From the Washington Examiner

Editor's Note:  Here are my picks from the Washington Examiner over the last few days.  I've chosen "Safety First" as my lead article.   This is just one more example as to why we need to stop funding universities and colleges with grant money and student loans.  We are now -  and have been - turning out pampered, self-indulgent, arrogant  idiots who are ill-equipped for the real world.  And un-equipped for leadership, which I think the rest of the articles demonstrate.

LEAD ARTICLE: 

Safety first - By Noemie Emery

Academia has given us so much for which not to be grateful — identity politics, race/gender studies and sundry unpleasantries. But it has topped itself now with one even better — the right to be treated as something quite fragile, always endangered and almost too precious to live.  Last December, the Boston Globe informed us that "students at Harvard Law School, joining their counterparts at a pair of other leading universities, have asked that final exams be postponed for students who have been 'traumatized' by recent grand jury decisions" in New York and Missouri, explaining "we cannot walk away from our pain." In England, some female students suggested we move from clapping to hand waving to signal approval, as the sound of applause could be threatening.

Others pushed for "trigger alerts" on reading assignments containing unpleasant scenes (such as 'Macbeth', for example?) so that sensitive souls could steel themselves, or else avoid them completely. According to one story mentioned in the Harvard Law Review (sparsely sourced, admittedly), a male student at a small school in Oregon "was ordered to stay away from a fellow student (cutting him off from his housing, his campus job and educational opportunity)…because he reminded her of the man who had raped her months before and thousands of miles away.".....

White House ready to extend Iran deadline - U.S. officials trying to negotiate a deal with Iran to roll back its nuclear program have decided to continue the talks past Tuesday's deadline if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of the day, and as long as the "conversations continue to be productive" over the course of the next few hours.

Iran deal could be toothless - "[If] we can't get a good deal, we won't take one, pure and simple. I think we've all been clear about that."

Congress to sanction Iran if negotiations fail - "The sanctions are going to come, and they're going to..

Where the red line came from -- before it was crossed - Obama may have communicated his "red line" with Syria to pre-empt a Republican attack.

Democratic Jews have a home with Republicans - Recently I have been shocked at how Israel, once a bipartisan issue, has become so very partisan.

Inspector general to review State Department's record-keeping capabilities - The IG is launching a new investigation of the State Department's ability to archive official document.

Clinton's 'clean' server raising new questions about her email review process - Transparency advocates are questioning Clinton's review of each of the 60,000 messages.

Benghazi panel summons Clinton - Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, sent a request to Clinton's personal attorney, David E. Kendall, requesting that Clinton appear before the committee no later than May 1 for a transcribed interview about the server and email.

Hillary Clinton withheld information from Congress. Now what does Congress do? - After much haggling, State turned over a large amount of Benghazi material - but certainly not all of it.

Chaffetz subpoenas two Secret Service agents - Chaffetz said he was forced to issue the subpoenas because the Homeland Security Department is trying to stymie its investigation into the incident of the two senior Secret Service agents who disrupted a suspicious package investigation at the White House.

Why heads aren't rolling at the Secret Service - "And that's the question that we're looking at today, where is the accountability in the agency?"

Veterans Affairs hospital chief draws $179k salary despite missing 80 days a year - DeWayne Hamlin missed about 100 days in the 14 months ending in June 2014.

Entitlement reform: Dead or alive? - Supporters of the "doc-fix" agreement argue that the structural reforms will be felt decades from now.

U.S. signed agreement with Mexico to teach immigrants to unionize - The agreements do not distinguish between those who entered legally or illegally.

Reid retirement follows call for probe of his role in visas-for-cash mess - The review by DOJ's top anti-public corruption staff is needed, according to Cause of Action's Daniel Epstein.

Reid cannot blame boxing career for his low conduct - Reid is now going to hang up his gloves, and will retire rather than seek re-election in 2016.

Democrats, Republicans want Obama to nominate permanent inspectors general - Nominations for only two of the 10 vacant inspector general positions are currently pending in the Senate.

Republicans vie in the Putin primary - Vladimir Putin clearly neither respects nor fears Obama, but this is hardly unique in the world.