Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

I DUNNO, IS LIFE WITH A FANNY PACK WORTH SAVING? Have No Fear, You Have Your FEAR Bag With You: FEAR, in this case, stands for “Forget Everything And Run.” “I’ve learned that ‘prepping’ isn’t just a good idea for people who live in hurricane-prone areas, it’s an absolute necessity. But you don’t have to have an open line of credit at your local military surplus store in order to be ready for life’s little hiccups. Rather, there are simple, easy steps you can take right now to make your life easier and safer, and one of those steps is always having the little bits and pieces of your life you need to make things easier, ready to go at a moment’s notice. One of the easiest is to create a bail out bag, or as I’ve also heard them called, a FEAR bag, which is short for ‘Forget Everything And Run.'”

PHOTO-ANALYSIS: Why Andy Beshear will be KH’s choice for VP.

Traditional analysis would favor Josh Shapiro as providing needed help in Pennsylvania, but Kamala’s base probably won’t turn out for a Jewish running mate. Plus: “I don’t know anything about Andy other than that he’s the Governor of Kentucky. I tried googling his name and the first thing that popped up was ‘Andy Beshear issues apology to diet Mountain Dew after argument with JD Vance.'” Sounds promising….

TONI AIRAKSINEN: What Project 2025 Says About Due Process at Universities: Students accused of sexual misconduct deserve a fair trial before suspension or worse. “Here’s some good news: If you have a son in college, this Project 2025 helps to bolster due process as a legitimate topic of contention related to Title IX. . . . Now that women are 75% of Ivy League presidents, 66% of college adminsistrators, and 60% of the overall student body, men find themselves outnumbered, with women administrators generally making and enforcing rules.”

She’s right. Consider subscribing to her Substack, as I expect she’ll have more pieces on this and related subjects.

PRETTY PRESCIENT STUFF FROM 2020:

INFORMATION INSURRECTIONISTS:

WHEN YOU’RE A LEFTIST YOU KINDA DO: I Do Not Need to Defend Myself for Believing That Political Candidates Should Be Chosen Democratically. “As was to be expected, there was a loud response from a certain vocal faction of Democrats who have relentlessly policed any perceived slight against Kamala Harris, for years, saying that of course I immediately complained about the first Black woman presidential candidate of a major party!, but Kamala is a secondary part of the problem. The major problem is that I think the Democrats have essentially abandoned any pretense that the voters get to choose their candidates, which is part of a larger bad dynamic where the party is increasingly ruled by an utterly unaccountable aristocracy of cutthroat neoliberals. This is intertwined with the deepening gerontocracy problem in American politics, in which the only way senescent political leaders leave the stage is in a coffin. This trouble with elite overriding of popular sentiment is far bigger than Kamala Harris.”

MORE EVIDENCE THAT THEY’RE EXPECTING A WAR:

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.