Ever since I’ve been blogging, I’ve periodically received emails from people in academia about their fear of disagreeing with the herd of leftists. In the past few years it’s gotten even worse in academia, as well as the entertainment world … Continue reading →
Seattle’s mayor, Jenny Durkan: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan downplayed the six-block autonomous zone in the city on CNN last night after President Donald Trump demanded she restore order to the city. Durkan claimed the zone is “not an armed takeover” … Continue reading →
Here are the demands of the radical leftist group that has taken over a neighborhood in Seattle. The operative word in their document is demand. They demand this and they demand that. To list just a few demands, they demand … Continue reading →
…then why not erase history, ignore facts, and create your own truth? Especially in the cause of fighting whatever is defined as racism these days. The definition has become extraordinarily broad amidst the paroxysms of rage and the demands for … Continue reading →
[UPDATE: Professor Jacobson will be appearing on the Laura Ingraham show on Fox News at approximately 10:45 Eastern time.] Professor Jacobson of Legal Insurrection (a blog for which I also write periodically) has announced that there’s a campaign to get … Continue reading →
What’s happening now in the United States, at an ever-increasing pace, is rule by mob. But it’s a special sort of mob. The internet and social media, especially Twitter, facilitates the process. Its main practitioners are leftists, mostly but not … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading a bunch of essays about the future of New York (see this and this, for example). They are grim. And how could they not be? Now, you may say “who cares, they made their bed and let … Continue reading →
Grant Napear, longtime announcer for the Sacramento Kings, learned the hard way what is unacceptable speech in today’s America: Grant Napear resigned as the Kings’ TV play-by-play announcer and was fired from KHTK radio in Sacramento on Tuesday. Napear was … Continue reading →
Here’s an article from Time entitled “Up to 80% of COVID-19 Infections Are Asymptomatic, a New Case Report Says.” Sounds as though that’s good news, right? Ah, but Time doesn’t think so: The research shows just how prevalent asymptomatic transmission … Continue reading →
I bring you the following documents to peruse and read at your leisure, and be sure to fortify your stomach before you do. The first is Michael Flynn’s petition to withdraw his guilty plea, which describes (in summary, anyway) what … Continue reading →
That’s a liberal politician’s specialty. The COVID pandemic and the related shutdowns are seen by the left as an opportunity to get in their idea of election “reform”: On Sunday, the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee … Continue reading →
From Andrew C. McCarthy: Well, the mystery is solved, at least if you can believe what the usual sieves — those courageously anonymous “former U.S. officials” — have told their notetakers at the Washington Post. As I surmised in last … Continue reading →