Bob Zimmerman isn’t impressed.
All posts by Rand Simberg
When Elites Don’t Fight
The Affirmative-Action Decision
Thoughts from Gail Heriot and Glenn Reynolds. And some reactions from Manhattan Institute scholars.
[Update a while later]
Clarence Thomas versus affirmative-action hire Ketanji Brown Jackson.
[Friday-morning update]
Jackson’s dissent is an argument for institutional racism. And she wasn’t happy with Thomas.
[Late-morning update]
Sorry, link is fixed on the institutional-racism thing.
The Woke Bell Tolls
The Global Space Race
Assif Siddiqui says that we need new ways to think about it: “We need to let go of our nostalgia for Apollo and move on and work with different models to the old 1960s space races.”
I’ve been saying this for years.
Too Many Dishonorable People Are Honored
Hard to argue.
The Oceangate Disaster
An unofficial assessment from a submarine captain.
Rickover built a hell of an underwater navy, but basing the nuclear-power industry on submarine designs has been a mess.
The Rot At The Department Of Justice
…goes much deeper than Merrick Garland.
Though, as noted there, that doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t be impeached. He clearly lied to Congress.
[Update a few minutes later]
The NYT confirms the story, though it buries it deep.
SpaceX Update
Stephen Clark has moved over to Ars Technica to help Eric Berger cover the increasingly busy space industry. He has the latest on plans for the next Starship attempt.
Intermittent Fasting
I do this, but not to lose weight. I generally only eat once a day, in the evening.