"Meanwhile: In the race for president, this is Yale's moment. "

[madfloridian]

http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?file=538571.html

SNIP..."Conspiracy theorists have noted that for the last 15 years every occupant of the White House has held a degree from Yale University. Indeed, there has been a Yalie on the ticket in every U.S. presidential race for the last 32 years, running either for president or vice president.

During the primary season, three of the Democratic contenders hoping to wrest the presidency from Yale man George W. Bush were also Yale men: John Kerry, Howard Dean and Joe Lieberman. And now, Yale's run will continue no matter who wins in November.

With Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush waiting in the wings, who knows how long this will continue? How about Barbara Bush, Yale '04, versus Anne Dean, '06, in a decade or two?

SNIP..."But, clearly, this is Yale's moment, and it is fair to ask why. When F. Scott Fitzgerald was looking at colleges he found Harvard sort of indoors. He found Yale brisk and energetic like a day in October. But Princeton, he wrote, was lazy and aristocratic like a day in June, and so he chose Princeton...."

[Bozita]

1. When I think Yale, I think GWB -- How'd that asshole get in?

How'd he last long enough to "earn" a Yale degree?

Seems to me that Yale has a lot of questions to answer.

I'm gonna start looking for Yale degrees at my local dollar stores.

BTW, there are a lot more dollar stores around here now than there were four years ago.

The economy's on a roll.

[dammit905]

2. A fat wad of cash. n/t