Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
March 8, 2026
FLASHBACK: Bring Back Our Knobs: Analog vs. Digital. “Not so long ago, if I wanted to adjust the heat in my car, or the volume on my car radio, I could grab a nice, simple knob. Turn it to the right, and the car got warmer, or the radio got louder. Turn it the other way, and the opposite occurred. I could always sense how far I was adjusting things—without ever taking my eyes off the road—because millions of years of evolution have produced a neurological feedback mechanism that lets me know just how much I’m turning my wrist. Easy, effective, intuitive. That’s simply good design, right? You’d think. But in most late-model cars, making those kinds of adjustments requires pushing buttons multiple times, or navigating menus within menus, and—almost always—taking your eyes off the road.”
This is a column I wrote for Popular Mechanics in 2009. But if you follow the original URL, instead of the archived one above, you get a new column on the same theme by someone else, from 2025. Why?
I NEVER THOUGHT OF NICK SEARCY AS FLUENT IN THE LANGUAGE OF DIPLOMACY, BUT HE HAS THIS ONE RIGHT:
They were meant to be insulting, you pissant. https://t.co/odBkrLAuPy
— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) March 8, 2026
PALESTINIANS ARE ENTITLED LOSERS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH:
This is so funny! Qatar is angry that the Palestinians won't condemn Iran for bombing Qatar even after everything Qatar has done for them. This reminds me of the Palestinians in Kuwait during Saddam Hussein's invasion. Spoiler: there are no longer Palestinians in Kuwait.
— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) March 8, 2026
SORRY, TOO BUSY LOOKING AT MORGANTOWN REAL ESTATE TO ANSWER: How Many People Will Move to West Virginia Just to Buy a Machine Gun?
THIS MONTH, FREE IRAN. NEXT MONTH, FREE CUBA:
This photo won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize. A priest gives the last rites to a Cuban farmer, the owner of his land, who refused to work for the Castro regime.
He was executed without being given the right to defend himself.
The murderous regime that started with Castro will soon… pic.twitter.com/9rYg8xNisZ
— BowTiedMara (@BowTiedMara) March 8, 2026
Related:
Just heard from my husband's family in Cuba. 5 cities of people protesting against the Cuban regime. Begging for Trump not to take another week. Help them now.
It's crazy how our own American citizens hate President Trump, while other countries look at him as a savior.
This is…
— Sassafrass84 (@Sassafrass_84) March 7, 2026
GET TWO OF THEM AND YOU HAVE A GREAT BAND: Digital reconstruction reveals the face of ‘Little Foot,’ a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor.
GEOENGINEERING: The audacious plan to refill the Great Salt Lake. “No terminal saline lake — the term for a lake in which water flows to a basin with no exit and accumulates salt and other minerals — has ever been fully restored. And right now, the region has a dismal snowpack, which could again drive the water level to near record lows in the fall.”
Pipeline to the Pacific, baby.
THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE YEAR-ROUND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health.
I THOUGHT POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA WAS A BEACON OF HOPE: Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violence.
TRIBAL SOCIETIES UNDERSTAND TRIBAL WARS BETTER THAN “CIVILIZED” ONES DO:
One of my ancestral islands, NZ. Yeah there were the Maori Wars. Thinking the Maoris are more good with the Paheka than Mohammedans, sayin… https://t.co/yaYm6rU39X
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) March 8, 2026
STANDING UP FOR HATE AND BIGOTRY: Stanford student gov. wants reinstatement of student co-ops suspended for antisemitic, anti-white actions.
IT’S NOT A JOKE, IT’S OPEN, DELIBERATE PROPAGANDA:
‘Devices found outside Gracie Mansion during anti-Islam rally’
Anyone reading that headline would think Gracie Mansion was being targeted by ‘anti-Islam’ demonstrators.
In reality, these ‘suspicious devices’ were hurled by Muslim men yelling ‘allah akbar’ at a crowd of… https://t.co/l7KG6RMQWv
— Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) March 8, 2026
Related:
It's basically to the point where I see a tweet about Islamophobia and my first thought is "which non-Muslims were victimized this time?" https://t.co/ZEn0JjgUem
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 8, 2026
TEACHING THE TRUTH: Pennsylvania lawmaker calls for mandated course for students on ‘dangers and realities’ of Marxism.
