More on Firing of Kevin Williamson

For John, BLUF:  This is a gift to those who think the media can't be trusted.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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MUST READ: Ben Shapiro drops stone-cold TRUTH about Kevin Williamson’s firing — and the Left WON’T like it

On Twitchy, by Ms Sarah D, 5 April 2018.

Here is the lede:

Ben Shapiro, who knows a thing or two about leftist mobs trying to silence conservative voices, weighed in on Kevin Williamson’s firing from the Atlantic with a fantastic thread:

Then go to the link to see the eleven tweets from Mr Ben Shapiro.

It ends this way:

What just happened to Kevin Williamson leads conservatives to side with anyone the Left casts out, good or bad, merely as a form of protection.  That shouldn’t happen.  But it does.  And the Left causes it with this bulls***. (END)

As someone once said, if you want more Donald Trump, this is how you get more Donald Trump.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

For John, BLUF:  Do you see a Progressive drift in your professional development efforts?  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Politicization of the MCAT

Here is the sub-headline:

Why should we care about the opinions of aspiring doctors?

From The Weekly Standard, by Ms Devorah Goldman, 6 April 2018.

Here is the lede plus one:

In 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges revised the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) for the first time in nearly 25 years, stretching the full exam-day experience from around five hours to eight or more.  The test drew attention at the time for its sheer length; less widely noted was the explicitly ideological bent of the new exam.

The AAMC occupies a curious place in the world of medicine.  It forms one-half of the only government-approved accrediting entity for U.S. medical schools, and it is solely in charge of administering both the MCAT and the national standardized medical school application.  Unlike the American Medical Association, which represents physician groups without exercising much direct control over doctors, the AAMC has immediate and significant authority over its constituent medical schools and academic health centers.  And in recent years, it has used this leverage to fundamentally alter the way medical schools assess applicants.

If you are thinking there is a political line here you would not be mistaken.  But, be fair and read the whole thing.

I wonder what this means for the quality of future medical professionals.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff