First, a little background on Beschloss. Nine books on the presidency. Graduate of Phillips Andover, Williams, and Harvard. He’s not a product of today’s “woke” education, either: he’s 66 years old. And yet this is the same man who said … Continue reading →
It’s such a popular word these days, isn’t it? Ever wonder where it came from?: “Disinformation” is not a word from the English language. It is a direct translation of the Russian word dezinformatsiya. It is a KGB form of … Continue reading →
Musk has given several Twitter executives the boot: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired several top Twitter executives after officially taking control of the company Thursday evening. A source with knowledge of the matter told FOX Business that Twitter CEO … Continue reading →
Have you heard of Guy Reffitt, the person who received the longest sentence so far of all the Jan 6ers (at least, as of August 1, 2022, that article’s dateline)?: Guy Reffitt, a Texan who prosecutors said “lit the match” … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Kate.”] This has just been announced: Today the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss and vote on whether or not to add the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to the list of … Continue reading →
Very Soviet of Newsom, and of the California legislature that passed this bill: Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed California Assembly Bill 2098, making it the first state to attempt to censor what physicians can say about COVID-19 to their patients. … Continue reading →
I know that some of you have soured on Paypal since the recent censorship brouhaha. One of the signs is that some people who used to be on auto-pay plans for contributing to the blog have canceled them, and I’m … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of talk about Papal’s newly-announced policy on “misinformation”: The financial services company, which has repeatedly deplatformed organizations and individual commentators for their political views, will expand its “existing list of prohibited activities” on November 3. Among … Continue reading →
The left continues to be worried about the possible return of the political right to Twitter sans censorship, as a result of Musk’s probable acquisition of the platform. This obviously constitutes an admission that the left believes such censorship has … Continue reading →
Back when I was in school, I remember that organic chemistry was always considered a very difficult course by those of us who weren’t science whizzes. I was good at science, but college chemistry was something from which I shied … Continue reading →
It seems that the AMA wants Garland to prosecute speech that they believe is thoughtcrime of a dangerous sort: BREAKING: The American Medical Association is asking Big Tech and the Department of Justice to censor, deplatform, investigate, and prosecute journalists … Continue reading →
I already had quite a bit of respect for Jonathan Haidt. He’s a moderate who tends more to the liberal end of things, but his work on political belief systems is very important and for the most part very fair. … Continue reading →