SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:41 P.M. ET:

SEALED MOUTH – From WaPo:  "Welcome to day 29 of the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign!  In those 29 days – including April 12, the day she announced, and today – Clinton has taken a total of eight questions from the press. That breaks out to roughly one question every 3.6 days. Of late, she's taken even fewer questions than that. According to media reports, the last day Clinton answered a question was April 21 in New Hampshire; that means that she hasn't taken a question from the media in 20 straight days."  When a liberal Democrat fears the mainstream press, you know we're in trouble.

GREAT MOMENTS IN ACADEMIA – From Fox:  "Boston University had a weekend change of heart about a new professor's angry tweets about white people, after FoxNews.com and others reported on the racially-charged comments -- and Terrier alumni threatened to stop writing checks.  Saida Grundy, an incoming assistant professor of sociology and African-American studies at the school, tweeted in recent weeks that 'white masculinity is THE problem for america’s (sic) colleges,' white men are a 'problem population,' and that she tries to avoid shopping at white-owned businesses. On Friday, her new employer's spokesman, Colin Riley, told FoxNews.com that the tweets came from Grundy's personal Twitter account and that she was 'exercising her right to free speech and we respect her right to do so.'   Then, amid a deluge of angry emails from former students, the school sought to amend the comment.  'The University does not condone racism or bigotry in any form and we are deeply saddened when anyone makes such offensive statements,' Riley told FoxNews.com Saturday."  Yeah, deeply saddened.  We'll tell you what their opinion is tomorrow.

MAJOR CRIME NEWS – From Fox:  "NEW YORK – The NFL came down hard on its biggest star and its championship team, telling Tom Brady and the Patriots that no one is allowed to mess with the rules of the game.  The league suspended the Super Bowl MVP Monday for the first four games of the season, fined the New England Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game.  'Each player, no matter how accomplished and otherwise respected, has an obligation to comply with the rules and must be held accountable for his actions when those rules are violated and the public's confidence in the game is called into question,' NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent wrote to Brady."  They should send Brady to Washington, where some serious deflation is urgently needed.  He could start with Obama's ego.

May 11, 2015