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Kenneth Starr has announced that
the end of the probe of Bill Clinton is "not yet in sight" and that he
will also not be taking the deanship at Pepperdine which he had previously
accepted. Maybe he hasn't read the current issue of Newsweek with
its headline "Time to Put Up or Shut Up".
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In light of the recent incidences
of violent crime by children (Jonesboro shooting, Dallas rape), some members
of the Texas Legislature will certainly lobby for the reduction of the
minimum age for juvenile incarceration. Currently, child offenders younger
than 10 cannot be subjected to the criminal justice system. It would
seem that such a change would only be warranted if these recent child
crimes are more than just isolated incidences. If so, we have far greater
problems than juvenile justice reform.
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Did the headline in last week's
Wise County Messenger about me being "upset" and "at odds" with
our district judge accurately characterize the article that it accompanied?
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Paula Jones not
 only
calls a press conference to announce the obvious (she is appealing her
lawsuit against Bill Clinton) but also holds a photo op the day before
the announcement showing her discussing the matter with her lawyers.
It's time to bow out gracefully.
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More people attended the Ranger
game at the Ballpark in Arlington on Tuesday (24,409) than voted in the
Dallas County run off election (20,647).
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One final Paula Jones matter: Her
lawyer, Donovan Campbell, said "if some adult in control of the other side
of this case would like to come forward and make a rational
 settlement
offer, or even agree to engage in rational settlement discussions, such
as a formal mediation, for example, we will certainly be open to that."
I bet he would.
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A federal court banned affirmative
action at the University of Texas in 1996. After minority enrollment fell,
the legislature enacted a "10% plan" wherein all students who graduated
in the top 10% of their high school class would be guaranteed a place at
Texas public universities, including UT. This
 measure
would increase diversity, the legislators thought, because some high schools
are almost exclusively comprised of minorities. The results: African American
enrollment at UT surprisingly dropped from 4.3% to 2.9%. Interestingly,
Asian student enrollment jumped from 10% to 16%. No one has an explanation.
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