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Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
September 26, 2024
AS PROMISED, AT LONG LAST: My latest Substack essay on criminalizing science fraud.
HMM: Psychedelic experience improves therapists’ ability to deliver ketamine therapy, suggests study. Maybe, but I’m skeptical of all this sudden enthusiasm for psychedelics. The people I’ve known who used psychedelics have not been shining models of robust mental health.
IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Study: Ozempic might lower risk of opioid overdose.
ROGER SIMON: CDC’s Redfield Could Be Most Powerful Trump Endorsement Yet. “When Dr. Robert Redfield—the director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention through much of the ‘pandemic’ (2018-2021)—wrote in Newsweek that he had joined RFK Jr and was supporting Mr. Trump, I immediately thought this could be the most significant endorsement of all. . . . Donald Trump, through his alliance with RFK Jr., has made it clear where he stands, although he too, for a while, was manipulated by Dr. Fauci and his colleagues. We must praise Dr. Redfield because it takes a brave man to admit you were wrong.”
MAKE THEM PAY: Court rules for fired U. Louisville professor who criticized gender ideology. “University of Louisville officials can be sued for their roles in firing a psychiatrist who criticized transgender drugs and surgeries for minors, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.”
HIGHER EDUCATION, A CESSPIT OF BIGOTRY AND MISINFORMATION: UPenn anti-Israel group falsely blames Jewish state for bombing it didn’t commit.
THE REALITY-BASED COMMUNITY: Poll: Most expect third assassination attempt and blame Harris and Bide.
DON SURBER: Trump Is Not Alone.
REINING IN: En Banc Fifth Circuit Tells Judge Ezra to RTFM. “Again, for all the outrage about rogue judges in Amarillo and Fort Worth, the eyes of Texas should be upon Judge Ezra.”
QUESTION: WOULD HE BE MAKING NICE TO REPUBLICANS IF HE EXPECTED KAMALA TO WIN?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hires Republican strategist to fix his PR with conservatives after years of censorship.
Zuckerberg reportedly now identifies as “libertarian.”
Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/fZUMck71GM
— AF Post (@AFpost) September 25, 2024
LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: ABA Standard 208, Law Schools, and the First Amendment. “New guidance makes explicit what should have been clear already: Standard 208 obligates law schools to embrace First Amendment principles.”
LOL:
‘Trump Will Start World War III,’ Says Party Autographing Bombs To Be Launched At Russia https://t.co/yIfvEMFmG0 pic.twitter.com/I0SnDifiwJ
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 25, 2024
DIVERSITY PROBLEM:
With professors like these, who needs political hacks. https://t.co/V5qfNFonSg pic.twitter.com/aY49IgjOE2
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Hump day.
AS PROMISED, AT LONG LAST: My latest Substack essay on criminalizing science fraud.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Jielong-3 sea launch sends 8 satellites into orbit.
INSURRECTION! Tim Walz Appointee Calls For Overthrow of US Government.
WAIT, IT’S NOT THE BLUE HADES? Deep Ocean Sound Confused Scientists For Years. We Finally Know What Makes It.