Let's assume Summers is toast. Geex, the simple number of responses to the subject in the left-wing blogosphere, not to mention the opinion of my wife, lead me to believe that's the case.
It's not just sexism. Everyone at Harvard, including the football coaches, think he's a jackass.
So who's next? May I suggest Summers' old boss, William Jefferson Clinton?
A university president has three major duties. 1. Raise obscene sums of money fromstrangers.
2. Sling piles of bull on any topic under the sun
3. Mediate the byzantine and incomprehensible disputes of some of the crankiest and most self-important people on earth.
Hey, is Bill overqualified for this job or what?