Lots of readers have inquired what my wife and I think about the Bush Administration’s surrender on Title IX. For the record, my lovely bride is back working at the Justice Department — though she’s physically working from home most of the time. Still, that precludes her from commenting publicly on the the White House’s complete and total sell-out on Title IX (my characterization, not hers). But since I’ve read her book, Tilting the Playing Field , I can certainly say that the decision is a major disappointment. It shows two things: First, it shows that feminist groups and a pliant media have successfully defined this debate to deny reality entirely. Any change in Title IX whatsoever, we were told, would “turn back the clock” and result in girls’ soccer games being cancelled everywhere. This was all a huge lie. Title IX is

not responsible for the vast, vast majority of the gains its boosters claim and it is responsible for a large amount of almost entirely needless damage on college campuses.

The second thing it shows is that this administration is in full campaign mode. Because it was afraid of being mau-maued on even modest changes to Title IX, they decided to simply surrender entirely. It’s a shame. It may not be as big a deal as surrendering on Medicare or affirmative action, but it’s all part of the same pattern.