It was a terrible moment watched by millions: Buffalo Bills’ player Damar Hamlin collapsed after making a hit. He was in cardiac arrest but immediate medical attention caused his heartbeat to resume, and he is now in critical condition and … Continue reading →
The GOP margin is tiny, and a small portion of the conservative wing in the House sees its chance to wring more concessions from would-be Speaker Kevin McCarthy. At least, I hope that’s what’s going on, because no realistic alternative … Continue reading →
I’m both fascinated and puzzled by this essay by Russell Jacoby, a professor (now emeritus) in UCLA’s history department. He writes: …[M]y ’60s generation [posed as] much more radical than previous American intellectuals. We were the leftists, Maoists, Marxists, Third … Continue reading →
The holidays are over, and the news just keeps coming and coming… (1) A mother’s story of how she was brainwashed into thinking she should raise her child without any messages whatsoever about belonging to one sex or another, and … Continue reading →
…and find nothing. They even have trouble pretending to find something. What was wrong with the House Ways and Means Committee requesting Trump’s tax returns, and SCOTUS granting their release? Just about everything. Here’s the statement on it from the … Continue reading →
All the Legal Insurrection authors – including me – offer prognostications for 2023.
Continue reading →Here it is: the very first open thread of 2023.
Continue reading →And me? Glad you asked. Nada, zip, zilch. Oh, I might visit a nearby friend for a short while and have a sip of champagne, a tiny toast to the end of 2021, a year I’m pretty sure most people … Continue reading →
In connection with the arrest of suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger yesterday in the Idaho student murders, there was a discussion in the comments of other cases brought to mind, such as that of Leopold and Loeb. That case, which occurred … Continue reading →
He was the oldest pope in 275 years, the first pope to resign in about 700 years, and the first German pope in about 1000 years. More about his long and eventful life can be found here. He was known … Continue reading →