Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

THE SOLDIER/CIVILIAN DISTINCTION DOES NOT EXIST IN HAMAS TERRITORY:

INSURRECTION:

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MELANIE PHILLIPS WAS WARNING ABOUT THIS OVER 20 YEARS AGO BUT NO ONE LISTENED: A World-Historical Transformation Is Taking Place in Britain, Yet Few Have Noticed. “A world-historical societal transformation is taking place before our very eyes, and yet few have taken notice. Britain, the erstwhile leader of the Western world and the foundation and source of English-speaking civilization, is in its last days as a free society, and will soon become an Islamic state. Yet despite the mountains of evidence that this transformation is taking place, many will still deny that it is happening at all. They may not even admit it when it overtakes them personally.”

It’s an object lesson in how effectively the left uses bogus claims of racism to silence its opposition.

THEY WRECK EVERY INSTITUTION THEY DON’T CONTROL: Prof. Steven Calabresi: The Left Wing Attack on Judicial Independence and on Justice Alito. “The Left is so mad about the overruling of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), the abortion rights case, that they are now trying to force the Supreme Court’s two most principled and brilliant members into resigning or recusing themselves from participating in important cases about the 2020 and 2024 elections, which they have a constitutional duty to help decide.”

JOEL KOTKIN: Libertarians can stay relevant by defending the middle class: They can drop the dogmatic theory and stand up for free-market pragmatism instead. “This year, in which the electorate is restless and disgusted with their main awful party choices, the libertarians are playing a very small role. They are likely to be overwhelmed not only by the candidacy of Independent Robert Kennedy Jr., who was disdained at the convention despite making a strong case against the censorship regimes of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They may not also beat pro-Hamas candidates Cornel West and Jill Stein.”

I spent some time in the Libertarian Party in the 1990s, when it seemed to be making inroads. But it wasn’t ready for prime time and it’s gone downhill since.

OPEN THREAD: Who inspires your fabled fools? That’s my claim to fame!

SCIENCE: How far have the medical journals fallen? This far.

I SHED NO TEARS OVER COLLATERAL DAMAGE:

Flashback: The European Union’s Proxy War.

More here.

UPDATE:

There is no soldier/civilian line in Gaza; it exists only in pro-Hamas propaganda.