Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
August 28, 2026
LOTS OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY ON THE INTERNET. IT’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.
Done right this is an industry that won't just remake blue-collar workers lives, it will also remake communities that have been on their knees for 40 years.
Always be curious. Always be skeptical. If something does a 180 & politicians are suddenly demonizing it in a short period… https://t.co/0wJNrJDyM3— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) August 28, 2026
THE POLICY IS WORKING: Trump’s loan limits prompt UPenn to help graduates find jobs.
TEACHING ABOUT MARXISM IS FINE. WHAT YOU TEACH ABOUT MARXISM MATTERS, THOUGH. University of Pittsburgh curriculum features several classes on Marxism, including class on ‘racialized police violence’ and racial capitalism.
JEFFREY CARTER: The Slow Motion Trainwreck Everyone Paying Attention Saw Coming: Brightline Is In the Red. ““The Brightline case is a cautionary tale about the risks of investing in large-scale infrastructure projects. Even with strong political backing and a growing Florida economy, the economics of passenger rail are unforgiving. For investors, the key takeaway is that bond insurance does not guarantee full recovery; it simply shifts the priority of claims.”
Everybody likes the idea of taking the train, but not enough people want to shell out money to do so.
HISTORY:
BRISTOL, TN-It was on the Tennessee side of this city, other half is in the state of Virginia, where 99 years ago the Carter Family made their 1st recordings; a pivotal event in commercial country-music history.
Dolly Parton paid an emotional homage to that moment when in 1976… pic.twitter.com/4WeVw2Fda4— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) August 27, 2026
YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE: Jelly Roll Dares Trump Fans to Stop Listening After Playing Court Jester for Jimmy Kimmel.
YOU’RE NOT IN CHAINS, BUT YOU BELONG IN A STRAITJACKET: ‘We Are in Chains’: Florida Socialist Angie Nixon Rants Against ‘False Capitalistic American Dream,’ Praises Marxist Cop-Killer on CAIR Speech Circuit.
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: DC Jury Nullification Even Protects International Gang Lords: Two mistrials in the DOJ’s case against top MS-13 gang leaders once again exposes brazen politicking by DC jurors.
We should abolish the District of the District of Columbia and fold it into Maryland.
A REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN AD IN THE MAKING:
Eleven Lakes Brewing, a business in North Carolina, is hosting an "all-ages" drag queen show to raise money for illegal aliens.
Yes, this is real.
They want to groom your children while donating money to fund foreign criminal invaders.
Would be a shame if they went viral! pic.twitter.com/fzhkLAIOG6
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 27, 2026
August 27, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Hang on baby, Friday’s coming.
PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: NOAA issues geomagnetic storm watch as CMEs head toward Earth — northern lights possible Aug. 27-28.
PARTS IS PARTS: Neanderthal Men Were Banging Human Women for Hundreds of Thousands of Years. Not surprising: A lot of women still have a preference for Neanderthal types. And, seriously, Neanderthal men would code as hypermasculine to homo sapiens women, and homo sapiens women probably as hyperfeminine to Neanderthal men.
I EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF THESE AROUND MY NECK OF THE WOODS: High Life: Jeep Reveals the 2027 Wrangler Smoky Mountain Edition.
DARK MONEY: Exposing the Gun Control Industry’s Financiers: The Joyce Foundation. “Gun Rights Insights pulls back the curtain to show that the gun control agenda is nothing more than an astroturf agenda living off the funding and the backing of a few billionaires and progressive activist foundations flooding the field with waves of cash, up to $400 million annually.”
THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I’D HOPED: British secondhand booksellers see mystery bulk buys of obscure titles, suspect AI.