Saturday Links

* “Cochran, if we’re gonna write a story about the burial of Lee Harvey Oswald, we’re gonna have to bury the son of a bitch ourselves.”

* Time profiles Marquette’s own John McAdams, JFK conspiracy debunker. All my other comments on this subject are currently classified, to be released one hundred years in the future after all the principals are dead.

* No, College Isn’t Just for Rich Kids. Free Education for All. Here’s The 5-Sentence Personal Essay That Helped JFK Get Into Harvard.

* Gasp! Patenting Their Discoveries Does Not Pay Off for Most Universities, a Study Says.

*  The executive council American Studies Association is currently considering passing a BDS resolution against Israeli cultural institutions. Steven Salaita argues they should. AAUP says they shouldn’t.

* Genocide in the Central African Republic.

* Drowning Kiribati.

* Climate Change Is Messing Up Butterfly’s Flight Seasons.

* The kids are all right: ‘Catch an Illegal’ Game Thwarted, Becomes Immigration Reform Rally.

* The worst news you have ever heard or contemplated: U.S. to Consider Cellphone Use on Planes.

* The only version of the afterlife I’ve ever been able to believe in.

* And thank goodness Obama finally has a free hand on appointments. Nine reasons the filibuster change is a huge deal. What a F*ing Scandal the Senate Is.