Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
November 21, 2025
TO BE FAIR, “MAINSTREAM PUNDITS” ARE MOSTLY GARBAGE: Mainstream Pundits Lavish Praise on Dick Cheney After Spending 20 Years Shrieking About How He Was Literally Darth Vader: National healing begins as CNN realizes waterboarding is cool now.
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Why the Anti-Promethean Backlash? I suspect it has more to do with the betrayal of ordinary people by tech elites over the past couple of decades. When tech leaders are talking about the moral necessity of infecting people with ticks that will give them meat allergies to “save the planet,” it’s hard to be optimistic.
FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE: New Jersey high court first in US to ban Shaken Baby Syndrome testimony.
LEFTISM IS BEING RULED BY PEOPLE WHO HATE YOU AND YOUR CULTURE:
— 𝗠3MPH1S-B3113 (@M3mph1sB) November 20, 2025
THE “HAVE YOU NO DECENCY?” CROWD CAN FO:
Wow I see the people who cheered the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump are very upset about Trump’s rhetoric again!
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Some people stop at nothing.
WELL, THEN DON’T DO WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE MOVIES DO: Scientists Found a Mysterious Golden Orb at The Bottom of The Ocean: “It’s like the beginning of a horror movie.”
But actually this article, which sounded familiar, appears to be a republished version of one from 2023. So I guess we’re safe, except maybe from hack editors at ScienceAlert. Shame.
RULING CLASS HATE HAS WRECKED AMERICA:
You guys burned the U.S. to the ground because you insisted Bush was literally Hitler.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) November 20, 2025
Maddow's career as a commentator began during Bush/Cheney, when she'd frequently compare Cheney to the worst monsters in history (I was on her programs when she said it).
For so many liberals, Cheney is now rehabilitated despite regretting nothing: solely for opposing Trump: https://t.co/5ZMOg7HKHD
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 20, 2025
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Doctors “Astounded”: Long-Held Belief About Coffee and Heart Rhythm Was Wrong. “Although people with heart conditions such as A-Fib are often told to avoid caffeine because it might worsen symptoms, new research suggests the opposite may be true. . . . The research team titled their project DECAF, short for Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation? It is the first randomized clinical trial designed to examine the relationship between caffeinated coffee and A-Fib. The study received support from the National Institutes of Health.”
TEACH WOMEN NOT TO LIE ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT: NY DoorDash driver arrested after sharing video of naked customer passed out in his own home. “She had been the one to contact cops, claiming she had been deliberately lured by the man, even though he appeared to be passed out in his own home. . . . However, Ring camera footage appears to show Henderson let herself into the man’s house, and police have said there is no indication she was encouraged to go in, let alone film.”
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Brain implants show promise for depression treatment in new study.
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Researchers find eating disorders have long-term health effects.
I HEAR LOTS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS: “Across the country, the ancient tradition of Orthodox Christianity is attracting energetic new adherents, especially among conservative young men.”
At my shooting range a few months ago, I had the lane next to an Orthodox priest who was teaching a parishioner how to shoot, so I can see it.
Or, you know, it could be the hats.
I HOPE HE GOT A LOT OF MONEY: Michigan State U. professor settles with trustees who urged students to attack him as ‘racist.’
I DUNNO, BUT IF SHE WERE A REPUBLICAN ALL THE SMART PEOPLE WOULD BE DEMANDING HER ARREST: Is Elissa Slotkin Fomenting Insurrection?
FAFO:
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article (https://t.co/YMCO5sHYcL) describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants… pic.twitter.com/FxUM6xjBER
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 20, 2025
BUT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM CAN STAY IRRATIONAL — OR DISHONEST — LONGER THAN YOU CAN STAY SOLVENT. OR FREE. Victor Davis Hanson: Reality Caught Up to ‘Climate Change:’ The climate creed that once ruled unquestioned is cracking as energy needs, geopolitical reality, and basic science force the West to admit carbon isn’t dying anytime soon.