The (Embarassing) Corner

Two items at the National Review Online  Corner blog today are concise statements of the state of the union:

First, Maggie Gallagher asks "why so many college graduates :
According to a new study, based on 2010 Labor Department data and led by economist Richard Vedder, the number of college graduates in the work force (41.7 million) in 2010 was larger than the number of jobs requiring a college degree (28.6 million)." 

So where do the excess graduates go ? Well ,they are 5% of Janitors, 15% of taxi drivers (vis 1% in 1970) and 25% of retail sales clerks (vis5% in 1970).

Second, Peter Kirsanow asks " What Difference, at This Point, Does It Make? The media are enamored of what they perceive as Hillary Clinton’s witty riposte to Senator Johnson during the Benghazi hearings. Conservatives should employ the same question as often as possible. It’s more appropriately directed at the following:"  He then lists several Trillions of Dollars expended over the past years on programs with little or no benefit. Perhaps his list could start the search for budget savings; it includes : 
 The War on Poverty , The Department of Education ,The Stimulus, Head Start, Affirmative Action, The Department of Energy.  All provided with rationale for inclusion. Read the post.