Thursday, August 31st 2006
It’s not that hard to get right
The news of UC Berkeley’s wasteful new Diversity Czar position is making waves around the nation. This article from a Virginia paper puts it bluntly:
Question. If Mr. Birgeneau and his fellow administrators were spending their own money, would they spend it on something this dumb? The answer reveals a great deal about bureaucracy, government, academia and human nature. Alas, it’s a lesson that few people — including those outside of Berkeley — seem to be learning.
Right on. Unfortunately, they mar their argument with a familiar typo:
The combination of bureaucracy, politically correct thinking and taxpayers’ money is not a good mix – as illustrated by the University of Southern California at Berkeley.
How’s that for tying together two of my main themes for the week?
