DANIEL A. KAUFMAN: Peak Woke Philosophy. “Woke philosophy is reminiscent of those histrionic, scripted WWF feuds I used to watch on WPIX in the early 1980’s, by which I mean that it’s such transparently melodramatic bullshit, performed by such a manifestly absurd group of clowns that a six year old should be able to see through it. But this is academic philosophy in 2019, where it seems that there is nothing so stupid or disingenuous or juvenile that a sizable portion of the current members of a discipline that once counted the likes of Wittgenstein, Quine, and Rawls among its leading lights won’t embrace it.”

As Glenn says, when the people get tired of subsidizing this nonsense, they’ll be accused of anti-intellectualism.

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: At Oberlin, a Tipping Point.

In 2017, after taking a significant hit to their profits because of the protests, Gibson’s decided to hold Oberlin and its officials accountable for their kowtowing to student protestors. The bakery filed a civil lawsuit against the school (including Raimondo) for “libel, slander, interference with business relationships, interference with contracts, deceptive trade practices, infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring and trespass.” This week, a jury agreed with the bakery’s claim that the school and its officials had acted irresponsibly and awarded Gibson’s $11 million in damages (if you’re concerned about runaway tort judgments, this might seem like a disturbingly high number for a small bakery, but considering that Oberlin claimed Gibson’s was worth less than $35,000, it’s not surprising the jury responded with a large damage verdict).

During the trial, Gibson’s lawyer argued, “When a powerful institution says you’re racist, you’re doomed.” As anyone who has witnessed the mob mentality among campus progressive activists can attest, student mobs only thrive because administrators allow them to do so. With their courtroom victory in Ohio this week, the Gibson family put college officials across the country on notice that people unfairly victimized and libeled by campus activists are done acquiescing to the mob’s demands.

As Daniel McGraw of Legal Insurrection writes today, Oberlin “basically begged for mercy at punitive damages hearing today,” in a post headlined, “Oberlin College to Jury: We’re cash poor and big punitive award to Gibson’s Bakery will hurt students.”

Given that Toni Myers, Oberlin College’s Multicultural Resource Center Director was quoted as sending out a text that said, “After a year, I hope we rain fire and brimstone on that store,” I’m not at all sure how sympathetic the jury will be to Oberlin’s latest cri de coeur.

TIME TO STOP IGNORING SEX TRAFFICKING OF BOYS (GIRLS, TOO!): It’s a horrendous evil for anybody, male or female, to be held in captivity by sex traffickers, the modern-day form of slavery, but The Epoch Times’ Bowen Xiao reports that males “are severely neglected in an already hidden problem when it comes to resources, services, and public awareness campaigns—which focus predominantly on women.”

I can just about guarantee that reading Xiao’s reporting will break your heart, especially when you realize how traffickers abuse the U.S. foster child system.

MATT MARGOLIS: Biden Claims There Wasn’t A ‘Hint of a Scandal’ During the Obama/Biden Administration, Here are Ten.

AUSTERE LANDING: No kidding. An A-10 lands on a dirt strip at Fort Irwin, California. This photo helps explain why American ground soldiers love A-10s– firepower that can handle the dust and grit. The A-10 in the photo belongs to the Idaho Air National Guard. It’s flying support missions for the Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team which is training at Fort Irwin.

KRUISER: Pelosi Still Resisting AOC’s Nonstop Impeachment Tantrum.

THE 21st CENTURY ISN’T WORKING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Nike’s fattequins are gaslighting American women.

SO FAR TRADE WAR 2019 RISKS RED INK, NOT BLOOD: But it’s still a wicked cocktail from Hell.

FASTER, PLEASE: Drug to replace chemotherapy may reshape cancer care.

THE TRUTH HURTS:

RELATED: Rep. Amash stokes talk of campaign against Trump.

Good luck with that, if he’s already struggling to win a primary in his own district.

BREAKING: Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: everything you need to know.

