Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

13TH CENTURY HUNGARY WAS A VIOLENT PLACE: Medieval duke’s remains recount his grisly murder. “Details surrounding the grisly killing of the 13th century Hungarian duke named Béla of Macsó have remained murky for centuries. The duke met his demise at the hand of enemies, but far less is known about what motivated his killers or how the attack really unfolded. Now, after years of reexamination and interdisciplinary analysis, an international team of researchers has a much clearer and reliable picture of Béla’s fatal encounter. Their findings published in the journal Forensic Science International: Genetics not only corroborate the dignitary’s skeletal remains–they show that the duke’s death was no crime of passion.”

THE DECLINE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS:

THE CONSTITUTION ONLY MATTERS WHEN IT HELPS DEMOCRATS ADVANCE THEIR AGENDA:

PETER THIEL: Capitalism Isn’t Working for Young People. “If you graduated in 1970 with no student debt, compare that to the millennial experience: too many people go to college, they don’t learn anything, and they end up with incredibly burdensome debt. Student debt is a version of this generational conflict that I’ve talked about for a long time. The rupture of the generational compact isn’t limited to student debt, either. I think you can reduce 80 percent of culture wars to questions of economics—like a libertarian or a Marxist would—and then you can reduce maybe 80 percent of economic questions to questions of real estate.”

Of course, the cronyism we have isn’t really capitalism at all.

HOW SURPRISED ARE YOU?

JULIE KELLY: Is John Brennan Next? “Expect more tears on MSNBC over the next several months.”

YEP:

A QUIET COUP, FOR “OUR DEMOCRACY.”

We need brutally strict regulation of NGOs and nonprofits. To save, you know, actual democracy.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THIS WAS BRIEFLY FORGOTTEN, FOR SOME REASON, BUT IS NOW BACK:

OUCH.