VOTER FRAUD IS A MYTH: THE GUYS AT THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TOLD US SO: Last week the Chairman of the Illinois Advisory Committee to the Civil Rights Commission presented his committee’s report to the Commission. The following transpired at the end:

Commissioner Kirsanow: Thanks very much for your presentation, it was very informative. …. I think you said that you didn’t find any evidence of voter fraud in Illinois?

State Chairman: That is correct …

Commissioner Kirsanow: And how did you make that determination?

State Chairman: … [W]e had government officials including those with Cook County Clerk’s Office, which administers voting, and those with the Chicago Board of Elections. [Muffled but audible gasp in the room]. …

Commissioner Kirsanow: Oh, well, thank you. It may in the future, if you look at this again, be a good idea to look at some media reports … that cite a number of individuals who’ve been convicted of voter fraud including Mahmoud Vakili, an Iranian citizen who was convicted and sentenced to prison for voting while he was not eligible to vote, Steveland Kidd who CBS says was sentenced for voting fraudulently pursuant to absentee ballot, Brian McDouglar two years in prison for falsified absentee ballot, Audrey Cook, Augustus Stacker, Pamela Brant, Monica LaPlant. Sometimes the media has information that maybe Cook County doesn’t.

Peter Kirsanow is a gem.

SHE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW: University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax notes that the problem of low academic performance by affirmative action beneficiaries won’t go away just because student grades are shrouded in secrecy:

The mindset that values openness understands that the truth can be inconvenient and uncomfortable, doesn’t always respect our wishes, and sometimes hurts. Good feelings and reality don’t always mix. But there is a price to be paid for putting the quest for psychological comfort over openness on matters central to how our society is organized.

Alas, Wax’s article, entitled The University of Denial, is itself shrouded in semi-secrecy behind the WSJ paywall. For more easily accessed data on the issue, try A “Dubious Expediency”: How Race-Preferential Admissions Policies on Campus Hurt Minority Students. Or spend a few dollars for Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help and Why Universities Won’t Admit It.

MARK TWAIN WAS RIGHT: HISTORY DOESN’T REPEAT ITSELF, BUT OFTEN IT RHYMES: The Texas teen who made up an elaborate tale that she was kidnapped and raped by three black men will (unfortunately) not be jailed. It’s hard not to be reminded of the notorious case of the Scottsboro Boys when reading her story. Weird fact: She is from the town of Pottsboro.

MILLENNIALS CAN’T CATCH AN EVEN BREAK:  Employers who recruit on campus may be violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.