THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HARVARD FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS IN ADMISSIONS IS PROCEEDING: Harvard has now appointed an Asian-American attorney to defend its diversity policy. And the U.S. Department of Justice has taken an interest in the case.

The thing that always gets me about race-preferential admissions policies that disadvantage Asian American and white applicants is that, when all is said and done, those policies disadvantage their so-called beneficiaries too. A “Dubious Expediency”: How Race-Preferential Admissions Policies on Campus Hurt Minority Students discusses the evidence.

But the beat goes on. Nobody likes to admit that a policy they’ve been following for 50 years isn’t working.