SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:56 P.M. ET: 

WAPO SLAMS CLINTON – FROM THE HILL:   The Washington Post editorial board Wednesday evening condemned Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of State, calling her actions an “inexcusable, willful disregard for the rules.”  The State Department inspector general released a new report Wednesday stating that Clinton broke several of the agency’s record-keeping policies, prompting the Post’s editorial board to call on the FBI to quickly finish its own investigation into the matter.  “While not illegal behavior, it was disturbingly unmindful of the rules. In the middle of the presidential campaign, we urge the FBI to finish its own investigation soon, so all information about this troubling episode will be before the voters,” the editorial read.  Not a good idea for a Democrat to get on the wrong side of an iconic liberal newspaper.  I personally can't wait for the FBI probe to wrap up.  That's the real story here.

THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE... – FROM THE HILL:    An off-the-cuff remark from Donald Trump to a late-night talk show host might snowball into the blockbuster event of the 2016 presidential primary cycle.  Trump, the de facto Republican presidential nominee, and Bernie Sanders, the second-place Democratic hopeful, are flirting with the idea of staging a shocking spectacle in a historically unpredictable presidential race: a cross-party primary debate between two outsider candidates who have shaken up the political establishment.  Both candidates say they’re interested in a debate that Trump has predicted would draw huge ratings.  “This would be a complete circus,” said Democratic media strategist Brad Bannon. “To me, it shows more than anything else that American politics has become entertainment.”  Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a supporter of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, said in an interview with Julie Mason on Sirius XM that she would tune in.   “I think it’d be fun to watch,” she said.  Trump says his campaign has already been contacted by several networks eager to get in on the action.  I'm guessing this actually won't come off.  But once again Trump has stirred the pot.  You gotta give him credit.

A VICTORY FOR MADNESS – FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES:   A Yale professor and his wife who became targets of protests for an email about potentially offensive Halloween costumes are resigning their positions as heads of a residential community at the university.  The professor, Nicholas Christakis, a sociologist and physician, announced on his Twitter feed Wednesday that he was stepping down as head of Silliman College, a residence where he and his wife served as social and intellectual mentors to students.  Dr. Christakis, who directs Yale’s Human Nature Lab, said they were not severing all their ties to the university. He will stay on as a tenured professor. His wife, Erika Christakis, who recently published a book about preschool, will continue her work in that field, he said, though he did not specify in what capacity.  Absolutely sickening.  Two good and gracious scholars brought down by a brunch of pampered college brats who are "offended" by almost everything.  Many of the "cream of the crop" Yale students aren't very creamy after all.  Just babies who can't stand to hear an idea that they don't agree with.

May 26,  2014