Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

HMM: Actually, pro-natalist policies do help. “There is simply no need to be pessimistic about fertility policy, and yet, pessimism is the norm. I believe there’s no good reason for that. The reasons are variations on a theme of poor inference and poor grappling with the evidence. But with a clear mind and given all the evidence, the conclusion is clear: If we try, we can easily succeed.”

Related: Forget “climate change” worries — go ahead and have kids.

GOALPOSTS, MOVED: College Board shortens SAT as student performance declines. “The College Board defended the shortened passages, now approximately the length of a social media post, citing that the ability to read longer passages is ‘not an essential prerequisite for college.'”

Uh huh.

SHE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW:

THEY ACTUALLY APPROVE OF DEMOCRATS’ THUGGISHNESS:

Related:

CHANGE:

THIS IS INTERESTING:

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Senegal signs the Artemis Accords. “Senegal became the 56th signatory of the Artemis Accords at NASA HQ today. . . . The United States and seven other countries established the Artemis Accords in 2020 to serve as a set of practical principles to guide responsible space exploration. Senegal joins the United States and 54 other nations – Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Republic of Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay – in affirming the Accords’ principles for sustainable civil space activity.”

The Artemis Accords are very important because they underscore the legality of exploitation of space resources.

THEY CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH:

And they don’t want you to know it. But this is mostly a tell that they’re afraid now.

UPDATE: Afraid with reason: