Integrity: The Child Scott Walker Left Behind  —  For an explanation on why our media cooperative chose to run this article, please read our editorial: http://wcmcoop.com/members/editorial- on-integrity/  —  [Editor's note: What follows is one woman's account of the Scott Walker she knew at Marquette University.

New minority label at CUNY: ‘Jewish’  —  Something isn't kosher about a CUNY scheme to single out Jews, angry professors charge.  —  Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.”

War in the White House: attorney general Eric Holder and top Obama adviser David Axelrod ‘had to be separated’  —  Eric Holder, Barack Obama's attorney general and David Axelrod, his top political adviser had to be separated after squaring up during a furious row over attempts to impose White House operatives in the justice department.

Walker Blasts Democrats' ‘Crap’ Attacks  —  Fitchburg, Wis. — Governor Scott Walker visited the Madison suburb of Fitchburg tonight, ending a long day that saw earlier stops in the Green Bay and Milwaukee.  Before a crowd of about 50 volunteers, Walker delivered his usual stump speech …

Opinion: We Only Think We Know the Truth About Salt  —  THE first time I questioned the conventional wisdom on the nature of a healthy diet, I was in my salad days, almost 40 years ago, and the subject was salt.  Researchers were claiming that salt supplementation was unnecessary after strenuous exercise …

What It's Like At America's Most Polarized Dairy Breakfast  —  June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin.  The recall election is Tuesday.  —  DE PERE, Wisc.  — Governor Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, stood thirty feet away from each other at the biggest political event …

Mike Leavitt, the man planning the Mitt Romney presidency  —  Mike Leavitt is the most important figure in Mitt Romney's campaign you may have never heard of.  —  That's about to change.  —  Leavitt, the former Utah governor and Health and Human Services Secretary under President George W. Bush …

Look beyond interest rates to get out of the gloom  —  With the past week's dismal US jobs data, signs of increasing financial strain in Europe and discouraging news from China, the proposition that the global economy is returning to a path of healthy growth looks highly implausible.

Pelosi: Clinton ‘our shot’ in 2016  —  Nancy Pelosi, who touched off a new wave of Hillary Clinton-for-president buzz two months ago by talking up the secretary of state as a 2016 candidate, keeps it up in an interview with the Chronicle's Carla Marinucci:

Comedian Bill Maher buys minority stake in ownership of Mets, calls team ‘a great investment’  —  NEW YORK — No joke: Bill Maher has bought a minority ownership stake in the Mets.  —  In a surprise announcement made by the comedian and political commentator before Sunday night's game against the Cardinals …

Intersecting Worlds of Romney and Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Points of unity: Mitt Romney and President Obama both like process-driven decisions, iPads, ABC's “Modern Family” and chicken.  —  Grilled chicken, not fried, in keeping with the shared body-mindedness of the combatants …