Is that even allowed?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, BLEED ON THEM? EU countries joining US, Israel attacks would become Iran’s “legitimate target”, Deputy Minister says.
IT’S GOOD TO SINK THE ENEMY DURING A WAR:
Say it again for the idiots in the back
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) March 8, 2026
LIFE AMONG THE LAPTOP CLASS:
Mamdani’s wife is Texas born, had two professional parents, and got an MFA from SVA.
No need to exoticize her.
She’s just another placeless downwardly mobile creative whose life in NYC was subsidized by her parents well into adulthood.
The ethno narcissistic tableau she… https://t.co/r4sJNN6aI0
— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) March 7, 2026
ROGER KIMBALL: Unconditional Surrender: When Wars Are Fought to Win.
Within just four or five days, virtually all of Iran’s senior leadership has been eliminated. Then its replacements were eliminated. “Their army is gone,” President Trump said a few days ago. “Their navy is gone. Their communications are gone. Their leaders are gone. . . . Their Air Force is wiped out. . . . They have 32 ships. All 32 are at the bottom of the ocean. Other than that,” he quipped, “they’re doing very well!”
The assault is not just continuing; it is ramping up. Just a few days ago, Israel destroyed a massive underground complex in the center of Tehran from which the (late) Supreme Leader Khamenei had planned to conduct the war. As retired Lt. General Keith Kellogg told Fox News, President Trump is “going after everything. . . . There’s a huge target list out there, and there’s no restrictions.” Kellogg, noting that he had never seen an operation like this, said that it’s not “whack a mole” but “whack a mullah. . . . This is a massive win for the United States.”
It’s also a massive win for the Iranian people. Just a week ago, the populace was cowed by the mullahs, their immoral “morality” police, and the murderous Basij thugs who terrorized the population. Remember, in January, they maimed and murdered tens of thousands of protesters. Tens of thousands. Now, a popular game in Iran is sneaking up behind Islamic regime clerics and knocking off their turbans. I like to see it. Around the world, exiled Iranians—often alongside Israelis and other Jews—are demonstrating in favor of President Trump. In London, a group of Iranians held a vigil, replete with candles and singing of the American national anthem, to honor the six American troops killed in Kuwait by an Iranian drone strike.
It helps to be the strong horse.
WELL, PEOPLE PROFIT BY NOT HAVING THE SWITCH PRESSED:
https://t.co/CjBOk0Wkfm pic.twitter.com/oHDYM4pUTt
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 7, 2026
Related:
Let me get this straight:
> literally 60+% of people in prison have already been arrested more than 3x already
> data very obviously shows that violent criminals will commit repeat offenses
> soft on crime DAs and judges are truly co-signing future death and destruction when… https://t.co/ZCb033Ni2q pic.twitter.com/p6dmaZ5dh9
— Arthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters) March 7, 2026
WHAT CHANGE LOOKS LIKE:
Winston Churchill
"Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.”
Keir Starmer
“Muslims are the face of modern Britain.”
— HJB News (@HJB_News__) March 6, 2026
They can both be right, you know.
#JOURNALISM:
US & ISR taking out military targets embedded in civilian areas while doing little to no damage to civilian infrastructure should be one of the most admirable and impressive feats and celebrated by fans of humanity.
Then there's CNN https://t.co/Grwm1nyMe8
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) March 7, 2026
SO TRUE:
There used to be this myth that leftwing people were somehow smarter than rightwing people but then social media happened and blew it all away.
— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) March 6, 2026
March 7, 2026
THEY WANT SO BADLY FOR TRUMP TO FAIL:
There are a lot of ways to describe the first week of Operation Epic Fury. It is certainly heartbreaking for the families of the fallen. But the use of “debacle” is…unique? Revelatory? Absurd? https://t.co/wGXfmg5u72
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 7, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Party on.