Yale: Sex Week vs. True Love Week

"Last fall, after coming under federal investigation for alleged Title IX violations related to creating a hostile sexual environment for women," writes Nathan Harden, "Yale administrators announced that the biennial pornification of Yale, aka "Sex Week," would no longer be allowed to take place on campus." The decision came after accusations surfaced that Sex Week organizers were "receiving kickbacks from porn companies."

Sex Week is back this year, toned down and with competition from True Love Week, sponsored by Students with Undergraduates for a Better Yale College. The group will offer educational seminars that focus more on relationships and less on casual sex.

AEI on the Phony 8.3 Percent Unemployment Rate

If you're worried about jobs, don't miss American Enterprise Institute's Why the Official 8.3 Percent Unemployment Rate is a Phony Number. Author James Pethokoukis points out:

• If the US labor force was equal in percentage to when Obama took office, the real unemployment rate would be 11 percent.
• If all unemployment—including the discouraged (i.e., those who've quit looking) as well as the part-time employed who want full-time work—the unemployment rate would be "a sky-high 15.1 percent."
• "Bottom line: The unemployment rate is dropping because economic growth continues to be so anemic that 4 million Americans have quit looking for work and have been disappeared by the Labor Department."

Pethokoukis explains (with graphics) why a further decline in the "official" unemployment rate over the next few months is not likely to be good news for Americans or Mr. Obama.

The Komen Foundation Debacle

"The media headlines today are that the Komen Foundation has reversed itself," writes Erick Erickson in Making Sense of the Komen Foundation's Actions at Redstate.com. "If you gave a donation in the past few days and want it back, you should call (800) 996-3329. But I hope I can provide for you some rational explanation for a mishandled PR exercise..." Worth the read if you're a Komen Foundation supporter.

Human Events: Top 10 Washington Sins

If Washington DC were the American Heartland's lover, he would be on his way out the door. "Anger against congress, federal bureaucrats, lobbyists and all that is Washington has been boiling over in America's Heartland," writes Human Events, "with good reason. ... Here's the proof: The Top Ten Ways Washington Annoys the Heartland."

22-Year-Old 'Flip-Flop Cop'

"It's incredible how much stuff is out there," says 22-year-old Andrew Kaczynski, a student at St. John's University who is making a name for himself as this year's "flip-flop cop for the digital age," according to the Washington Times. His research—from "John McCain's entire 200-page 2008 opposition research file on Mr. Romney" to Ron Paul's video bragging "about putting out political newsletters, the same newsletters he recently disavowed because they contain controversial statements about race, AIDS and international conspiracy theories"—feeds his "political nerd" passion, launched his career, and keeps people honest.

No Limit to Government Power?

Mitt Romney faces a real problem explaining why "Obamacare is a curse, while Romneycare is a blessing," writes John Hayward in Human Events, particularly since both are rooted in the misguided notion that there should be no "limits on the power of government." RomneyCare and the Limits of Government Power is worth a full read.

Private Family Matters

President Obama's statement that "government should not intrude on private family matters," delivered on the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, is a "brazen bit of Obama BS," writes John Hinderaker in Obama's Government Vs. Your Family at Powerlineblog.com. "If that doesn't provoke hollow laughter, you haven't been paying attention." Hinderaker counts the ways this president and his party have injected government into the most ordinary private family matters, from food choices to electrical use to garbage collection.