“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
― Groucho Marx

So you probably think you understand what’s going on, right?

The Administration is threatening universities with the withholding of funds so that they come around and adhere to the new poliitical or social party-line which satisfies Republicans, the Heritage Foundation or our new Mentor-in-Waiting Herr DOGE (pronounced Doggie). If it were up to them, bible study would be the main course — as long as they were teaching CHRISTIAN ideology and had sold the students their bibles. In fact, Liberty University could provide our leadership, by example. But the recent thrust which has unsettled the Columbia hierarchy is what the Left has perceived as an attack upon Free Speech and Assembly, Anti-intellectuality, interference in higher education –and Extortion. Extortion? Let me tell you, from Justice to Education, Religion to Politics, nothing is either more prevalent or more succesful than plain old Extortion. Its what makes the world go around. Especially, in Washington and the good old U.S. of A.

Teach what we tell you. Don’t teach what we don’t approve of. DO NOT protest for any reason, (unless we tell you to). Hire the teachers we appove of. And, THINK, what we tell you to. Or, we’ll withhold money for you to exist! Or, maybe we’ll inflict Civil Death upon you. Or, destroy your institution. The list of the targets from Columbia to NPR and PBS is already long.

Starting to remind you of a novel you once read? Orwell anyone?

And, no, this new brand of RIGHTTHINK is not a complicated political philosophy. It is basically Extortion using the bludgeoning hammer of Money. Cash. Gelt, motherfucker. Really simple.

Wer’re dealing with Clowns and Goons now! Understand that!

The elitist parents who bought their way into legacy admissions are flummoxed. After garnering admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, U. Penn (Wharton), maybe not NYU since there’s a family member attending, and no doubt all of their law schools (watch out Heritage) — word is out that serious money will be held back. Naturally, they’ll all cave. How many universty Presidents really gave a shit about DEI or enjoyed the Free Speech movement when protests were involved — and can’t get the Blacks, women, internationals, Latinos or Trans students away from them fast enough like flypaper sticking to their fingers. Although the Whiffenpoof song may still be important.

The NY Post gleefully reported that students are rejecting admission offers from Columbia. Can you imagine that? Saying NO to an Ivy League admission offer? Even legacy students. Mom and Dad are telling Sonny or Barbie that maybe Columbia isn’t such a good idea right now, after all. You know, so Outre. Our guy got you in — at a hell of a cost — but maybe still with Harvard. But, wait, even with that $50 Billion dollar endowment — maybe let the 2025 people continue going there so that it doesn’t get shut down? The Law School anyway!

What the NY Post doesn’t talk about and what an intelligent person knows IF THEY TALK to their children is — the children would rather Harvard send the $50 Billion to those people who USAID left sick and hungry or dying. And, who would go to any of these schools that succumbed to Extortion and risk having your diploma reversed and taken away from you even after studying, shutting your mouth, giving up Free Speech and agreeing to not protest against the abomination of lies and political Extortion from Clowns? All to satisfy the cuurent crop of sociopaths who came to power because they’ve figured out that stupid people, racists that hate Blacks and Latinos, incels that hate women, Republicans that want power and Old white guys that don’t give a shit about anyone except themselves — and no longer have to hide it since their hero has pulled off a coup.

But, you know, folks, there are a lot of politicians who are full of shit whose diplomas come from wealthy, famous Law Schools whose J.D. degrees should be Revoked. Before those schools are driven out of business and their professors head to europe.

Before Sonny becomes a plumber and joins the Socialists and starts protesting.

NEWS FLASH — 4/2/25. 4 students chained themselves to a gate at Columbia’s St. Paul’s Chapel in protest and were removed within two hours by campus police. They violated the Rules of University Conduct. Such bravery and audacity!