In an unintended consequence of affirmative action fewer boys are attending college these days.

Glenn Reynolds writing at TechCentralStation…

The remedy, in this view: Affirmative action for male candidates, re-education for faculty, campus “men’s centers” to match the womens’ centers that were created when women were an underrepresented group on campus (and which still remain today almost everywhere), and efforts to make curricula, dormitories, and recruiting more male-friendly. (Right now, though we see lots of courses on literature by and about women, courses on literature by and about men are regarded as too narrow.”)

Looks like this imbalance could be a serious problem for the future of this country given Harvard President Larry Summers comments, in a moment of unguarded honesty, about gender differences in aptitude in math and science.

More and more men seem to be skipping college to take up high paying trades such as electricians, plumbers, contractors, and linesmen, all skills calling for a decent degree of intelligence. And these jobs won’t likely be outsourced. Looks like men aren’t so dumb after all.

Pretty soon the diversity crowd will be crying about an underrepresentation of women and minorities in the building trades. But then policing diversity is an industry all its own.

This U.S. Marine has real courage. Recently back from Iraq he wasn’t about to let the pro-terrorists roaming the streets of Washington, D.C. ignore the truth.

From Powerline…

Standing up to totalitarian sociopaths: it takes courage, whether you’re in Washington, D.C. or Beijing.

Let’s follow the lead of this courageous patriot.

More on the pro-terrorist rallies in Washington that the so-called mainstream media doesn’t want you to see here and here.

Apparently, they want a “download of his experience.” Sean Sirrine says “Only a government agency would pay someone to explain to them why he screwed up so bad.”

John Clark wonders what his new role as contractor is paying. Chris Fournier says: “a guy who was totally unqualified for the job in the first place is now getting paid as a consultant.” Two Babes and a Brain thinks it is outrageous. Michelle Malkin has more. And Ankle Biting Pundits is skeptical, but primarily because CBS is reporting it.