Robert

I asked Nostraclaudemus for an estimated release date for the 5th Robert Caro LBJ series based upon previous release schedule, current writing progress, and content remaining. The response: Tuesday, May 4, 2032

U.S. Forest Service law enforcement is now asking for the public’s help identifying a group of Indian nationals seen defacing Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona, a sacred Native American site, with furious Americans demanding their immediate deportation.

Today at noon thousands of red rose petals will flutter down through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome. This spectacular tradition is held each year on the feast of Pentecost.

And here is the part the internet meritocrats keep avoiding: Black students make up roughly 10% of Yale’s medical student body while Black Americans are about 13–14% of the U.S. population. Asian students make up roughly 25–30% of Yale’s medical student body while Asians are about 6–7% of the U.S. population. And I don't like the term Asian because it can mean anyone from a large continent - but here we are. So the fantasy that Yale is some anti-Asian machine collapsing under “Black favoritism” is simply not supported by the actual demographics. What Yale — and essentially every medical school in America — actually does is this: highly qualified applicants clear an academic threshold through GPA and MCAT, then admissions committees evaluate the rest of the human being. Interviews. Letters of recommendation. Research. Leadership. Communication. Service. Maturity. Judgment. Resilience. In other words: exactly what every serious profession in America does when hiring people for consequential jobs. The strange cult online is not medicine. It is the belief that a standardized test score alone should settle the full question of human potential. Which isn't what is done for any other job in the US. If you have a new graduate who was at the top of the class and you were an investment banker, or a law firm you would interview that person. Sometimes they do great, and sometimes you realize that person will not fit into the culture of your business. So, no, I didn't use anecdotes. YUnless you call decades of training surgeons, evaluating residents, serving on admissions committees, watching physicians succeed or fail under pressure, and seeing who patients actually trust and follow probably does create some bias. It is called experience. The amusing part is that the people mocking clinical experience are simultaneously insisting that a few additional questions correct on a standardized exam reveal the full architecture of human competence.

German activist on the Freedom Flotilla says Israel beat her daily No food. No water This is what they do to people who try to break the siege

The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world. Not remotely America First. It’s straightforward: Open the damned strait. Deny Iran access to money. Take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region. Overdue. Let’s go.