There was an instructor at the University of Kansas who had some interesting ideas about the 2024 election, ideas he felt obliged to share with his students. I use the past tense “was” because he’s now on leave: An instructor … Continue reading →
60 Minutes scored an interview with Kamala Harris and put out clips to advertise it. One of them got so much negative attention that the fabulously creative and helpful folks at CBS decided to fix that by editing it out … Continue reading →
They searched the computers and other devices of Oran Routh, the son of would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, and found hundreds of examples of child pornography. As a result, Oran Routh has been charged with receipt of and possession of … Continue reading →
I have zero wish to dive too deeply into the details of the case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. The allegations are incredibly sordid, and similar to those against Epstein. But Combs is an extremely famous, successful, and fabulously wealthy man. … Continue reading →
I read Aldous Huxley’s dystopian Brave New World shortly after I had read Orwell’s dystopian Nineteen-Eighty-Four. I was around thirteen years old at the time, and I didn’t quite get Brave New World although I did finish it. In my … Continue reading →
For quite some time, the left has labeled a limit of any sort on abortion-at-will to be an abortion ban. It’s a way to mislead by using a word in a different way than is customary. For example, see this … Continue reading →
By now you’e probably read about the Olympic women’s boxing match in which a genetic male’s blows were so hard that the female opponent gave up after 46 seconds, in dramatic fashion: Italy’s Angela Carini quit 46 seconds into her … Continue reading →
California gives an astounding slap in the face to parents: So it’s come to this. In order to pass divisive legislation, the California Democrat Supermajority has devolved into fisticuffs when they are opposed. According to Capitol correspondent Ashley Zavala, Assemblyman … Continue reading →
Some issues came up about abortion in the comments yesterday, and I think I’ll briefly take up two of them. (1) From “R2L”: I wonder why the standing of the father is so seldom mentioned in these cases and discussions. … Continue reading →
In a unanimous ruling, SCOTUS says that the plaintiffs lacked standing, and therefore the challenge is thrown out and the pill remains legal: “Like an individual, an organization may not establish standing simply based on the ‘intensity of the litigant’s … Continue reading →
I recently read this essay by Jay Neugeboren about growing up in a very large family with 35 first cousins. Neugeboren is somewhat older than I am, and so the era he describes was earlier but not all that much … Continue reading →
Not a good sign. Germany has downgraded possession of child porn to a misdemeanor: German lawmakers justified their action by arguing that decriminalization gave “necessary flexibility” to deal with the “large proportion of juvenile offenders,” and would also protect parents … Continue reading →