SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

NOTE THE LANGUAGE – FROM THE L.A. TIMES:   Travelers, sports fans and concertgoers may see more police and tighter security screening at airports and events this summer in the wake of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., according to a Department of Homeland Security bulletin issued Wednesday.  While no intelligence indicates a “specific and credible” threat of an impending terrorist plot, the bulletin cites the shooting at an Orlando nightclub, as well as recent attacks at a county building in San Bernardino, at an airport and subway in Brussels, and at restaurants and a concert all in Paris as examples of terrorists targeting of crowded public spaces.  “In this environment, we are particularly concerned about homegrown violent extremists who could strike with little or no notice. The tragic events of Orlando several days ago reinforce this,” the bulletin states.  "Homegrown violent extremists."  No reference to jihadists.  And we see a continuation of the "homegrown" myth.  Jihadists are not "homegrown."  Even if they're born here, their radicalization comes from foreign sources and websites.  But the Obama administration won't admit it.  Violates political correctness.

GOOD IDEA – FROM THE HILL:  Senators are planning to use a wide-ranging appropriations bill to push for more funding for the FBI in the wake of the Orlando, Fla., shooting. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) has filed an amendment to the Senate's Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill that would provide the agency an additional $190 million.  Most of that money, $175 million, would be used for "personnel, training and equipment needed to counter both foreign and domestic terrorism, including the lone wolf actors."   Another $15 million would be used to bolster active shooting training.  "Words are one thing, deeds are another," she told reporters after a classified briefing Monday evening. "While America grieves and America bleeds, we want to take action to prevent it from happening again, and that goes to a resourced FBI."   The proposal comes days after a gunman killed 49 people during a shooting in a packed gay nightclub. Dozens more were injured.   Looks like a mature proposal, assuming the funds are actually put to good use.  But follow the money carefully.  I'll bet the Obamans try to divert some of it to fight "Islamophobia."

GREAT MOMENTS IN EDUCATION:   FROM LONDON'S DAILY MAIL:   Yale University has found itself embroiled in controversy once again this year after English students complained that courses in the department were 'hostile' to students of color.  Under the most fire is the Major English Poets course, a prerequisite for undergraduates in the major to study the works of at least seven major poets, all of whom are white men.  An anonymous petition has demanded the department not only change the English 125/126 course, which has existed since 1920, but abolish it entirely. It also asks that the major's pre-1800/1900 requirements be changed to include literature relating to 'gender, race and sexuality'.  I hope Yale will resist this trendy nonsense, but I'm afraid they'll give in.  The administration is weak, and afraid of its students. 

June 15,  2016