In case you somehow missed the story, Penny is the man who has been arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter for subduing a raving Jordan Neely on the New York subway, and whose chokehold (that word is continually used … Continue reading →
We pay a lot of attention to what’s happening on earth, and rightly so. But this mysterious far-off explosion is certainly of interest: According to a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society there is … Continue reading →
Today’s the day that marks the end of Title 42, and there are plenty of articles about what’s going on at the border as a result. So I’m going to link to some of them: this at Powerline, this at … Continue reading →
What a brilliant idea – “equitable grading”: Self-discipline is just another form of white supremacy, according to the Left, as is the idea that people must actually work for what they want. Thus, testing, grades, and any other form of … Continue reading →
Some French Revolution history from Victor Davis Hanson: Almost everyone who originally had opposed the absolute monarchy, and, like the Americans, wished for a constitutional replacement, was eventually executed by revolutionaries who were then executed by more radical revolutionaries. The … Continue reading →
The FBI asks how many divisions does Congress have?: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday fumed as the FBI failed to meet a subpoena deadline to provide congressional investigators with a form … Continue reading →
I didn’t watch it. I assume Trump was Trump, with the usual pluses and minuses. Here’s Roger Kimball on the evening’s festivities: On and on it went. Collins playing Whac-A-Mole, Trump declining to be whapped. There were no moments like … Continue reading →
Except what they did do, which is to run away and also alert authorities. Fortunately, in the case of the BART cleaver-wielder, although the injured man was taken to the hospital his cleaver injuries were not life-threatening. But this was … Continue reading →
I’ve been feeling pretty weary lately about the news. So much of it is bad. I don’t know about you, but I need a refresher. “Tragedy” is an odd title for a refresher. But like so many Bee Gees’ songs, … Continue reading →