A WOMAN’S DEFENSE OF THE ALPHA MALE. “The thing is that there is a real danger that as we attack this nebulous concept of ‘toxic masculinity,’ we will throw out the metaphorical baby with the bathwater, and discredit the things about traditional masculinity that are absolutely worth celebrating. Most specifically – say it with me now, ladies – the Alpha Male.”

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WAS THIS WISE? We just sent a signal to make contact with aliens on a distant ‘Super Earth’ — here’s what we said.

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I’M SO OLD, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE LEFT EXTOLLED THE VIRTUES OF NON-JUDGMENTALISM: “Twitter says it will judge verified users’ offline behavior.”

So be good for goodness sake! Note however that curiously, while white supremacist Richard Spencer was de-certified, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, Dan Rather, and Louis Farrakhan all still have their blue checkmarks.

Regarding that last fellow, as Liel Leibovitz of Tablet asks, if Twitter is judging verified users’ offline behavior, “Why Is Twitter Endorsing Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Hate-Monger Louis Farrakhan?”

I TALK ABOUT STUDENT DEBT AND ALTERNATIVES TO COLLEGE on the Old Row Podcast.

The mic/preamp setup really makes it sound like I was in the studio.

SHOSHANNA WEISSMAN: Al Franken Doesn’t Get the Joke: The Senate grills a judicial nominee, Don Willett, about his corny tweets. “Only Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana showed any interest in how Justice Willett would conduct himself as a federal judge. Whereas Mr. Kennedy asked about his views on fundamental rights, the Democrats were content to grill him about bacon.”

FASTER, PLEASE: FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients.

REVIEW: ‘Justice League’ Is a Great Action Movie, But It Needs a Lesson in Teamwork.

AL FRANKEN EXCEPTED: The InstaWife: Is a Lack of Touch Destroying Men?

LOUIS FARRAKHAN: America ‘Became Great Enslaving Us,’ So Trump Won’t ‘Make America Great Again.’

Nobody tell Louis, but the slaveholding South was an economic backwater, and wasn’t able to seriously start catching up with the rest of the country until after Jim Crow was ended.

Freedom works.

NO. Ladies and gentlemen, we have spaghetti burritos now.

SKY PENIS AND THE WORLD OF 2017: Navy Admits to Being Involved in Obscene Skydrawings Spotted in Okanogan Co.

HEY NOW: ‘Transparent’ Star Alleges Jeffrey Tambor Sexually Harassed Her, “Got Physical.”

TEST DRIVE: 2018 Dodge Challenger.

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GEORGE P. BUSH: Restoring, Reinforcing and Remembering the Alamo is my Mission.

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES: THE ONE FREE GROPE RULE RETURNS. Feminist defends Al Franken, saying his resignation would hurt women by helping GOP.

HMM: More than a dozen top Trump campaign officials subpoenaed in Mueller probe.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Scientists develop reliable kill switches — in case bioengineered microbes go rogue.

QUESTION ASKED: What Does Tesla’s Automated Truck Mean for Truckers?

On Thursday night, Elon Musk rolled out Tesla’s biggest gizmo yet: a fully electric semitruck. The Semi can go a whopping 500 miles between charges, hauling 80,000 pounds along the way. And it can sorta, kinda drive itself—on highways, anyway. The truck comes with Enhanced Autopilot, the second generation of Tesla’s semiautonomous technology, equipped with automatic braking, lane keeping, and lane departure warnings.

“Every truck we sell has Autopilot as standard,” Musk said of the Semi, which goes into production in 2019. “This is a massive increase in safety.”

Be that as it may, Tesla is having serious issues gearing up full-scale production on a simple midsize sedan — on an assembly line still suffering from issues worked out by Henry Ford a century ago.

FINALLY CATCHING A BREAK: Humans are compassionate animals. Scientists have discovered “kindness and care is much more widespread.”

Yes, there is evidence of interpersonal violence in our ancient history. But actually there is far less of it than one might assume. There is, in fact, far more evidence of interpersonal care: of people who have tended to the injured and ensured that the sick or lame were kept alive. This tendency—for kindness, compassion, and care—is far more unique to the human species than our tendency to lash out. Many animals respond to threats by fighting back. Very few animals tend to their wounded friends, and only humans do it consistently.

Which leaves me wondering — are Democrats tending to Al Franken’s wounds?

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Study: Heavy drinking, smoking make people look prematurely old.

VIDEO: Leeann Tweeden on Al Franken: ‘I Accept His Apology … I’m Not Calling for Him to Step Down.’

But some high-level Minnesota Democrats are.