black turtleneck; his close-cropped grey hair and beard; his piercing, pale eyes. I felt enormous sadness — the kind that makes your throat constrict to force back tears, and at first, I couldn’t quite figure out why. I certainly didn’t know Jobs. I couldn’t even have told you whether he had a family or how old he was …

Two items this week from the wacky world of higher education. First, Inside Higher Ed had an interesting article last month about a paper delivered at the American Sociological Association. The paper concluded that “when academic background is controlled for . . . while Asians are more likely to apply to and enroll at selective colleges than are all other groups, black and Latino applicants are slightly more likely to apply to and enroll in selective colleges than are white students.” Accordingly, the authors conclude that the way to increase the number of black and Latino students at selective schools is …

The biggest star in the Obama firmament of green-jobs companies has just imploded. Solyndra, a California-based firm that produced solar panels, declared bankruptcy this week, putting more than a thousand additional workers on the unemployment line. The Solyndra story tells you all you need to know about President Obama’s ability to “create” jobs — green or otherwise. Solyndra was no ordinary startup. When the company broke ground on its plant, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and California’s then-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, used a golden shovel to dig the first hole. And it wasn’t just the shovel that was gold-plated. The company …

The riots that have wracked England in the last week should be a sober warning to the United States: This is what happens when a country breeds a generation of welfare dependents who are happy to bite the hand that feeds them. For days, roaming gangs of young people have engaged in looting, setting fires, intimidating citizens, even killing innocents. Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT Five Mistakes Some Conservatives Are Making on Immigration Policy Roger Clegg testifies regarding …

When the history of the debt limit fight is written, the failure of presidential leadership will constitute a major chapter. Related posts: A Clash of Visions TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners Roger Clegg testifies regarding H.R. 40

Here’s an early wish that you and yours have a glorious Fourth of July weekend! And if you’re looking for a good book for that occasion—or any time of the year, really—check out this recent anthology:  What So Proudly We Hail … The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song  (edited by Amy and Leon Kass and Diana Schaub). Related posts: Did Juan Williams libel LU’s Hans Bader? TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT We Need More Bills Like This Skin …