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Last week the Washington Times tipped us; White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer, responded with a "we're-still-thinkin'-about-it" non-denial; Ward Connerly wrote a say-it-ain't so letter to Karl Rove; the Associated Press reported that President Bush was leaning the other way; and the clocked ticked relentlessly toward the Thursday deadline. The deadline is for the Bush administration to file an amicus brief in the two University of Michigan "diversity" cases that the Supreme Court will consider this term. As it happens, the northeast is in the midst of a cold spell. The sparrows and wrens are puffed up against the chill; the...