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Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 3, 2026
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Virginia, Ohio explore three-year bachelor’s degrees amid debate over college costs.
JOSH SHAPIRO SHUNNED IT, AND NOW IT’S A SUCCESS:
Line to get into the Pennsylvania booth at the Great American State Fair out the door!
Pavilion is filled with displays from businesses all across the state.PLACE matters–that's what drove people & businesses to step up with pride; no way were they going to let this go empty. pic.twitter.com/b6F6nZF0bn
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) July 3, 2026
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Ditching the Seventeenth Amendment: Taking the Senate back to the Framers’ Intent.
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DIVERSITY PROBLEM:
80% of DSA members have a college degree.
60% work professional jobs.
Just 4% are blue-collar.
85% are white.
This isn't a working-class movement but an elite one, for whom "Free Palestine" and "Abolish ICE" operate as a smokescreen for class privilege—just like climate and trans… https://t.co/ZgmwTn92bO— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) July 2, 2026
July 2, 2026
WELL, IT’S NINA TOTENBERG, SO: I don’t believe Nina Totenberg’s explanation for why she reported that Justice Alito was retiring.
STEVE GILL ON JOHN ROSE VS. MARSHA BLACKBURN: Can An Incumbent Senator With Huge Name Id And Big Lead In Polls Get Defeated By An Underdog Challenger In A Governor’s Race?
OPEN THREAD: Make it special.
PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare and Earth-bound CME that could spark northern lights for July 4 weekend.
BETTER THAN A STILLSUIT: New Water-Harvesting Jacket Pulls up to 30 Ounces of Drinking Water From the Air Daily.
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Psychedelics not yet ready for clinical use in ADHD treatment, study finds.
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Ditching the Seventeenth Amendment: Taking the Senate back to the Framers’ Intent.
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#RESISTANCE:
BREAKING: The Somali flag flying over Buffalo City Hall has been reportedly STOLEN just hours after it was raised.
Buffalo's Democrat Mayor Sean Ryan, claims that individuals cut the cable in the middle of the night and took the flag down. He then goes on a rant about… https://t.co/G6ok4GYVJc pic.twitter.com/CpA5Pdyewq
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 2, 2026
ZOOMY AND EXPENSIVE: 2026 Mercedes-AMG SL63 S E Performance Test: Sound and Fury.
IT’S ALL LIES AND HYSTERIA: Evidence-Free: How the Gun Control Industry Justifies Red Flag Gun Confiscations.
BIG DEAL, UNDER BIDEN WE HAD IT IN THE WHITE HOUSE: Yes, there really is cocaine in the Library of Congress.
KEYTRUDA WAS DEVELOPED IN OUTER SPACE: The FDA Just Approved a KEYTRUDA Combination That Could Become the Standard First-Line Treatment for Aggressive Breast Cancer.
THE RECKONING BEGINS:
Ruh Rho 😬 https://t.co/0VonzRU97q
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) July 2, 2026
SAD: Why So Many Women Are Rethinking Motherhood in 2026—and It’s Not Just About Money. “Of course, there’s nothing wrong with deciding not to have kids, says Merle Bombardieri, MSW, LICSW, a parenthood decision-making coach who has specialized in this topic for 40 years. But some women are held prisoner by their anxiety and information overload, opting out of motherhood not because they don’t want kids but because they’re too afraid and overwhelmed.”
There are whole industries devoted to encouraging that anxiety and information overload.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Massachusetts colleges gain approval for three-year degrees as schools battle enrollment decline.