Annie Teriba issues apology after admitting she had failed to get full consent before having sex with someone at this year’s NUS black students’ conference Source: Oxford student activist resigns from posts over non-consensual sex | Education | The Guardian I knew we shouldn’t have followed the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole, and this…
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“This Is How We Wage War. This Is Why We Keep Losing”
John Schindler wrote this excellent article “Bureaucracy Keeps Doing Its Thing” last year, and posted a link to it recently on his Twitter feed. It’s a depressing analysis of the possibly existential damage that the creaking bureaucracy of the Pentagon, aided and abetted by Congress, has done to our ability to win wars. His perspective…
Candidate Appeal: Sanders
Every so often I call back the memories of my stupid youth when I was a liberal (Gun control, welfare, right down the line. Social issues weren’t too huge at the time so I didn’t do much of those.) I ran though the old “If you’re not a liberal by the time you’re 30…” bit…
Trey Gowdy need only ask one question tomorrow of Hillary
Ok, to be fair, one question and depending on the answer one or two follow-ups. There’s been a lot of talk (Screw you Kevin McCarthy) over whether or not this is a political inquiry. To which the answer is: No, except that Hillary made it one by looking out for her political future over the…
Why Iowa’s Graduation Rate Is So Much Higher Than California’s
Source: Why Iowa’s graduation rate is so much higher than California’s For the second time in as many days the LA Times has distinguished itself yet again, for some values of distinction, with this piece from the Ministry of Truth. Since it represents the confluence of the problem with the media with that of California’s…
On White House science day, Obama displays his geek-in-chief side
Sorry for the long radio silence, but life has intervened, necessitating expenditures of time and attention that precluded posting recently. But my wife drew my attention to this article, which punched through the intellectual and temporal carapace surrounding me right now, and which demanded address as one of the more egregious media tongue baths I’ve…
Shocking News: Carbon Dioxide Is Good For Plants!
In a startling development, scientists have discovered that plants use CO2, and that as concentrations of this gas increase, plants use more of it and actually thrive. While more study is obviously needed, an increase in the amount of plant material, such as human food, as a result of increased levels of CO2 might have…
Sex Reassignment Good: Gender Therapy Bad?
Please, someone explain why these things are different. Actually, gender therapy is essentially talk therapy aimed at pushing gay teenagers toward heterosexuality. Sex reassignment is horribly mutilating surgery and drug therapy aimed at changing something that is immutable: phenotype, which is simply put, the physical expression of one’s genetic makeup. So they are different. One…
Does Campaign Finance Regulation Contribute To Political Dysfunction?
Stephen Bainbridge is a bright guy (with an unfortunately warped taste in wine. Too much Cabernet!). So I was puzzled when he wrote, seemingly approvingly “that campaign finance reforms have contributed in a huge way to political dysfunction by weakening political parties:” He links to an article in The Washington Post by a law professor…
Quick Thoughts On Last Night’s Democrat Debate
So, for those of you who aren’t masochistic, you may have skipped the debate last night. Good for you. No seriously. You’re better than I am, and I envy you. For my part I’m only self loathing enough to watch 1 hour of it before going to bed. The internet will be full of hot…