Category Archives: Political Commentary

The Suleimani Strike

Thoughts and links from Instapundit.

We’ve been letting Iran get away with far too much for four decades. And the George W. Bush administration was feckless in that regard as well. I had thought one of the primary purposes of removing Saddam was to pressure Iran, but if that was part of the plan they botched it almost completely.

[Monday-morning update]

A Twitter thread from John Hayward on the pusillanimity of the media, the Obama administration, and the UN.

Another Anti-Science Cabal

Now it’s Alzheimer’s. It is infuriating, and tragic. In nutrition, in climate, and in medicine in general, the peer-review system is so broken, it would be better to just get rid of it entirely.

[Thursday-morning update]

How Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg corrupted climate science.

[Update a while later]

Tuberculosis vaccine found to be effective against Alzheimer’s. It seems, to the degree that it’s effective at all, to be more prophylactic than a cure.