THIS IS EXCELLENT, AS IT WILL REDUCE PRIVILEGE AND INEQUALITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION: Harvard Law Students Avoid Applying For Clerkships With Trump-Appointed Judges. More openings for state-school Federalist Society members. Did I mention that I’m the Federalist Society advisor at UT Law?
From the comments: “A federal judge without a Harvard Law School graduate clerk is likely a better judge. When they are ready to take off their diapers and leave mom’s basement, they should apply.”
NEW AT REASON TV: The Failure of LBJ’s Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century. Nick Gillespie interviews Amity Shlaes on her new history of the Great Society and its (malaise-ridden) aftermath:
INJECTING PARANOIA AND HATRED INTO AMERICAN CULTURE: Ethnic Studies 101: Playing the Victim. Remember, all this stuff has its origins in cultural Marxism and it hasn’t done — nor was it intended to do — anything to make America better for minorities or anyone else.
THEY’RE NOT EVEN TRYING TO HIDE IT ANYMORE: Virginia Democrat Delegate Imagines U.S. Military Crushing Citizen Gun Supporter.
SAUL ALINSKY SMILES: WA Legislator Wants to Give Seattle What It Asks For.
This is the Gorge Dam, one of those Seattle City Light-run dams that brings electricity to the Social Justice Warriors of Seattle.
The story above describes how the proposal would let the Skagit River run free as it did in the early 20th century. This story just made me smile, and I am interested in hearing how the Seattle contingent in the State Legislature responds to it. Tit-for-tat; you want to take eastern Washington back to the 19th century, maybe you should contemplate western Washington being returned to the 19th century.
Oh, and the Senator who proposed this bill is a Republican from Ferndale, a town in western Washington just south of the Canadian border. Thanks, Senator Ericksen!
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules…”
OPERATION CHAOS: THE NEXT GENERATION. ‘I’m voting for Bernie:’ Hugh Hewitt reveals he will back Sanders in Democratic primary.
CANCEL CULTURE COMES FOR APU: Simpsons actor Hank Azaria says he will no longer voice Apu.
After 31 seasons (arguably 20 too many), isn’t it time for the show itself to be cancelled in the traditional TV industry sense of the word?
IT’S LIKE COUNTRY VEGAS: Dear Diary: Every Time I Visit Nashville I’m Drunk The Entire Time And Get Nothing Accomplished. “Like I said, we’re going there for ‘work,’ but always find a way to fill each and every moment with alcohol and excuses to drink.”
FAUXCAHONTAS SPEAKS WITH FORKED TONGUE: Warren: I’m The Only One Running With Executive Experience.
SPENGLER: How fragile is Iran’s regime?
GET WOKE, GO BROKE: Megxit! Ex-Prince Harry Got Woke, Now He’s Broke…
SKYNET SMILES: AI-Designed ‘Living Robots’ Crawl, Heal Themselves.
AN UNDERRATED PROBLEM: Sepsis causes more deaths worldwide than previously thought.
Related: Vitamin C infusion may reduce sepsis death risk. It sounds like this is just vitamin C, not the vitamin and steroids cocktail that has been so successful elsewhere.
21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Second U.S. baby to be born from a dead donor’s uterus is delivered.
THEIR APPEAL IS BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE: Women’s March Draws A Smaller, But Passionate Crowd.
ALTERNATIVE HEADLINE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MOVES TO MAKE SCHOOL LUNCHES EDIBLE AGAIN. Trump administration proposes further rollbacks of school lunch standards.
Related: The Trump Administration Moved To Roll Back Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Program On Her Birthday. How dastardly. On her birthday!!!
SUCCESS: SpaceX Aces Crew Dragon Launch Abort Test. “The uncrewed test, known as an in-flight abort (IFA) test, is the last major hurdle SpaceX needed to clear before Crew Dragon can begin to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS).”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Elephant in the Room: A Fat Woman in Academe. “In spite of the growing attention given to body positivity and fat acceptance movements, Bobbi Reidinger writes, weight-based discrimination affects the levels of power and influence afforded such a scholar.”
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