THE BEST OF TIMES: Deaths from Cancer Continue to Decline Worldwide.

Globally the improvement is about 10% since 1990, but this county has seen an improvement of double that.

Weird that the curve for the US bottoms out around the same time ObamaCare started kicking in.

CONSEQUENCES: Accountability For Oberlin. “Unleash the students.” This explains the real relationship between administrators and “spontaneous” student protest.

ARE YOU EVEN ALLOWED TO SAY THINGS LIKE THIS ANYMORE? It’s not anti-feminist to want to look good.

WHEN AMERICA WINS, THEY LOSE: Top Democrats ‘Disappointed’ Mexico Tariff Threat Worked, Accuse Trump of Caving to Pressure.

FROM MY COLLEAGUE PAULA SCHAEFER: Behavioral Legal Ethics Lessons for Corporate Counsel.

I HATED IT TOO BUT IT NEVER OCCURRED EVEN TO MY WHINY TEEN SELF TO GO ALL INTERSECTIONAL ON IT:  Whiny researchers slam dodgeball as a tool of ‘oppression’.  I think it’s mostly a tool of sadistic gym teachers…

THERE ARE THINGS NO TEENAGE BOY WANTS TO SEE:  Mom reveals how cheap granny panties ‘saved’ her life.

THE FIRST IN A RASH OF WITCH EXECUTIONS: On this day in 1692, Bridget Bishop was executed by hanging in Salem Massachusetts. Cotton Mather wrote, “there was little occasion to prove the witchcraft, it being evident and notorious to all beholders.”

About 200 people, mostly though not exclusively women, were tried for witchcraft during the period of the Salem witch trials. The number of executions was around 20.

In Europe, of course, over a longer period of time, the numbers were much worse, partly because Europe had a much larger population and partly because … well … when bad things happen here, worse things are often going on there.

GOOD. MAKE IT HURT:  Oberlin’s insurer is unlikely to cover the Gibson lawsuit award.

WHATEVER. IF HE CAN GET MEXICO TO FOLLOW THROUGH HE’LL HAVE ACHIEVED MORE THAN THE GOVERNMENT OF ANY LATIN COUNTRY HAS EVER ACHIEVED, IN THE HISTORY OF EVER:  Trump Announces Mexico Immigration Deal.

MAXINE WATERS L(IVE) A(CTION) R(OLE) P(LAYS) SENTIENCE (UNCONVINCINGLY):  Maxine Waters Takes To Twitter To Tear Down Trump.

LOVABLE LOSER: Why Joe Biden gets away with it.

THE HOUSE L(IVE) A(CTION) R(OLE)P(PLAYS) IMPEACHMENT:  John Dean; Witness For The Prosecution.

ONCE MORE THE MEDIA L(IVE) A(CTION) R(OLE)P(PLAYS) RESISTANCE:  Embassies Display Pride Flags, Media Get it Wrong.

YEAH.  AND EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO A MAGICAL PONY THAT CAN FLY TO THE MOON, TOO!  Gillibrand: Rights Versus Wishes.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE. SEE HOW SHOCKED IT IS?  Ilhan Omar Fined, Tax Fraud May Be Next.

IT ISN’T AS IF HE HASN’T MADE CLEAR THAT MERIT IS NOT HIS MOST IMPORTANT CRITERION:  Richard Carranza accused of waiving protocol to hire pals in high-ranking jobs.

THE DANGER IS TOTALITARIANISM, NOT SOCIALISM … BUT SOCIALISM IS TO TOTALITARIANISM AS BROTH IS TO SOUP OR PERHAPS HOW MAGGOTS ARE TO FLIES:  How disease, war and a remote Scottish island inspired George Orwell’s ‘1984’.

PET WHAT? YOU DIDN’T GIVE BIRTH TO THEM!  A quarter of pet parents lie to bosses about this.  And, yes, I’ve talked to the cats by saying “mommy will do x” but you know what? I’d not use that in public.  I mean, they know they were adopted.  Okay, all but Havelock-cat. He’s … developmentally slow. I’m sure he expects to grow up to be human.

YEP, SHE’S READING AGAIN:  Unfreedom of the Press – Pt 1 Or how to drive the mainstream media insane in a few easy steps By Amanda S. Green.