Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF CONSUMING A SHOT OF OLIVE OIL A DAY.

That was basically the principle of the Shangri La diet, which a fair number of InstaPundit readers found effective. I guess now it’s gone mainstream.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG. GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER!

Plus:

Well, she was right.

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? On This Day in Space History: Feb. 15, 2013: Meteor explodes over Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Flashback: when the asteroid comes. Stay away from windows: “Most of the injuries in Chelyabinsk occurred when the shock wave from the blast sent broken window glass flying into the faces of spectators.”

Duck and cover is still good advice.. If you see a bright flash, get down and under cover — don’t race to the window to see what just happened.

ED WHELAN: Blogging Levels the Playing Field: Refuting attacks on John Roberts before they gained traction. “As we saw last week, George W. Bush and his strategists drew from the defeat of Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination years earlier the general lesson that the White House needed to wage an intensive political campaign in support of its own Supreme Court nominees. I drew a particular additional lesson: the need to refute falsehoods about, and distortions of, a nominee’s record before they gained traction and became much more difficult to counter. And I perceived that the Internet provided a valuable new vehicle that was unavailable to Bork’s defenders.”

If only Roberts had been better.