6-10-09

6-10-09--...the director of financial aid gave the [admissions team at Reed College] another task: drop more than 100 needy students before sending out acceptances, and substitute those who could pay full freight [nearly $50,000 per year]. NYT A1
--GWB spent “a total of 490 days” in the tumbleweed isolation of Crawford—NYT A27
--Boomers to this year’s grads: We are really, really sorry. WSJ A11
--A larger reason for the shock and surprise [at the killing of Dr. Tiller, the Oklahoma bombing]—and this is true for the right generally—is this: The culture wars are not meant to be taken seriously. ... these are the ingredients of entertainment, not politics.—A13