AND THUS AL SHARPTON COMES FULL CIRCLE: Sharpton launched his career by peddling racist fiction; he’s now reduced to attacking those who sell fiction for a living as racists. (Though it’s curious why Sharpton is attacking all of Hollywood, instead of starting with Universal, his employer, where presumably, he could speak to the CEO or the boardroom anytime he’d like.)

Of course, to paraphrase a frequent question from Glenn, why are Democrat-controlled industries such hotbeds of racism, sexism, misogyny, and pedophilia?

A HOSTILE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ON ACCOUNT OF SEX: Letter claims student denied suicide counseling because he was accused of sexual assault.

BECAUSE A POLITICIZED CARTEL IS DOING THE HIRING: Why Are There So Few Conservative/Libertarian Law Profs, Even Though They Are More Productive Scholars Than Liberal Law Profs?

JAMES O’KEEFE DOES IT AGAIN: The Hill: James O’Keefe takes aim at Common Core in new undercover video.

“You don’t think that the educational publishing companies are in it for the education, do you?” said Dianne Barrow, a former accounts manager at Houghton Mifflin, in the video. “No, they’re in it for the money.”

Barrow said in the video that she just wants to sell books.

“I hate kids,” she said. “I’m in it to sell books. Don’t even kid yourself for a heartbeat.”

Video at the link.

WHY, IT’S ALMOST AS IF THERE’S A SORT OF TALKING POINTS LIST FOR JOURNALISTS. OR A JOURNALISTS’ LIST. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT TIME WHEN ERIC HOLDER RECOMMENDED “BRAINWASHING” STUDENTS ABOUT GUN CONTROL: MSM will say Ted Cruz was lying about Holder’s brainwashing comment. Here’s the video.

DON SURBER: Why libs oppose Bernie’s call to have cops investigate campus rapes. “We know why liberals do not want cops investigating accusations of rape, because most of them are false.”

PAUL MIRENGOFF: “13 Hours” — the movie and the politics.

MARK STEYN ON ‘THE HUMILIATION:’

Joe Biden and John Kerry could not resist bragging that the swift resolution of this situation was testament to the new hunky-dory Washington-Teheran relationship. Vice-President Biden:

They released them, like ordinary nations would do. That’s the way nations should deal with one another. That’s why it’s important to have channels open.

Secretary Kerry:

I’m appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the Iranian authorities… and I think we can all imagine how a similar situation might have played out three or four years ago.

We don’t have to imagine how a similar situation might have played out, you botoxicated buffoon, because it’s played out before, with mind-numbing regularity. This time round they seized ten US sailors. Nine years ago they seized 15 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines. One of the Brits was of the female persuasion. Here’s what I wrote in 2007:

The token gal was dressed up as an Islamic woman…

Does that sound familiar? Why, golly, here we are in 2016, and this time round the token US gal was also made to wear a hijab.

Read the whole thing.

JONAH GOLDBERG: “Obviously, I have my agreements and disagreements with everybody on the stage, but as a political matter I’m not sure any trend lines will change appreciably because of tonight. A lot depends on which clips and exchanges become the basis of TV chatter over the next few days. But one thing is clear, any hopes of destroying Trump on a debate stage are now dead.”

Adding, “I hate to say it,” Paul Mirengoff of Power Line also dubs yesterday “A good night for Donald Trump.”

ROGER SIMON SPOTS THE MISSING MAN AT LAST NIGHT’S DEBATE.

WELL BEYOND THE JV TEAM: Deadly Inspiration.

SO MUCH MAKES SENSE NOW: LSD is the new business fad.

ONLY SARAH PALIN NEVER SAID THAT: Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Sarah Palin’ moment.

HOW THE GOVERNMENT RETARDS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS: Blind spots in cars could eventually be a thing of the past.

GO YOUR OWN WAY: You’re better off ignoring Uncle Sam’s ever-changing diet advice.

UPCOMING: Through Fire (BAEN).  And in case you want to support my writing, yes, pre-orders are really, really good for a writer’s career.

AND THAT SAYS SOMETHING: Obama delivers the most boring speech of his presidency.

TO US CHINESE GOVERNANCE IS A TRAGEDY: To the Chinese, Our Presidential Debates are a Bad Sitcom.

HIS HEART MIGHT BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HIS MIND, OTOH: Biden’s cancer ‘moon shot’ is a grand idea that’s doomed.

PAM UPHOFF: Empire of the One (Wine of the Gods Book 14)

BUT IT WASN’T A STAND DOWN-STAND DOWN: Gowdy: Witnesses have confirmed stand-down order on night of Benghazi.

“I don’t know why the mainstream media doesn’t understand that you have to talk to everyone before you draw conclusions,” Gowdy said, noting the committee has roughly 12 witnesses left to interview before winding down its investigation.

Indeed!

REVIEW: “13 Hours” — the movie and the politics.

IT’S IN THEIR NATURE: Iran will slap us again after Obama’s pathetic response to sailor incident.

CAN CHINA EVENTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH? The only real solution to the endless North Korea crisis.