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The Democrats’ climate agenda is on hold…
…for the moment, courtesy of Joe Manchin. Although Biden may try to muscle it through anyway, with that tried and true method of bypassing the legislature known as “executive action”: President Joe Biden vowed Friday to take “strong executive action” … Continue reading →
Georgetown law professor calls justices who disagree with her “lawless”
That’s persuasive, right? Feldman is emblematic of the decline of legal reasoning and of reasoning as a whole in academic life. Law schools have long been the bastion of the “critical” approach to scholarship and argument, beginning in the late … Continue reading →
The cancellation of Jefferson at Monticello…
…had actually already happened when I was there, around 2008. The docents were already droning on and on about slaves and Sally Hemmings, almost as though those were the main points of Jefferson’s life. This NY Post article describes what’s … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/15/22
Spambot of the day
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Continue reading →Arguing content, arguing process
Commenter “F” asked a question yesterday on the thread about the exchange between Bridges and Hawley concerning who can get pregnant: I think the question of violence is where Bridges wins the point. It is a dishonest point — Hawley … Continue reading →
Roundup! Roundup!
(1) There’s evidence that the Proud Boys were not attending Jan 6th in order to cause any trouble, and the government knew it because of a long-term informant that had infiltrated the group. (2) I haven’t previously written about the … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/14/22
The Berkeley law professor, the senator, and the use of language
I was rather surprised to see how many people reacted to the video of the Berkeley professor, Khiara Bridges, in her exchange with Senator Josh Hawley, by saying they thought she wasn’t very bright. On the contrary, in my opinion … Continue reading →
Social media censorship and government collusion
This could get very interesting: There has been much public evidence that the Biden administration has pressured large social media and tech companies to censor political opponents under the guise of designating such speech “disinformation” or “misinformation.” On May 5, … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/13/22
Meet Rufus:
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