https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2012/06/27/univ-of-va-as-a-microcosm-of-educational-profligacy/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:45:09 -0400<![CDATA[Watching the bumbling spectacle of bureaucratic incompetence emanating out of Charlottesville put me in mind of that amusing old country and western song “First you say you will and then you won’t,/ Then you say you do and then you don’t,/ What are you going to do?” (Dum-dum-dum, Da-dum-dum-dum.)  Let’s see: it’s June 10: “University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan to step down.”  Thus screameth the headline, and you didn’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to conclude that by “step down” the story meant “got the boot.”]]>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:36:22 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2012/06/27/univ-of-va-as-a-microcosm-of-educational-profligacy-n116890