Professor Rossum on Second Amendment

Professor Rossum was quoted in a piece Voice of America News entitled, "Who Should Own Guns in America?" You can probably guess where I come down on the subject. It's more in line with this man than this man.

They call him "Rossu" at one point, but then get it right in a second quotation.

Here's the graff about why we need an individual right to bear arms:

"Then you tie in another dominant theme. From the very beginning in the United States, there was an enormous fear of what were called 'standing armies'," says Ralph Rossu, who teaches political philosophy and the American Constitution at Claremont McKenna College in California.

"The Framing generation [i.e., America's Founding Fathers] was enormously suspicious of governmental power and wanted an armed militia. They worried about standing armies. Standing armies were often sources of corruption. And there was the fear that a standing army could be mobilized against the liberties of the people," says Rossum.

Rossum is teaching a class this semester on the Second Amendment and Originalism. I am enrolled in the class, which meets every Wednesday and it is endlessly fascinating.

Pomona Professor: Happy Year of The Rat!

From the San Bernardino Sun

According to Jianhsin Woo, a Chinese language professor at Pomona College, those who fall under the sign of the rat are cheerful, optimistic and quickly adapt to different environments.

"Books say that many will probably do mostly freelance work; they like freedom and like to do things on their own," Woo said. "They don't like working for companies and most likely will become writers, musicians, scholars or doctors.

You know those aren't bad attributes. Rats are very shrewd. And make good food. Or so Disney says.

(Yes, this is a shout out to you. I love you.)

Scripps College Professor on Imsomnia.

Saw this over at USA Today. I just had to comment snidely.

In her new book, Insomniac (University of California Press), Gayle Greene, a professor of women's studies at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., and a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a professional medical society for researchers and clinicians, calls insomnia an "invisible epidemic." There are no outward signs of it, she says in her book. "No wounds, scars, crutches, casts, wheelchairs.

Please don't start an interest group for imsomniacs. Leave us alone. We aren't victims.

DJ Timbo Seeks Apology From Scripps Dean

This story just won't die. Here it is again. It is as if the blogging gods aren't quite done with humiliating the overly P.C. Scripps Dean of Students Debra Wood.

Not only is she in hot water for thinking that the party's theme is "racist" -- one of its main organizers is 2010 Class President Isayas Theodros, an African-American -- but apparently she's ignorant of the history. She also probably ought to be careful about throwing the word "sexist" around in the future.

Here's how Scarne (DJ Timbo) was described by the article. Does he sound like a sexist to you?

Upon meeting Scarne, the last word that comes to mind is “controversial.” The 33-year-old San Fernando Valley resident, married to his grammar school sweetheart, now seeks an apology from the Dean.

“I'm concerned that if she doesn't respond, that she stands on her ground that I'm a racist, and I am not,” he says. “Isn’t this person supposed to known about Constitutional law and libel?”

Dear Mr. Scarne, a.k.a., DJ Timbo,

Please, please, please bring this to court. I beg you. I'm not saying that you would win, but it would make me very happy if you took her to Court.

And if possible, would you please get this on day time television? Maybe drag it out on Court TV or something?

Thanks, Mr. Scarne. Your number one fan, Charles Johnson