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Why are some universities reinstating standardized test requirements?
Some elite colleges that previously had abandoned admissions requirements to submit standardized test scores are now re-instituting such requirements. This may seem like a return to old-fashioned merit-based admissions. But apparently there’s a different explanation, at least at Yale and … Continue reading →
Squatters’ rights, 21st century style
It seems that an old and widespread law known as squatters’ rights is currently being exploited in many states by people occupying other people’s vacant property: In many states, a person or persons can enter and inhabit another person’s vacant … Continue reading →
Niall Ferguson: a second Holocaust is possible
Worth listening to:
Continue reading →At al Shifa hospital: the value of a surprise attack
When the post-October 7 Israeli operation in Gaza began, the IDF gave the Gazans a lot of warning. This was primarily to allow Gazan civilians to evacuate. But it also had the effect of warning the Hamas terrorists and allowing … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/22/24
Lawfare against Trump: all that matters are results
I’ve had a number of interesting – although short – conversations with friends about the lawfare cases against Trump. A pattern has emerged: they’re upset that the cases have been stalled, and they perceive the courts and prosecutors as going … Continue reading →
Gazans’ perceptions of Hamas and October 7
First, we have this from a recent poll of Palestinians: More than five months after Hamas-led savage marauders slaughtered more than 1200 Israeli men, women and children, support for the October 7 massacre is at an all-time high among Palestinians … Continue reading →
The new RNC and election integrity
I hope the shakeups at the RNC described here aren’t a case of “too little, too late.” The following is from an interview with Lara Trump on “The Benny Show”: We have the first-ever election integrity division. First ever? It’s … Continue reading →
Open thread 3/21/24
Natalia Makarova was a great ballet dancer. I never knew she was a comedienne too:
Continue reading →Is the universe twice as old as previously thought?
This guy certainly thinks so: Last year, theoretical physicist Rajendra Gupta from the University of Ottawa in Canada published a rather extraordinary proposal that the Universe’s currently accepted age is a trick of the light, one that masks its truly … Continue reading →
Another roundup
Sometimes there’s just too much news to do justice to it all. Thus, another roundup. (1) Tony Bobulinksi address the House: EXPLOSIVE: Hunter Biden's former business partner Tony Bobulinski describes the Biden family, says, they are serial liars, criminals. WATCH … Continue reading →