IF I HAD A DAUGHTER, SHE’D WRITE LIKE THIS: Female student pens scathing review of ‘rape culture’ for college course.

BECAUSE THE MOVIE TANKING MEANT “LET”S TRY AGAIN”: Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ Being Adapted for Television.

IT’S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THAT: ‘Hamilton’ is saving NYC’s education system.

I DON’T THINK OBAMA EVEN KNOWS HOW TO FIDDLE: Islamic State Gains Ground in Syria.

IS THERE ANYWAY TO FALSIFY THIS HYPOTHESIS? Antarctica is actually gaining ice, says NASA. Is global warming over?

FOUND, THE HOLE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FLUSHING OUR WEALTH INTO:  Not really.  Just kidding.  This is just a hole in the ground.  That metaphorical hole would be a giant black hole swallowing universes. Mysterious “gash” forms on Wyoming Ranch.

TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE: For the first time ever, Israel is a real race issue.

YEAH, THIS WILL AFFECT OUR ECONOMY: Iran Launches Blockade On U.S. Goods.

SILLY KIDS, SCHOOLS ARE FOR UNIONS: How the teachers-union empire strikes back. [Yes, I do know the uses of the apostrophe.  I used to teach ESL.  Apostrophes for plural are one of my pet peeves.  Let that be a lesson to you: never try to post while you’re exhausted from the day and dealing with three emergencies on pm.  Thank you to Eugene Volokh for catching this.]

THE IRONY, IT BURNS: Deep-Pocketed Donors Behind Campus Anti-Koch Movement. On the left it’s always astroturfing all the way down.

LIARS, D*MN LIARS: And statists. NYC Then And Now, How much Impact Did Government Pollution Laws Have?

WE DIDN’T EITHER: Kids aren’t spending enough time just going outside.  In fact, right after we climbed down from the trees, we invented language to say “Kids just not getting out of cave enough.”  “Hey, kids, get off my lawn!” took more sophistication.  And lawns.

THIS IS THE OBAMA PATTERN: Denial, delay, disarmament and defeat.  All of which make him a “D” student. China takes over the sea and ‘Bamlet’ dithers — again.

ALAS, NOT LONG NOW: How Long Can Europe’s Welfare States Welcome Refugees and Migrants?

IT MIGHT TRIGGER THEM OR SOMETHING: San Francisco neighbor says don’t call thieves ‘criminals’.

THE CLINTON BAG MAN: Hillary Clinton’s rogue agenda: Why Sid Blumenthal matters.

YOU CAN’T OFFER UNLIMITED GOODIES TO THE WHOLE WORLD: ‘In the long run our system will collapse’.

HE WAS STANDING ON THE CORNER: Minding his own business Choosing his own gender, when all of a sudden, two bad dudes, one bad sofa– Man seriously injured after sofa falls from penthouse.

ONE MESS? ONE? OPTIMISTS: Mideast mission creep: Obama’s leaving a mess to the next president.

SOME TRADITIONS SHOULDN’T BE TAMPERED WITH: Kale, broccoli and cabbage replace traditional flowers as brides opt for vegetable wedding bouquets. Though of course, if the minister runs long, it’s handy to have a little salad right there.

I’M VERY BAD AT THIS:  Husband’s collection, Spooky Hoods is on sale for a few more hours; Son’s Candyworld (which is the weirdest, spookiest story involving candy that you’ll EVER read.  Also not a bad allegory for a lot of political stuff) is on sale, as is my own Here be Dragons (80k of short stories.)  I should have posted all this two days ago… it just sort of slipped my mind.

I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FELLOW-FEELING: Raven-Symoné slammed again for stepping out of her assigned box.

OF COURSE HE DOES: Shaker Aamer, last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay, thanks supporters after landing back in UK.

THERE IS NO MATH IN J-SCHOOL: Bacon causes cancer? When pigs fly!

THIS IS VERY GOOD: Since obviously there is no physical or even genetic way to determine an individual’s sex outside his/her/zir’s feelings!  You could soon be allowed legally to choose your own gender in Britain.  Ah, Britain, Britain, we hardly knew you.