He didn’t just crush Cathy Newman in debate; he provided her with some much-needed therapy.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Conor Friedersdorph isn’t impressed with Newman.
[Late-morning update]
Six words the Left twists to silence you.
He left out “liberal,” though that’s more of a false flag than to silence, per se.
Here is a stupid piece on space.
I don’t even know where to begin.
Example: Try to logically parse this sentence:
"A NASA spokesperson confirmed to Salon that those contracts have a fixed maximum value, yet the companies get their payments when they achieve milestones."
What does "yet" mean in this context?
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) January 21, 2018
On the other hand, this is a good antidote to the idiocy.
Thoughts from David Solway, and slightly less-recent ones on post-modern “progressivism” from Sarah Hoyt.
…but they struggle to explain why.
It’s because they don’t really have a politically palatable answer.
…are an atrocity against the First Amendment and against a fundamental purpose of a university. As Glenn says, the officials themselves should be personally liable. That would put an end to this fascist nonsense.
I’m switching to Dogpile.
News you can use: You could get a UTI from it. I generally let mine cool down before opening, if I can, but I guess I’ll start wiping the seal as well.
I haven’t gotten around to reading it, but Bob Zimmerman has, and he’s not impressed.
Bill DeBlasio is suing oil companies for creating bad weather. Ross McKitrick points out what are no doubt only a few of the lies and BS in the filing.
It stems from Ruby Ridge. Which happened during the first Bush administration, but it set the stage for a lot of misconduct in the coming years, from Waco, all the way through the corruption in the Clinton email scandal.