NEW YORK POST: If US campuses can’t protect free speech, they need new management.  If they can’t protect people’s civil rights, their federal funding eligibility should be cut off.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY CLAIMS — AND CHARGES — ARE LOOKING EVEN EASIER: Berkeley Mayor Is Member of Antifa Facebook Group that Organized Riots. 

THE NEW REPUBLIC, IN DEFENSE OF DISINVITING ‘HATEFUL’ SPEAKERS. At Hot Air, John Sexton writes:

It has been a banner day for progressives who want to redefine our notions of free speech. Earlier today Allahpundit wrote about Howard Dean’s dubious argument that free speech doesn’t protect “hate speech.” Then Jazz Shaw wrote about a piece published by the New York Times which argues free speech should be restricted for the public good. For the third part of this hat trick, I direct your attention to the New Republic where Assistant Professor of English Aaron Hanlon has a piece titled, “Why Colleges Have a Right to Reject Hateful Speakers Like Ann Coulter.”

The New Republic is altering the deal. Pray they don’t alter it any further.

MARK RIPPETOE IS BACK WITH THIS MODEST PROPOSAL: End Men’s and Women’s Divisions in Sports.

Normally I find myself in agreement with Mark, but this time I’m going to have to wait until he agrees to some kind of exemption or carve-out for beach volleyball.

Is it Sexist to Call Women ‘Joggers’ Instead of ‘Runners?’

FEEL-GOOD ITEM OF THE DAY: Man drinks 13 beers during a half marathon he didn’t train for.

RANGE SAFETY MATTERS EVERYWHERE: College Freshman Killed During Hammer Throw Event.  I had a teammate hit by a javelin back in the day.

SJW:  State Champion Football Coach May Be Fired for Being White.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. “Middle America wants to pop a beer and listen to sports talk, they don’t want to be lectured about why Caitlyn Jenner is a hero, Michael Sam is the new Jackie Robinson of sports, and Colin Kaepernick is the Rosa Parks of football. ESPN made the mistake of trying to make liberal social media losers happy and as a result lost millions of viewers.”

But leftist SJW losers are apparently ESPN’s management as well, and they don’t seem to mind their audience becoming more selective, as Ian Faith would say, as long as “those people” out there in the hinterlands aren’t tuning in.

And increasingly, their on-air talent is admitting to just that.

SMOKING GUN? Susan Rice Ordered Spy Agencies To Produce ‘Detailed Spreadsheets’ Involving Trump.

MOLLIE HEMINGWAY: Sorry, Democrats, The Obama Spying Scandal Isn’t Going Away.

DAVID HARSANYI: These Are The Questions That Susan Rice Needs To Answer Under Oath. “For instance: Why did you lie to PBS about having no knowledge of the unmasking of Trump officials or family?”

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Trump juggles the foreign policy balls Obama dropped.

ACTUAL “SMART DIPLOMACY” IN ACTION: “White House officials said Mr. Trump took a personal interest in her case…. ‘He just said, ‘Let’s bring her home.’”

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER-PHRASED: Josh Earnest: Obama will jump in and criticize the new administration if Trump crosses any, er, “red lines.” “I know what you’re thinking because I’m thinking it too, as is everyone who worked for the Obama administration on foreign policy: ‘Since when does Obama enforce red lines?'”

Well, murderous third-world dictators need love and understanding. But Republicans. . . .

Had one of THOSE discussions yesterday.  With someone who defends EVERYTHING the Left does because .... REASONS.

My head still hurts.

IT’S ALL FOR SHOW AND POWER: Competitive Morality:  The middleman gets all the credit, of course. Lesser Progressives must bow to his superior morality, that he managed to steal more from one to bribe another to do his political bidding. The taxpayer is insulted for not giving more of his wealth to the government. There is no gratitude. The media is most moral, and the guy living in the sticks least moral, for no matter what he might do for the poor, no one is there to see it, therefore it isn’t moral.

Maxine Waters: ‘I Have Not Called for Impeachment…’  hint: She’s lying.  Lots of my leftwing associates are putting her up for 2020.  Please America.  Four years of bad hair will be enough.  Do NOT elect the James Brown wig.

QUESTION ASKED: Why Are Antifa And The Alt Right Doing Battle? They Agree on Almost Everything.

The similarities between the Alt-Left and the Alt-Right are pretty much the endpoint of Michael Graham’s Redneck Nation thesis from 15 years ago.

DOCTORS HAVE MIXED VIEWS ON HOUSECALL APPS. “Patients are leveraging apps such as Heal, PAGER and Curbside Cares in major cities including Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia. Who are they? Many of the same people who have embraced Uber and similar on-call ride-sharing apps.”

Plus: “Koutures worries that the trend embodies a larger movement towards customer service within medicine.” Oh, darn.

Healthcare Is A Business, Not A Right. Wait, I thought that anything I want badly enough has to be a right.

THAT MEANS IT’S WORKING: Obamacare Choices Could Go From One to Zero in Some Areas.

DETAILS, SCHMETAILS: California Bill Proposes Free Health Care for All, but Has No Funding Plan.

You don’t have to fund it — it’s free!

