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As a young child, I used to love those coyote and roadrunner cartoons from Warner Brothers where the coyote barreled off the edge of a cliff, took a few extra steps and then looked down. This was then followed by Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius getting his traffic ticket from the gravity cops. It’s a shame that Nancy Pelosi’s idea to cut student loan interest rates in half by legislative fiat won’t lead to a similarly amusing comeuppance. Actually, this law will most certainly lead to someone’s embarrassing pratfall, it’s just that no one that has contributed to the outrageous...

Diana Mora, 18, of Chicago, would love to attend Northwestern because it's a "really great school'' with "really good prestige.'' Martha, 20, of Chicago, earned high grades at Roosevelt High School in hopes of attending the elite university in Evanston. But even though both graduated at the top of their respective classes and both were accepted for admission at NU, neither can attend. That's because as illegal immigrants from Mexico, they are not eligible for financial aid--either from the government or Northwestern. At $37,338 for a year of tuition and room and board, they said not getting aid is just...