DAVID POST: The Copyright Tail Wags The Internet Dog. “The Administration’s just-released “White Paper on Intellectual Property Enforcement” looks like a real horror show of major proportions.”

ROGER SIMON: Will the WaPo fire Sari Horwitz?

DO WOMEN NEED TO act like men on Wall Street? I’d be happy if the men would.

JAMES TARANTO ON BRIAN LEITER AND ANN ALTHOUSE:

The reason we find Leiter’s comments amusing rather than disgusting is that we, unlike Althouse, are not part of academia and thus have no personal investment in the ideal of disinterested and honest scholarship. Rather than offend our ideals, Leiter reinforces our stereotype of academia as being filled with fools and knaves. You can see why this would bother Althouse, a scholar who does not fit the disparaging stereotype.

Althouse’s emotional reaction to Leiter’s comments is similar to ours when the New York Times publishes blatantly slanted stories on its news pages or outright lies on its opinion pages. Those are our professional standards the Times is transgressing. Some of our readers thought our outrage at the Times naive; we would say that, like Althouse’s disgust with Leiter, it was merely idealistic. It is possible to be knowing without being cynical.

It’s sad that Brian Leiter seems to put so much effort into reinforcing — or, perhaps the proper term is “embodying” — right-wing stereotypes regarding the academy. For those of us who still possess some ideals, it’s disappointing. But it’s hard to argue with this point; “Leiter wouldn’t be acting like such a crybaby if he weren’t losing this argument.” Leiter is — to the amusement of many of his fellow legal academics and philosophers — exquisitely concerned with reputation. But reputation is maintained by conduct.

LEE STRANAHAN IN THE HUFFINGTON POST: Shame On Big Media For Ignoring Death Threats Against Republicans:

Three questions for you.

1. Do you think of Republicans and the Tea Party as dangerous, violent extremists?
2. Do you think the Wisconsin protests over GOP Governor Scott Walker’s move to strip public sector employees of collective bargaining were peaceful?
3. Do you scoff at the right wing notion that mainstream media like the New York Times, the TV networks and NPR have a liberal media bias against the conservatives?

If you answered ‘yes’ to all three of those questions, then let me ask you one more…

Why isn’t the mainstream media talking about the death threats against Republican politicians in Wisconsin?

Try to set aside whatever biases or preconceptions you might have for a moment and ask yourself why death threats against politicians aren’t considered national news, especially in the wake of the all too fresh shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other bystanders. And there hasn’t just been one death threat, but a number of them.

Because they’re Republicans. Duh. But he’s right to say this: “Ignoring the story of these threats is deeply, fundamentally wrong. It’s bad, biased journalism that will lead to no possible good outcome and progressives should be leading the charge against it.”

UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!

JOURNALISM: Washington Post apologizes for plagiarized articles.

WHAT WOULD a desperate wimp do?

STONE OF SISYPHUS: David Bernstein corrects Jonathan Chait.

L.A. TIMES: ‘Sire, the peasants are revolting!’ Obama’s amazing problem with political optics.

Everyone expects a president to relax or exercise or stage elegant parties. But in the broader context of events nowadays such a blantant pattern of persistent insensitivity comes across as, at best, just plain stupid, or possibly brazenly indifferent. We’re here and you’re not.

Not the best theme heading into a reelection season.

With the impending nuclear meltdown, two wars and everything else going on, however, you’ll be relieved to know that President Obama did complete his NCAA basketball brackets on time. And he made tonight’s Democratic party fundraiser too.

Without the press more-or-less literally carrying him, this guy couldn’t have gotten elected dogcatcher.

A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE on the Wisconsin mobs.

HUGH HEWITT: The McClellan Republicans.

THE NEW CIVILITY (CONT’D): Union Protesters INVADE Tennessee Senate Chambers during session.

THOUGHTS ON values in higher education.

RACISM AT MSNBC: Lawrence O’Donnell: Bachmann’s Voters Are Ignorant Because They’re White.

DOUBLING DOWN: Widener Dean Pursues Punishment for Law Prof Who Used Hypotheticals in Class. Hypotheticals! The horror! Based on what I’ve seen, if I were a Widener faculty member I’d be pursuing a vote of no confidence in Widener Dean Linda Ammons. If there’s anything in this story that makes her look good, it certainly hasn’t come out. And procedurally, this sounds like a kangaroo court: “Neuberger emphasized that the hearing will not require the student accusers to take a sworn oath, and that he will not be allowed to cross examine them.” Can we at least know their names?

CAMPUS CARRY BILL passes in Idaho House.

AT AMAZON, top deals in electronics. Also, markdowns on cordless power tools.

JOHN SCALZI BECOMES NONFICTION, SORT OF. Hiawatha Bray emails: “I know you’re a big fan of Old Man’s War. I just heard on CNN that at the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors, officials are asking older workers to stay on and try to prevent a meltdown. One worker who volunteered is 59 and six months from retirement. Older workers are being recruited because it’s believed that because of their advanced age, they’ll die of other causes before the effects of radiation can kill them. Pretty scary. God bless these brave people.”

CHICAGO: Witnesses question accounts of homicide case tied to Daley nephew. “The Chicago Police Department’s accounts of a drunken Rush Street confrontation seven years ago involving Richard J. ‘R.J.’ Vanecko — a nephew of Mayor Daley and White House chief of staff William Daley — and its two resulting investigations into David Koschman’s death fill 82 pages. Yet the half-inch-thick series of police reports — recently released two months after a Chicago Sun-Times public records request — leaves gaps in recounting what witnesses say happened in the early-morning hours of April 25, 2004, a Sun-Times investigation has found.”

FRANK MUNGER: Ex-Sandia engineer talks about some of the worst things that could happen in Japan.

FASCISM IN AMERICA: Union Thugs Destroy Recall Petitions. “This video was shot minutes after a union advocate destroyed several petitions at a recall Jim Holperin Rally in Merill, WI. The event was moved to the court house grounds because the private location originally slated to host the event was threatened with arson. It should be noted that police were present when the protestor destroyed these recall petitions, but stated to us that there was nothing they could do about it.”

WELL, THIS DOESN’T SOUND PROMISING: Some thoughts on the effect of the Sendai Earthquake on the technology supply chain.

MORE VIOLENCE FROM THE LEFT? D.C. GOP HQ Windows Shattered By Small Caliber Pellets.

TWO PERSPECTIVES ON Obama’s passivity.

GEIGER COUNTERS SEEM TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY, showing up as out of stock until April 11. Or “temporarily unavailable.” I used to have one, but I’m not sure what happened to it.