Yale profs fight back, we need higher tariffs on China and other commentary

Ed desk: Yale Profs Fight Back“Nearly 100 Yale professors have signed a letter calling for the university to ‘freeze new administrative hires’ and conduct a ‘faculty-led audit’ of its sprawling bureaucracy,” cheers City Journal’s John D.Sailer.

“While faculty have long complained about administrative growth and overreach, the Yale letter is a rare example of organized pushback.” “For decades, federal policy has been a tool for campus social-justice advocates” who use everything from “civil rights mandates to NIH funding requirements” to justify their jobs.Now, “federal policy has become a potential instrument for a different constituency: old-school liberal professors.” “The way forward for America’s universities, which remain the best in the world, will require a concord between two parties with little trust for one another: reform-minded liberal faculty and the Trump administration.”Shark: We Need Higher Tariffs on ChinaPresident Trump needs to get tougher on China, Kevin O’Leary, the Mr.

Wonderful of “Shark Tank,” argues at The Free Press.Beijing has “never complied” with World Trade Organization rules “guaranteeing intellectual property rights and cooperating with American producers” since joining in 2001.

“The Chinese government repeatedly steals intellectual property” even as it ruthlessly breaks “the international rules of free trade” to gain market share in industries like steel.And “there is no major Chinese company that isn’t controlled by the CCP,” the Chinese Communist Party.

But Beijing can’t win a trade war, as there’s “simply no substitute for the American consumer.” Best to “shut down trade with China completely” — “It might not be pretty in the short term, but it’s ultimately the only way forward.”Libertarian: AI Bots Are Robbing TaxpayersData suggest that AI bots posing as California students stole “more than $10 million in federal financial aid and upward of ...