TEN YEARS AGO ON INSTAPUNDIT: “Andrew Sullivan has spent the last few days exploring the New York Times’ use of honorifics like ‘Dr.’ for black professors, but not white ones.”

Plus, Richard Posner on the decline of public intellectuals.

And, Appalachian Law School shooting stopped by a student with a handgun. “Very interesting. Believe it or not, some law professors on the list are actually suggesting that it would be a good idea if people with handgun carry licenses carried guns at school.” And Eugene Volokh on heroism at Appalachian Law.