This fascinating Washington Post story gets into the background to Hillary Clinton’s big speech (big financially, at least: she raked in $300,000) at UCLA — her “Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership.” Particularly interesting is the fact that UCLA agreed that its recording of the talk would be only for its archives and the public would get only a two minute “highlight video” on YouTube, which would be taken down after one year. Was there truly any thought leadership on display? You’d have to ask one of those who bought a $250 ticket for the event. (That bothered a UCLA grad, lawyer Charles McKenna, who emailed the university to ask why a public university was charging $250 to listen to a public official talk. The school ignored him.) Her speech was also available on a big screen for those who couldn’t get a ticket. Had any of them recorded her speech and made it public, I surmise that person would face a battery of Hillary’s lawyers making copyright infringement claims.

In any case, it’s remarkable how willing UCLA officials were to accommodate HRC.

Hat tip: Martin Wooster