…that police can’t figure out whether it’s a “hate crime.”
But remember, Islamaphobia is always about to break out any minute.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
The Tulsa Totalitarians
This is outrageous:
Without affording him the hearing he was entitled to under TU’s University Student Conduct Policies & Procedures, and despite his husband’s affidavit, Tanaka found Barnett responsible for “harassment.” Tanaka also found Barnett guilty of retaliation and violating confidentiality requirements for speaking about the disciplinary charges with his husband—who was also his exculpatory witness.
Less than two months before Barnett was set to graduate, Tanaka not only suspended him until at least 2016 but also permanently banned him from receiving a degree in his major even upon his re-enrollment. Barnett was forced to wait two months for TU to respond to his appeal, which the university summarily denied on January 9 without explanation—leaving Barnett unable to earn his theater degree as planned.
I don’t think a theater degree is worth all that much, but he probably paid a lot for it, and he should at a minimum be reimbursed (though one can’t give him back the lost years of his life). But actually, as Glenn notes, this insanity won’t end until universities suffer legal and financial severe pain for it.
The Islamists
…need to learn from the history of Dresden. Because they are the modern-day equivalent of the Nazis. But the Left refuses to recognize that. Or worse, sympathizes with them (as it did then, until Hitler violated the pact).
The Sunk-Cost Fallacy
…in love, and automobile manufacturing.
This is a big problem for space enthusiasts. “Oh, we can’t cancel SLS/Orion! We’ve already spent so much on them, all that money would just go to waste!”
Well, since the purpose was really never anything except to maintain the work force, it wouldn’t really have gone to waste, and continuing them would waste even more, if our actual goal is to do useful things in space. We need to cut our losses as soon as politically possible.
Why The Media Hates Scott Walker
They think he has a time machine.
It would be nice if he did. That would be the best way to fix ObamaCare. Of course, the best use of it, at least in the recent past, would be to shove some sticks in the spokes of the 2008 Obama campaign, knowing now what we didn’t know then.
[Update a while later]
“Our most intelligent presidents have often been our worst presidents.” I think it’s a mistake to conflate “intelligence” with amount of “education.” Barack Obama (or Bill Clinton) has never struck me as particularly intelligent, unless by that you mean “cunning.” They’re certainly not wise. But yeah, Wilson was pretty bad, just as Obama is.
Chelyabinsk
Two years later, how much progress have we made? Not enough, I think.
Scott Walker Didn’t Finish College
And…?
I, for one, am glad Howard Dean went to medical school before becoming a doctor. But most liberal arts degrees are overrated as a precondition for success and they are indisputably overpriced — hence the current student loan crisis. In the Internet era, there are many, many new ways to become educated. This sudden suspicion of Scott Walker seems a product of the fact that higher education is a world that liberals control utterly, and the entire economic model supporting it is on the verge of collapse.
Also, it seems to be the only “dirt” they can find on him.
If you think that a college degree is a critical requirement to be president, you're likely an overcredentialed fool.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) February 13, 2015
@robfit If there was any serious dirt on Walker, the public-employee unions would have found it years ago. @chasrmartin
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) February 12, 2015
The Latest From Iraq
Breaking: ISIS stormed al-Asad airbase in Anbar Iraq, Several US advisors and marines are trapped inside the base. – @RamiAlLolah
— MK reports (@MKreports) February 12, 2015
Great. The Junior Varsity strikes again.
[Update a while later]
Pentagon says no assault on Al Asad air base (where US advisors training #Iraq pilots) but "heavy fighting" in al-Baghdadi 10mi away
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 12, 2015
Guess we have to wait and see.
Jon Stewart
Kevin Williamson isn’t going to miss him.
Me, neither. Of course, I almost never watched.
Scott Walker
The MSM is terrified to death of him.
They should be. He’s been my preferred candidate for a couple years. Among other things, college degrees are highly overrated. Many of the “elite” who have them aren’t really educated; they’re just credentialed.
[Update a while later]
Here's the deal, MSM. I'll pretend to be upset by Walker's lack of college transcripts, if I can see Barack Obama's.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) February 12, 2015