They were trained that they could bend or suspend the law.
This was for terror suspects, but once you believe you can suspend the law, it makes it easy to explain why they let Hillary and her minions off.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Second Civil War Letters
This hash tag is trending, so I thought I’d reprint a classic from my early days of blogging. Some of the references may be obscure to those who don’t remember the media coverage of the day. Continue reading Second Civil War Letters
The Hockey Stick Emails
An appeals court is compelling the University of Arizona to (finally) release them.
The sixth anniversary of the blog post that launched Michael Mann’s lawsuit against me and Mark Steyn is coming up next week.
“Fixing” The System
No, Democrats, your election losses don’t indicate a broken system; they indicate a broken and morally bankrupt political party.
Who Should The Nominee Be?
A roundup from legal bloggers, with three votes for Don Willett, including one from Instapundit.
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
An analysis of Amy Coney Barrett’s legal philosophy.
Based on this, I’d prefer Willett, but it looks like Trump is fascinated by the idea of nominating an actual conservative (and relatively young, for longevity, and attractive) woman. And the nomination would make the Left’s collective head explode, as well as making it more difficult for Murkowski and Collins to vote against.
[Bumped]
Laws Of Space Resources
At some point, I think it will be important to distinguish between resource utilization for personal use (living off the land), for commercial use in space (e.g., selling propellant), and terrestrial use.
Space Roundup
Politico has started to cover space (I met Bryan Bender at ISDC), and they interviewed Bridenstine (among other news, including thoughts from Rohrabacher), who seems supportive of a U.S. Space Guard. The idea seems to be getting quite a big of traction this year.
Maximum Lifespan
We still don’t know the limit. As I often say, there is no law of physics that requires either senescence or mortality. Indefinite health and life is, in theory, a solvable problem.
[Afternoon update]
A commenter points out this recent article. Yes, I’ve discussed this with Gary, and it’s currently his focus, not space. Because none of us are getting any younger. BTW, the company name is pronounced “ocean,” I think. And yes, we should be trying to get Congress to tell the FDA to recognize aging as a disease to be treated, and not simply inevitable.
Corporate Recruiters
They’re paying far too much attention to prestigious degrees.
Yes. There’s no reason to think that will give them better employees. And all this does is continue to inflate the disastrous higher-ed bubble.
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems related: Students complain that a professor’s op-ed makes them feel bad.
They Asked For Trump
A reminder from David Bernstein that evangelicals supported the immoral candidate because the Left had put the fear of un-God into them. Many of those SCOTUS victories for were Pyrrhic for them.