WILL A.G. SULZBERGER EVER GROW A SET OF BALLS? Woke wolves and the cowardly leaders of liberal America.

Spoiler: No.

Notwithstanding my advice, which contains what Hollywood would call an homage to Kurt Schlichter:

The proper response to a bunch of junior staffers complaining about articles that a newspaper publishes is something between “Go, write a piece explaining why that piece is wrong” and “Fetch my latte.” Journalism jobs are hard to come by and, for every troublesome staffer at The Times, there are undoubtedly at least a dozen candidates out there who would do at least as good a job and with less overweening self-importance.

But the Sulzbergers don’t think that way, because they’re losers. “As Weiss noted in her letter, Sulzberger praised her in private, even as he simultaneously failed to defend her in public from the threats and slanders of her own colleagues, both in internal communications and on Twitter. Such conduct marks the journalistic scion forevermore as less a man than a mouse. . . . It’s that simple. Sulzberger let the wolves try to devour Weiss to save his own rich-boy hide. She refused to participate in her own sacrifice.”

Worse than that. His “rich-boy hide” was never at risk. He has the power to bring all of this to an end and restore decorum and professionalism to the New York Times. But to do that, he’d have to be The Man. And he thinks his role is to stick it to The Man. Even if that means betraying a woman like Bari Weiss.

SHIT JUST GOT REAL: Walmart Now Requires All Shoppers To Wear Pants.

CHANGE: Trump Administration Rescinds Plan To Strip Visas From International Students In Online Classes, But New International Student Enrollment Is Projected To Fall Up To 98%.

UPDATE: In response to some questions in the comments, I think the Administration decided that universities were going to get hammered regardless, so why take the blame?

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HIGHER EDUCATION NOW: ONLINE PROGRAMS ARE FINE AND CERTAINLY SHOULDN’T COMMAND LOWER TUITIONS.

Higher Ed then: Online programs are awful, increase inequality, and should be punished by regulators.

I WAS TOLD THIS WAS ABOUT CONFEDERATE GENERALS: Vandals behead statue at Chattanooga Catholic church before Saturday Mass services.

THE EXPERTS HAVE SPOKEN. Shot: German study finds no evidence coronavirus spreads in schools: Scientists say children may act as a “brake” on the spread of the virus.

Chaser: “On Tuesday, in testimony to the Israeli parliament, Dr. Udi Kliner, Sadetzki’s deputy, reported that schools—not restaurants or gyms—turned out to be the country’s worst mega-infectors.”

NOW: WEAR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS OR PEOPLE WILL DIE!!!!

Then: Doctors say Trump’s idea to ‘use a scarf’ to protect against coronavirus is unproven.

MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Bari Weiss’ resignation a sign of narrowing views at New York Times: Once known as the ‘Gray Lady,’ the Times now looks more like a middle school run by the ‘Mean Girls’ crowd while top editors cower in their offices.

BUY GUNS AND AMMO: Amid spike in crime, a question of who owns the streets.

For some in Atlanta, the feeling is one of abandonment. “The police just don’t seem to care anymore,” says Morris Worthen, a Black Atlanta native. At the same time, he adds, “Everybody protests police shootings of Black people, but I don’t see any protests when Black people kill Black people.”

Nearby, a white neighbor, Tom Doyle, says he can’t deny a shift in attitude among his neighbors, regardless of their race.

“If the police back off, there’s really only two things left to do: defend yourself or be a victim,” says Mr. Doyle, who says he sometimes carries his gun.

But the police feel abandoned, too, says Thaddeus Johnson, a Georgia State University criminologist, who spent 10 years as an officer with the Memphis Police Department in Tennessee.

So everything is proceeding as planned.

DO NOT BE THE FIRST TO STOP CLAPPING WHEN COMRADE STALIN SPEAKS: Petition to Fire NYC Professor Accused of Sleeping During Anti-Racist Meeting Gathers 2,000 Signatures.

This has nothing to do with fairness or justice. This is all about power and bullying. Remember the names of the people behind this. They’ll show up again.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Types of flu people encounter in childhood may affect susceptibility to different flu strains later in life.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Kevin McCarthy will make out like bandits when they retire, thanks to the taxpayers funding their incredibly lucrative congressional pensions.

DECOUPLING: Four in Ten Americans Are Already Boycotting China Over Coronavirus Malfeasance.

UH OH: Record floods raise questions about China’s Three Gorges Dam.

DUE TO THE PANDEMIC? OR DUE TO THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC? About 5,000 heart attack sufferers in England missed out on lifesaving hospital treatment due to pandemic.

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GLENN’S LATEST FOR USA TODAY: Bari Weiss’ resignation a sign of narrowing views at New York Times. “Once known as the ‘Gray Lady,’ the Times now looks more like a middle school run by the ‘Mean Girls’ crowd while top editors cower in their offices.”

BRUTAL: Democrats Go Nasty on Tuberville in First Minutes of Alabama Senate Race.

HMMM: National Gunfire Trends. February 2020 – July 2020 Compared to Same Period 2019:

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