Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
September 1, 2025
NOBODY MUCH CHARGES A SHOTGUN: The humble shotgun is still a good defensive choice.
I’M ENVISIONING A DEMOLITION DERBY: What really happens to your bag after you check it in? It’s a wild ride from check-in to cargo hold.
I LIKE HOW THEY PRETEND IT WAS A WELL-FUNCTIONING ORGANIZATION BEFORE: CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here’s where things stand.
HARSH BUT FAIR:
Nothing upsets a weak man more than a woman who makes him feel his cowardice. This is as true of supposed iconoclasts who live in terror of losing the approval of the in-crowd as it is of domestic abusers.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 1, 2025
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE:
It was embarrassing. I was still then listening to the This Week In Virology podcast, and the hoops they jumped through to avoid discussing the main risk factor — promiscuous gay male sex — was just pathetic.
— Rob McMillin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@scareduck) September 1, 2025
TRANSPARENCY: FDA to provide daily updates on adverse events.
A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Indiana University suspends pro-Palestinian student group over campus disruptions.
THE MORE THE ESTABLISHMENT SUPPRESSES THEM, THE UGLIER THINGS WILL BE IN THE END: Right-Wing Parties Are Surging In Popularity Across Europe’s Biggest Players: Right-wing parties have topped polls simultaneously in France, Germany, and the U.K. as concerns over immigration and inflation mount.
KURT SCHLICHTER: Dems, Please Cry More About the New Rules. “There’s nothing wrong with taking pleasure in the misery of someone who richly deserves to be miserable. While crying about hypocrisy is the act of the impotent, being a hypocrite is still bad, and it’s still fun to see hypocrites suffer righteous retribution.”
Plus: “Remember, righteous retribution is proper, and it is the foundation of any functioning civilization. Wrongdoing must be punished, or all you’ll have is wrongdoing. The idea that we should somehow hand-wave away what they’ve done, maybe shaking our heads and tsk tsk tsking a bit, but definitely not taking any concrete action, is ridiculous. History bears this out. If you keep taking Schiff, all you’ll ever eat is Schiff sandwiches.”
IT’S A DISEASE: America’s Social Justice Affliction.
I’M UNCONVINCED THAT IT SHOULD EVEN EXIST AT THIS POINT: Liberals And Conservatives Agree: The ABA Should Not Have A Monopoly On Law School Accreditation.
August 31, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Rocket Lab Opens New Launch Pad for Neutron Rocket.
ABOLISH THE ATF: ATF says concealed carry ‘puts everyone involved at risk.’
VITAMIN D UPDATE: Can vitamin D supplements really slow aging, as a recent study suggests?
AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK:
Have they tried not lying to people about boys becoming girls? https://t.co/exNrHsW0z6
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 31, 2025
Related:
Public service announcement: there is an extremely easy way to tell when you can trust the experts and "follow the science", versus when you can't.
The corruption of science has a purpose, and the purpose is to provide rationalizations for the assertion of political power.… https://t.co/gW3BkVuifq
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) August 31, 2025
Related (From Ed):
This was it. This was the exact moment people stopped caring about anything the CDC does or says. May every single one of them be shown the door. https://t.co/8VEOijuMvf
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 31, 2025
From June 2nd: Five Years Ago Today, the Pivot Began.
More (From Ed):
The damage done by this is incalculable. This, and the closing of churches while liberal-coded institutions were opening was a radicalizing, red-pill moment for so many conservatives. https://t.co/H1ibuBBeCw
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) August 31, 2025