Open thread 7/5/2025
If you’re the sort of person who wants to know how it’s done, here are the secrets:
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Equality, Coolidge, and Mamdani
I found this quote from Calvin Coolidge at Instapundit. It’s an excerpt from Coolidge’s speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that … Continue reading →
For Independence Day: on liberty
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post from many many years ago. It was written in the springtime during a visit to New York City. Reading it now, I find myself more hopeful about the state of the … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/4/2025
Happy Fourth!
Continue reading →Okay, explain this one
In 2017 I got a wonderful new refrigerator. I fell in love with it instantly, and my love for it has only deepened as it ages. But about a year ago its light went out. I was going to replace … Continue reading →
Congress passes the BBB – and before the Fourth, as well
From the NY Post: The GOP-led House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in a 218-214 vote Thursday following hours of relentless arm-twisting and deliberation that included the longest floor speech and longest procedural vote in the body’s 236-year … Continue reading →
Russiagate revisited: new CIA review
This is being treated as news, but didn’t we already know it?: A bombshell new CIA review of the Obama administration’s spy agencies’ assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump was deliberately corrupted by … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/3/2025
Did you ever notice …
… how much of the news involves the law? I’ve noticed that a lot lately, including today.
Continue reading →U Penn agrees to apologize for allowing men into women’s sports
And not just “allowing” but rather forcing women to accept the invasion. Here’s the latest: Transgender swimming champion Lia Thomas will be stripped of University of Pennsylvania swimming titles after the Ivy League school bowed to pressure from the Trump … Continue reading →
On Islam and the definition of “religion”
I noticed a discussion in the comments today about whether Islam is a religion, so I thought I’d feature a link to this previous post of mine on the subject of the definition of “religion.” That post – which I … Continue reading →
CBS pays Trump in settlement of biased-editing lawsuit
Trump’s on a roll. Here’s the agreement reached in his lawsuit against CBS for deceptively editing a Kamala Harris interview to make her look better: Paramount Global and CBS agreed on Tuesday to pay President Donald Trump a sum that … Continue reading →