No joke (it's April Fool's Day)! George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia is fast becoming the Mecca for the institutionalizing of right- wing loons. Already home to the Mercatus Center (a project of the ultra- right libertarian Cato Institute to see how far you can shrink government for easy bathtub drowning), the University announced yesterday that its law school will be renamed for the late Justice Antonin Scalia (again, no this is not an April Fool's joke). The sweetener, if any was needed? Thirty million dollars in combined gifts, the largest in GMU's history. Twenty million dollars was from an anonymous donor, and $10 million was from (wait for it)... the Koch brothers, who incidentally have now poured $58 million into GMU since 2011. Think of it as the Falwell- run Liberty University without the Bible thumping and chastity belts.How unironic that the law school will be renamed in honor of Scalia, a defender of corporations as people, by right- wing fat cats ponying up $30 million.
Give us some help in the comments on possible course listings for this school named after a jurist with a mission for making America "a less fair, less tolerant, and less admirable democracy." We'll start off with "Jiggery Pokery 101."
