Kyle Kashuv, a conservative who is one of the young people who became somewhat of a celebrity for speaking out after the Parkland shootings, was recently accepted at Harvard. And then Harvard changed its mind and rescinded its acceptance. Why? … Continue reading →
…appears to be Shoplifting 101. It goes a ways towards explaining some of the elements of the Gibson Bakery case. And before you get too shocked by the seemingly high rate of shoplifting committed by Oberlin students, it appears they’re … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I just learned that Professor Jacobson of Legal Insurrection, who’s been following this story in-depth from the start, will be on Tucker Carlson’s show tonight at 8 PM ET to discuss the Oberlin judgment.] Oberlin says the Gibson award … Continue reading →
Wow. The jury really really really didn’t buy Oberlin’s “poor little me” argument: Daniel McGraw, our reporter in the courtroom, reports that in addition to the $11.2 million compensatory damages awarded last Friday, the jury awarded a total of $33 … Continue reading →
Oberlin’s insurer is highly unlikely to cover Oberlin’s liabilities against Gibson’s Bakery. It makes sense; why should an insurer be liable for the willful and knowing wrongdoing of the insured? Here’s a more technical statement of the situation, written by … Continue reading →
If you read Legal Insurrection regularly, you’ve probably been following their in-depth coverage of the trial in which a long-time family-run business in the town of Oberlin, Ohio, sued the college. The verdict is now in, and the plaintiffs have … Continue reading →
By now you’re probably read about the the dismissal of Ronald Sullivan and his wife from their posts at Harvard College’s Winthrop House: The story begins last January when the African American Law School Professor Ronald Sullivan joined Harvey Weinstein’s … Continue reading →
Someone once asked me about what I actually do as a blogger, and I replied airily, “Oh, I just write a term paper a day.” It was meant to be a joke, but the joke wasn’t so very far from … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] Later on in his interview, the philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu has much to say about what humans can do on the biological level to help make the world better, in the general … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part II here.] As soon as I saw the headline for this article, I thought it might be about Peter Singer. I’ve written at great length about Singer before (see this, this, and this), and the title of the … Continue reading →
I just finished a post about an anti-Semitic cartoon published in the international NY Times. But the left certainly isn’t stopping at anti-Semitism; Jews are just the proverbial canaries in the coal mine. You no doubt have noticed that Christians … Continue reading →
If you go into politics, you should expect to be criticized. And if you say something in a speech or an interview, that statement is fair game. Or at least, it used to be that way. One thing Americans didn’t … Continue reading →