Glenn Loury doesn’t mince words
Lots of use of the f-word here, but very well worth listening to. Loury is on the left in the blue shirt:
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Democrat officeholders react to the Chauvin verdict
Of course, they shouldn’t be reacting except to say something like, “Now that the jury has spoken, I hope the nation can heal.” And then to change the subject. But that sort of behavior ended long ago, and so we … Continue reading →
Legal Insurrection will host an 8 PM online event tonight to discuss the Chauvin verdict
Information here on how to participate. There will be a Q&A segment, as well.
Continue reading →Who will suffer most from the effects of the Chauvin verdict?
Most people want to live, and I’m going to assume that’s also true of police officers – who, after all, are people. So I’m also going to assume that the logical effect of the Chauvin verdict will be officers quitting … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/21/21
I think that around the age of 10 every male Georgian dancer is given bionic knees:
Continue reading →The Chauvin verdict
By now you almost certainly know that Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts. But this case was decided long ago – probably even before Chauvin encountered Floyd on that fateful day, culminating in the death of the … Continue reading →
The Chauvin verdict is in…
…but it hasn’t been announced yet. I will update when it has been, which should be within the hour. [UPDATE 7PM: I wasn’t home and at my computer when the verdict was announced. I commented on it briefly in this … Continue reading →
On media lies
Commenter “steve walsh” writes the following about the press, on the Sicknick medical examiner thread: Not only do they never suffer any consequences for telling their lies, they actually benefit from doing so. Thus lying has become a useful and … Continue reading →
Official cause of Officer Sicknick’s death finally announced – and it’s about as you suspected
No, Officer Sicknick didn’t die from a fire extinguisher to the head, thrown by Trump supporters on January 6th. Nor did he die from an allergic reaction to bear spray wielded by those same protestors. Here’s the actual story as … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/20/21
Judge Cahill’s comments on Maxine Waters’ inflammatory statements
[Hat tip: commenter “Kate.”] Jonathan Turley is covering this development through his Twitter feed, so I’m going to post some of his tweets on it. The summary version is that Chauvin’s defense lawyer Nelson raised the issue of Waters’ prejudicial … Continue reading →
Annals of woke private school education: some more on Brearley and Dalton
[NOTE: Please see my previous post on Gutmann if you’re not already familiar with it.] From the paper that often covers US stories in far more depth than our own MSM does (and with far less of a leftist slant), … Continue reading →