I THOUGHT SYRIA, LIBYA, AND IRAN TOOK CARE OF THAT: Hillary’s image of competence ‘shattered.’

MATT TAIBBI: It still isn’t Hillary’s fault. First it was Russians, then it was misogynists specifically, then it was men generally, and now Hillary’s loss is the fault of the “Washington political establishment.” Of which Clinton was, I suppose, never, ever a member.

More Nixonian by the day:  Clinton Camp Instituted ‘Loyalty Scores’ Following 2008 Loss.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, DO YOU, MRS. JONES? “The campaign had no central message and, worse, it featured an unpleasant but clueless Hillary Clinton, who confided to a close friend, ‘I don’t understand what’s happening in the country.’”

Epistemic closure — now there’s a confidence booster in a presidential candidate. Say what you will about Trump’s excesses, he did understand on a gut level what was happening in the country, and acted upon it accordingly.

Related: “Wouldn’t it have been nice to know there was a ‘feeling of impending doom’ inside the Clinton campaign last year?”

A DESTRUCTIVE FAIRYTALE: MIT Press Publishes ‘Communism for Kids’ Book.  This could only be done underCapitalism.

DEMOCRATS’ WAR ON THE POOR: Walmart is the most efficient anti-poverty program in America, but Mayor Bill De Blasio won’t let them open a store in New York. He’d rather force the poor to pay higher prices than displease the food-workers’ union that helped elect him. My City Journal article notes that a majority of New Yorkers — including those in union households — want Walmart stores in the city, and that support for Walmart is especially strong among blacks and Hispanics.

The economist Richard Vedder and John Tierney defended the proposition, “Long live Walmart,” Walmart in a recent Intelligence Squared U.S. debate in New York. They xpected to have a tough time convincing the liberal audience, but they ended up voting in favor of Walmart. Of course, the economic arguments for Walmart don’t carry the same weight at City Hall as union campaign contributions.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE VIRTUE-SIGNALLING: Gentry Liberalism in San Francisco.

What are the True Costs of New York’s ‘Free’ College Education?  I’m not sure it matters. Whenever costs are socialized and benefits are privatized, there is usually a constituency loud and engaged enough to keep a program going in perpetuity, regardless of the expense.

But what about cultural appropriation?  “No excuses” charters are more effective ways to improve prospects for disadvantaged children than trying to create schools that integrate poor, middle-class and affluent students, concludes Amy L. Wax, a Penn law professor, writing in National Affairs.

The most thought-provoking part of the essay deals with the desire to change the habits and behaviors of the poor, writes Checker Finn.

WAR ON COLLEGE MEN: Professor Says Male Student’s Paper Was So Triggering She Had Trouble Distinguishing Him From Her Rapist. 

SHE shoulda been Trump's Sec of Ed:  The very controversial, take-no-prisoners education reformer  Michelle Rhee deserves credit for making big changes in Washington, D.C.  and setting a national example, writes Bellwether’s Sara Mead in U.S. News.

CAUCUS CO-CHAIR: Blue Collar Workers ‘Feel More Disconnected’ to Dems Than Ever Before.  Deplorable.

HOWIE CARR: “If I ever get in a jam, I ask for no special treatment. Just treat me like Susan Rice.”

A long-time personal fave.  THEODORE DALRYMPLE on outrage: “Outrage is a substitute for religion: It convinces us that our existence has some kind of meaning or significance beyond itself, that is to say beyond the paltry flux of day-to-day existence, especially when that existence is a securely comfortable one. Therefore we go looking for things to be outraged about as anteaters look for ants. Of all emotions, outrage is not only one of the most pleasurable but also one of the most reliable.”

I’M NOT BUYING THIS HUFFPO HEADLINE: Democrats Contemplate How To Forfeit Their Power Upon Regaining The Senate.

“When the Democrats return to the majority and capture the presidency ― which we will, that day is going to arrive ― we will restore the 60-vote margin,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) told MSNBC on Monday. “We will ensure that for the Supreme Court, there is that special margin that any candidate has to reach, because that is essential to ensuring that our country has a confidence in people who are nominated, rather than just someone who passes a litmus test.”

This isn’t what the Democrat base wants to hear before winning back the majority, and it isn’t how the Democrat base expects to exact its revenge after winning back the majority, and it certainly isn’t what the Democrat base wanted when it forced Chuck Schumer into the ill-advised Gorsuch filibuster.

HuffPo Fell for a Hoax Piece Demanding That White Men Lose Voting Rights.  To be fair, the hoaxer was fishing in chummed waters.

FAKE NEWS: AP Changes Fresno Shooter’s Words From ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Removes Islam Reference.

ANDREW MCCARTHY: Obama Political Spying Scandal: Trump Associates Were Not the First Targets. This list includes Dennis Kucinich and investigative journalists.

On the other hand: What Deep Throat Could Teach Us About Fake News

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

● MSNBC “counterterror expert” Malcolm Nance calls for Islamic State jihad bombing of Trump property.

—Robert Spencer, April 19th, 2017.

● National Journal’s Hirsh [appearing on MSNBC’s Hardball:] Time for a moral sanction against gun metaphors similar to the ‘N’ word.

—The Daily Caller, January 21st, 2011.