The New York Times, Charles C.W. Cooke, and Nicholas Johnson: The Black Tradition of Arms and Historical Illiteracy
Posted: October 26, 2014 Filed under: Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Self Defense, Think Tank | Tags: Charles C. W. Cooke, Danny Glover, Fordham University School of Law, Gun rights, Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms, Hollywood, Nicholas Johnson, Second Amendment, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Texas A&M University 2 Comments
This line is popular among the historically illiterate. Nicholas Johnson on why it’s nonsense: http://t.co/uSvRTbPSm4pic.twitter.com/gyfXsk4pLe
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 27, 2014
Nicholas J. Johnson is Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law is the author of Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms. He is the lead editor of Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Cases and Materials (Aspen Press, 2012).
For the Online Library of Law & Liberty, Nicholas J. Johnson writes:
In a January 17 speech to students at Texas A&M University, Danny Glover, the actor from Lethal Weapon etc., attempted to disparage the constitutional right to arms with the critique that “The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans.”
This is abundantly wrong and I hope the students will not consider Mr. Glover a definitive source on the question. But I will give him credit for the try. He attempted to engage the issue by at least skimming one piece of the voluminous scholarship in this area.
His comment seems based on a cursory reading of a 1998 law review article by Professor Carl Bogus. First, it warms the academic’s heart that a Hollywood actor would sit down and read a law review article, although I 
acknowledge the possibility that someone just told him about it.
[Check out Nicholas Johnson’s book “Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms” at Amazon]
Also see – [VIDEO] How the Civil Rights Movement Changed Black Gun Culture
Either way, his education is incomplete (as is true for all of us). Mr. Glover’s mistake is to have taken one dubious thing and run with it. That is almost always a mistake and especially so in the gun debate. But Danny Glover’s mistake is also a teaching tool that illuminates the broader conversation. Read the rest of this entry »
9 Public College Presidents Pay Tops $1 Million
Posted: May 18, 2014 Filed under: Economics, Education | Tags: Chronicle of Higher Education, Hamid Shirvani, Mark Yudof, Mary Sue Coleman, Michael McRobbie, Ohio State University, Renu Khator, Texas A&M University, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame, West Virginia University 1 Comment
The number of public college presidents earning over $1 million more than doubled in the 2012-2013 fiscal year from the year before, according to a new survey.
The Chronicle of Higher Education study found that nine college presidents earned more than $1 million in total compensation in 2013, compared to just four in 2012.
Elwood Gordon Gee, President of West Virginia University
Public college presidents first exceeded the $1 million total compensation mark in 2006-2007, according to the survey.
Gordon Gee topped the list, earning $6.1 million as the head of Ohio State University. Gee resigned that post last year after making comments about Roman Catholics, the University of Notre Dame and Southeastern Conference schools. He is now president of West Virginia University.
The study took into account base salary, bonuses, retirement, severance and deferred pay — an incentive offered to presidents who stay in their positions for an agreed-upon period of time.
Four of the college presidents on the top 10 list have retired. Two others have accepted positions at other universities.
The top 10 earners in the fiscal year 2012-2013 were:
— Gordon Gee, president of the West Virginia University
Gee’s compensation total is based on payments he received at the Ohio State University, from which he resigned in June of 2013 after six years as president. Gee earned $6.1 million in 2013, which includes $3.3 million in deferred pay and $1.55 in retirement and severance pay.
— Bowen Loftin, president of Texas A&M University at College Station
Loftin earned $1.6 million, and resigned from his position in January after three years. He now serves as chancellor of the University of Missouri. Loftin’s $425,000 base salary did not change from 2012 to 2013, however in 2013 Loftin was paid $950,000 in severance and retirement pay.
— Hamid Shirvani, president of North Dakota University system
Shirvani earned roughly $1.3 million in 2013. He retired in June 2013, after less than a year in his position overseeing the 11-campus system. He was paid $962,095 in severance and retirement pay — more than double his $349,000 base salary.
— Renu Khator, University of Houston main campus
Khator earned roughly $1.26 million in 2013. She has served in the position since 2008. Nearly 45 percent of Khator’s total compensation comes from bonus pay and deferred pay on top of her $700,000 base salary. Read the rest of this entry »
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