SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

THE MADNESS CONTINUES – FROM FOX:   Citing the threat to the student body’s “physical and mental safety,” 177 professors at the University of California, Berkeley, have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of the campus’ so-called “Free Speech Week.  The speakers scheduled for the week—from Sept. 24 to 27— reportedly include Milo Yiannopoulos, Steve Bannon and Ann Coulter.
The San Francisco Chronicle described the event as “four days of rallies and speeches.”  The report said that—even without the boycott—it is unclear if the event will go through. Organizers did not pay for the facilities, the report said. The price tag for such an event is expected to be exorbitant. It cost $600,000 to secure a recent speech by conservative Ben Shapiro.  The letter from the professors said the event forces some students to risk their “physical and mental safety in order to attend class.”  A spokesman for the school told the paper that faculty members can decide where or when to teach their classes.  The Daily Californian, the student newspaper, reported that only five professors who teach STEM courses (science, technology, engineering, math) on campus signed the letter. The small numb of STEM signatures is not surprising.  Those are real professors who take their work seriously.  It's the humanities and social sciences that are collapsing at our colleges.

NANCY GETS AN EDUCATION – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi was shouted out of a news conference she was holding to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Monday by a vocal group of Dreamers who blamed Democrats for being complicit with President Trump in ending the Obama-era initiative.  Pelosi, standing behind a podium decorated with a sign that said #protectdreamers, said, “Make America dream again. We must strike while the iron is hot and get this done in a matter of days.”  But a group of about 30 young people descended on the large room where the House minority leader stood with other local lawmakers from the San Francisco area and began chanting slogans.   Nancy will learn that you can never satisfy the political left.  You must agree to every point it makes...or else.  The disrupters are gradually taking over the Democratic Party.  There will be no room for Nancy, or Chuck Schumer.  It's Bernie they love.

HILLARY'S LAST STAND – FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:   Hillary Clinton on Monday would not rule out the possibility of challenging the results of the 2016 presidential election, saying it’s clear the Russians influenced the outcome and that the legitimacy of President Trump’s victory could be called into question as congressional and independent probes into Russian involvement move forward.  In an interview with NPR, the former secretary of state — who will speak in Washington on Monday evening as part of her nationwide book tour — would not rule out formally contesting the results of the election.  “I wouldn’t rule it out,” she said, though she quickly admitted there’s virtually no legal path forward, and that challenging election results at this point would be unprecedented.  “There are scholars, academics, who have arguments that it would be [possible], but I don’t think they’re on strong ground. But people are making those arguments. I just don’t think we have a mechanism,”  And I'm so glad we don't.  Remember, please, that the Dems tried to challenge the legitimacy of George W. Bush.  They cannot conceive of losing an election because they can't believe anyone would vote against them.

September 18,  2017