My
magazine story about Scott Brown’s challenges in the
Massachusetts Senate race is now available on the main site. But
don’t miss Howie Carr’s
takedown of Elizabeth Warren.
Last week, news broke that Harvard Law had cited Warren
as a minority hire — a Native American — when it was under
criticism for lack of faculty diversity in 1996. Asked Friday for
proof of her Indian ancestry, Warren’s said it’s part of her family
“lore.”
She also said she couldn’t “recall” if she’d ever claimed minority
status when applying for a job and that she’d never known of
Harvard’s 1996 boast until Friday. When Brown’s campaign demanded
that Warren apologize for taking part in a “diversity sham,” she
said her campaign is searching for “evidence” of her Native
American lineage.
Warren’s tax returns also suggest that this heroine of the 99
percent is, contrary to Occupy family lore, a member of the 1
percent. She also recently had to admit she didn’t pay the
voluntary higher Massachusetts income tax rate, preferring to
benefit from Republican tax cuts like everyone else.
