…have been happening today. You can find commentary at Legal Insurrection. Andrew Branca’s first post about it is here, but he wrote that prior to the beginning of the closing arguments. A live YouTube video of the proceedings can be … Continue reading →
Bari Weiss has published another letter from a parent criticizing CRT in an elite school. The platform is Substack, which has now become one of the most important libertarian sources of information and opinion, frequently used by Bari Weiss and … Continue reading →
Here’s the essay: I am a teacher at Grace Church High School in Manhattan… As a teacher, my first obligation is to my students. But right now, my school is asking me to embrace “antiracism” training and pedagogy that I … Continue reading →
I’ve been recommending Andrew Branca’s trial summaries at Legal Insurrection because I think they’re especially clear and yet detailed. Today he’s posted one about the court proceedings last Friday, and once again it’s the clearest article I’ve read about what … Continue reading →
Whether you love the song, detest it, find it merely annoying, or are indifferent, you probably are familiar with the Bee Gees’ 1977 megahit “Stayin’ Alive” from the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack. Just about everybody is, even people too young … Continue reading →
…is the title of this article in the NY Post: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a self-described Marxist, recently purchased a $1.4 million home in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where the vast majority of residents … Continue reading →
Everybody knows that one of the clouds hanging over the Chauvin trial, tainting it even further, is the threat of violence if he isn’t convicted of some major crime. As commenter “J.J.” points out, however: If the mayor of Minneapolis … Continue reading →
[Hat tip:”AesopFan.”] Many of you are almost certainly familiar with some of the signers of this letter (for example, Shelby Steele, Glenn Loury, and John McWhorter), written on March 22 and addressed to the president of Smith College [emphasis mine]: … Continue reading →
I can’t really imagine that all that many people will be thrilled with this announcement: “Over the next decade, United will train 5,000 pilots who will be guaranteed a job with United, after they complete the requirements of the Aviate … Continue reading →
I don’t think you’ll find better coverage of the Chauvin trial than Andrew Branca’s work at Legal Insurrection. In the past, he’s covered all these racially-tinged trials involving police, as well as the Zimmerman trial, and he’s done so thoroughly … Continue reading →
Food for thought here (hat tip “Banned Lizard”):
Continue reading →Georgia passed a recent voting reform law that was criticized sharply by the Democrats and Biden; I wrote about it already in this post, so I’m not going to go into those details again. In retaliation, however, we have major … Continue reading →