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL SMART DIPLOMACY: Trump Admin Sanctions Iran to Disrupt Arms Network. “Iran running $100m arms-smuggling operations in Iraq.”

THE HOUSING COST OF LIBERALISM (INTERNATIONAL EDITION): Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice.

Compared to skyrocketing housing costs in many Western cities, Japan has seen remarkable success in supplying affordable housing – even in cities with lots of economic growth. While average mean rents in London are upwards of £2,000, average rents in Tokyo are about £1,300 – even after Brexit-related depreciation of pound sterling.

This isn’t caused by social housing or danchi – less than 5 per cent of homes across Japan are socially rented, compared to about 17 per cent in England. And it’s not because Japan’s population is shrinking either – Tokyo’s population is still growing due to migrants from other parts of Japan and abroad.

Instead, it’s because the supply of housing in Japanese cities is responsive to local demand. While the UK saw about 194,000 houses start construction last year, Japan saw 942,000 housing starts last year.

Their secret? “Get the hell out of my way!” as the wise man once said.

THEN SHE SHOULD PROBABLY PLAY IT SAFE AND FLEE THE COUNTRY, GO INTO HIDING: Circumstances of Trump’s America ‘more dangerous’ than Hitler’s Germany.

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LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Panicked CIA Turns to PR Firm The New York Times. “Before I get into the details of this press release written by and published in the NYT, take a moment and ask yourselves, should there be oversight for the CIA? Who conducts that oversight? The CIA ‘sources’ referenced in the NYT press release seem a little miffed that some folks want to check their math.”

BOSTON, I THINK WE GOT YOUR NUMBER: 15 emotional photos from Blues’ celebration of first Stanley Cup in franchise’s 52-year history.

PLUS: Laila Anderson, 11-year-old St. Louis Blues superfan, joins team in Stanley Cup celebration.

(Neoclassical reference in the headline.)

THAT DOESN’T FEEL VERY RESTRAINED: ‘Very restrained’ – Hong Kong police say 150 rounds of tears gas, 20 bean bag shots fired during anti-extradition law ‘riot.’

NOTHING TO SEE HERE… ANYMORE: Obama White House Deleted Online Speeches About The Immigration Crisis Hours Before Trump Entered Office. “The removal of the ICE speeches collection represents the loss of a primary source history of the early days of ICE, dating back to its creation during the George W. Bush administration in 2003.”

A collection of 190 transcripts of speeches on ICE’s website was deleted on Jan. 18 and late in the evening on Jan. 19, 2017, according to research conducted by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for government transparency. Statements made by high-ranking ICE officials regarding controversial immigration topics such as sanctuary cities, E-Verify, treatment of detainees, and other issues were included in the reported deletions.

“With a couple of clicks of a mouse, access to a federal government web resource containing 12 years of primary source materials on ICE’s history was lost,” the Sunlight Foundation wrote, noting that archived speeches dating back from 2004 were among those deleted.

Speeches from former acting ICE Director Thomas Homan, a public supporter of Trump’s immigration policies, were among those prominently included in the deletion list.

I don’t want to hear one more goddamn word about how Obama’s tenure was “remarkably scandal-free.”

HMM: Mysterious Blazes on Six Iranian Ships in Iranian Ports.

THAT’S A LOT: NASA readies mission to mysterious $10,000 QUADRILLION Psyche asteroid. “The value of all the nickel and iron that NASA believes makes up 16-Psyche’s oddly-shaped space rock in the asteroid belt’s outer reaches is estimated at $10,000 quadrillion. This is a massive sum, but NASA’s Psyche mission, which has now received approval to enter the final development stages before manufacturing begins for its 2022 launch, is actually after a much bigger prize – revealing how Earth’s origins. NASA researchers believe asteroid Psyche is key to understanding how planetary bodies are formed.”

The real prize will be bringing that thing in close enough to Earth someday to mine for off-planet manufacturing.

NOT THE BABYLON BEE: Mexican president selling his ‘luxurious presidential plane’ to pay for US immigration deal.