Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

#JOURNALISM:

UGH:

A HORATIO ALGER STORY, IF HORATIO ALGER WROTE ABOUT CROOKS AND GRIFTERS:

HAHA:

OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.

WELL, YOU’RE THREATENING THE WHOLE FEEDLOT THERE:

AS P.J. O’ROURKE ONCE SAID, THE MEANS USED TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY AREN’T NECESSARILY DEMOCRATIC. THE MARINES, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY.

NICE:

REALCLEARDEFENSE: Broken Windows at the Pentagon. “Rumsfeld grandly characterized his reforms as transformation; Hegseth humbly characterized his changes as common sense.”

WAIT, ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME HAITI WAS A TROPICAL PARADISE: Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti’s capital. “Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, which had been a key lifeline in a city now 90% controlled by gangs. More than 60% of the capital’s health facilities, including Haiti’s general hospital, are now shuttered or non-functioning because of the surge in gang violence.”