Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

PROF. JACOBSON: Claudine Gay “was the DEI president and that is the deeper problem that I don’t think” Harvard is “ready yet to confront.” “She was a symptom of a deeper problem at Harvard and many other elite schools…, which is that they have embraced a racialization of education under the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It is poisonous throughout the system. It takes away from merit, it takes away from advancement of all people equally without regard to race. And she was a big advocate of that.”

WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION IT’S USUALLY SHORTCUTS AND BRIBERY: No Shortcuts On Nuclear Deterrence. “The most dangerous global security development at the dawn of 2024 is China’s and Russia’s reliance on nuclear weapons to break the U.S.-led order. Russia is concluding a nuclear recapitalization effort and uses nuclear threats against Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. China is expanding its nuclear forces and engaging in dangerous military behavior in international waters to threaten Taiwan. Moscow may be helping Beijing expand its warhead production capacity through Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, which has provided enriched uranium for China’s fast-breeder reactor. The U.S. plan begun in 2009 to update the nation’s nuclear deterrent can’t deter China and Russia simultaneously over the next decade. This was a conclusion of the recent report from the nonpartisan U.S. Strategic Posture Commission, on which I served as a commissioner.”

OPEN THREAD: Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends.

BECAUSE, LIKE SO MUCH IN OUR SOCIETY, THEY’RE THE PRODUCT OF HUMORLESS POLITICIZED MORONS: Why Aren’t Movies Fun Anymore?

I DON’T GET THIS: Equinox’s bizarre ‘We Don’t Speak January’ campaign. “‘You are not a New Year’s resolution. Your life doesn’t start at the beginning of the year. And that’s not what being part of Equinox is about,’ the message told hopeful new members.”