…But I Play One on Tee-Vee

In these three posts at the Harvard Federalist Society blog, Dan Alban pokes into the CV of Libertarian VP candidate "Dr." Richard Campagna and notes that the Ph.D. that justifies that "Dr." comes from a diploma mill, The American College of Metaphysical Theology. Assuming their pricing scheme hasn't changed, he would've paid $249 for the honor. Since this gives us yet another reason to ask that age-old question—"why can't the LP manage not to be a joke for the duration of a campaign"—I offer Glen Whitman's public choice analysis.