A new paper on adjudicating disputes in climate science. It’s a travesty that it’s had to come to this, but it’s what happens when science becomes politicized. And in fact, I’d like to see a class-action suit against Michelle’s school-lunch program as child abuse on a massive scale.
The Wayward Aerostat
AKA the Blimp of Death.
Between that and the CNBC debate, it was not a day of glory for the media.
I do not understand why the RNC (and Priebus) continue to play Charlie Brown and the football with people who hate them.
[Update a few minutes later]
More linkage from Ed Driscoll, here and here. Yes, attacking the media is perfectly appropriate, and plays well to the base. Everyone knows these people are going to vote for whoever the Democrat nominee is no matter what the candidates do or say, and it won’t hurt in the general election. Most people can’t stand these unctuous Democrats with bylines.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Yes, both CNBC and Jeb Bush committed political suicide last night. I don’t know which of Bush’s advisers told him it would be a good idea to attack Marco Rubio on his (non)voting record, but it backfired on him spectacularly.
Our Credentialed Betters
Apparently, credentialed doesn’t indicate educated.
You’d think he might have Googled the word before making an asshat of himself.
Center For American Progress
They issue a press release saying that Apollo to Mars is financially feasible. Yet another leftist politico-economic fantasy.
Stoned In Sweden
No, not pot. With real stones, in a no-go zone (which, remember, don’t exist, in Sweden, UK or anywhere).
I think if this Syrian invasion of Europe continues, the Muslims are going to discover the limits of European tolerance.
The Donald Meets Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
He’s going through all the stages of grief over his polling, though not necessarily in the right order.
Legal Myths About ObamaCare
…and why it isn’t “here to stay.”
Yes, the notion that it’s going to continue to survive the myriad court challenges ahead is wishful thinking on the part of the statists.
Why We’re Stuck On Planet Earth
I found this piece pretty unimpressive.
"The tropics are awesome, we'd never survive at high latitudes, it takes too much technology." — some paleolith guy https://t.co/jmC6lGkTY8
— SafeNotAnOption (@SafeNotAnOption) October 28, 2015
“I Love Free Speech…”
…but:
In less awful news, 95 percent of the students surveyed said that free speech is important to them. However, as I have long predicted and discussed, when you ask Americans if they like free speech, they nearly always say “yes.” But when you get into the nitty gritty details about what kind of speech warrants protection, you discover that some folks (especially college students) are more in the “I love free speech, but…” camp. And I fear the list of exceptions is growing larger by the day.
Not sure which is more dismaying, that they’re unaware of the First Amendment, or that they oppose it. But clearly the Left is continuing its march through the institutions. Which is why books like this one could be very valuable:
Why a father-son collaboration? That’s what I wanted to know, too, so I asked the elder Paulsen, who was a year ahead of me at Yale Law School. Mike reported that he had given a lecture at Princeton in 2006, after which the law professors and college professors at dinner complained about their students’ “goofed-up ideas” about the Constitution. The law professors blamed the college professors, the college professors said “they came to us this way,” and blamed pervasively bad ideas about the Constitution in the culture, the media and even textbooks. Stuck in an airport the next day, Prof. Paulsen killed time writing an outline.
If they can get them to read it. The problem starts in kindergarten, and extends all the way into post-docs.
Bill Keith
We’ve lost a musical legend. RIP