Michael Lynch contributed to The Weekly Standard in the mid-1990s, writing on cultural and academic topics. His pieces for the magazine examined media myths and controversies in higher education, including issues at UCLA.
CALIFORNIANS LIKE TO BE in the forefront of things, and they have lately been particularly daring about affirmative action: In July 1995, the University of California regents voted to end race-based admissions and hiring on their campuses; last November, the state's electorate approved the historic…
THE MYTHICAL MURPHY BROWN -- the highly paid professional woman who chooses to have a child out of wedlock -- is back, courtesy of the U. S. Census Bureau. On November 8, the bureau released a Current Population Report entitled "Fertility of American Women" by Amara Bachu, which purported to have…