Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

June 22, 2025

JOHN HINDERAKER: Russia Confesses. “Well, there you have it. The issue is not electricity, it is the ‘future production of nuclear weapons,’ which ‘now we can say. . . outright.’ So our military strike was fully justified.”

Posted at 6:52 pm by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 22nd, 2025

CHRIS BRAY: The Performativity Crisis.

….let’s talk about Thomas Hart Benton and Andrew Jackson. The two men tried to kill each other, and came pretty close. For the rest of his life, Jackson carried the ball from Benton’s pistol in his body. If you’ve never read about their street brawl, which was predicated by talk of dueling but didn’t work like a duel at all, read an account here. There were pistols and daggers and a horsewhip, and Benton made a public show of breaking Jackson’s sword over his knee as Jackson’s friends hauled his bloodied and semiconscious body off the street.

Then, years later, when Jackson showed up in the Senate, where he was seated next to Benton, they shook hands and forged a productive political alliance. 1.) Savage street brawl, 2.) near-death gunshot wound, 3.) but anyway.

So.

JD Vance called Alex Padilla by the wrong name, and Padilla is a broken man. He’s in

    pain

. Screenshot, and note that Jonathan Capehart asked Padilla how the emotional trauma of recent events had changed him as a person.

Well. Plus:

I should loudly mention here, because Drucker mostly doesn’t, that she works in academia and in Chicago. There’s no manliness in her social sphere, and so she’s pretty sure she’s describing America.

Because I’m nearing the end of a long road trip with a bunch of campgrounds in it, I can tell you, first of all, that there are men outdoors everywhere, with women and children, acting like husbands and fathers. It’s noticeable, and it feels like time travel. I’m not describing machismo; I’m describing normalcy, moms and dads and families. Personal to Rachel Drucker: Spend a week camping in Montana, then try again. The space you occupy matters. If there’s no masculine energy in the spaces you occupy, try a different one.

Indeed.

Posted at 5:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 22nd, 2025

JOSH BLACKMAN: Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Gorsuch Walk Back Bostock. “A lot can happen in five years. June 2020, or Blue June as I called it, was one of the most depressing periods in recent Supreme Court history. After Justice Kennedy retired, Chief Justice Roberts became the new swing vote, and swung to the left in nearly every case. Perhaps the most confounding decision was Bostock. Justice Gorsuch, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 all along prohibited discrimination against gays, lesbians, and transgender people. The decision was profoundly wrong. Yet, I think Bostock can be understood, at least in part, as a reflection of the zeitgeist. June 2020 was close to peak woke.”

Out: The Supreme Court follows the election returns. In: The Supreme Court follows the zeitgeist.

Posted at 2:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 22nd, 2025

THESE ARE THE CRAZY YEARS. SO CRAZY STUFF HAPPENS A LOT.

Posted at 7:31 am by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 22nd, 2025

KURT SCHLICHTER EXPLAINS THINGS TO THE OBTUSE:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 22nd, 2025

June 21, 2025

HE’S AN IRANIAN ASSET:

Posted at 11:32 pm by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 21st, 2025

TRUMP REMINDS IRAN THAT THERE ARE “MANY TARGETS LEFT.” Accompanied by VP Vance Secretary Hegseth, and Marco Rubio, he says we took out the nuclear capability as we had warned, notes that Iran has been killing Americans for many years, and says that’s coming to an end.

Short, sweet, and to the point speech. Less than 5 minutes.

Related:

UPDATE:

Posted at 10:07 pm by Glenn Reynolds on Jun 21st, 2025
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