Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
September 16, 2026
MONOPOLISTS SEEK TO RETAIN MONOPOLY: Leftist Harvard University faculty oppose expanding viewpoint diversity.
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Leftists’ masks are coming all the way off — revealing the ugly truth.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Mark Carney Is Leading Canada ‘Right Over the Cliff.’
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE WACHOWSKIS HAVEN’T MADE A DECENT MOVIE SINCE THEY TRANSITIONED? Lilly Wachowski Crashes Out (Again).
#JOURNALISM: Dems Get Crazier, NYT Coverage Stays the Same.
THE ROT HASN’T BEEN EXCISED: New Email From Disgraced FBI Agent Truly Shows the Rot of the Anti-Trump Deep State.
IT’S LIBEL, MARK, NOT SLANDER: Mark Judge: Time to Sue? The New York Times Slandered Me Again.
JUSTICE:
Holy Guacamole: Judge Diamond *disqualified* Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner and a supervisor from their attempt to free a murderer. Diamond accuses both of "possible criminal wrongdoing." He refers both to the federal prosecutor's office. Huge win for @DaveSunday_, who stepped up pic.twitter.com/nxhZFuf7lh
— Eric W. (@EWess92) September 15, 2026
September 15, 2026
AS USUAL, ERIC S. RAYMOND NAILS IT:
I am in fact going to say "intelligent". She was on the math and robotics teams at her high school. She restores and maintains her own cars. She's been shrewd about managing her career. And she even shoots tactical pistol competently.
She is also, if one can judge from her…
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 16, 2026
ILHAN, GO HOME:
I for one welcome the insight into the deficiencies of western civilization that third world savages provide. https://t.co/tIZWYx3X7H
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 16, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.
PLUTO ISN’T HIDDEN: Is there a hidden ‘Planet 9’ in our solar system?
ADMIT IT, YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE TOLD THIS:
These are the "journalists" writing hit pieces on Sydney Sweeney. Class is dismissed. pic.twitter.com/zw3A6J6L1H
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 15, 2026
METFORMIN UPDATE: Could a Decades-Old Diabetes Drug Help the Body Age More Slowly?
A cautionary note: While metformin is regarded as quite safe, a reader wrote that he suffered severe and lasting side effects from metformin and a GLP-1 (he didn’t say which one). I tried microdosing Ozempic and then Tirzepatide, which a lot of medical people I know are doing for metabolic and neurological benefits (it’s thought to reduce dementia risk). In my case I found that it raised my resting heart rate from the mid-50s into the low 70s in the case of Ozempic, and the mid 60s with Tirzepatide. That’s a known side effect considered harmless, but I didn’t feel good about it. It also reduced my HRV (Heart Rate Variability) which is possibly bad. I have gone back to normal since going off, but it took a couple of months. (And I wouldn’t have even known absent the Oura Ring, which tracks those things.)
WHAT’S THE POINT OF A SELF-DRIVING RACE CAR? A Dramatic Autonomous Racing Crash Showed How Far Self-Driving Race Cars Have to Go.
IF GUN CONTROL IS A “COMMON SENSE” IDEA, WHY DO ITS PROPONENTS ALWAYS HAVE TO LIE ABOUT IT? Giffords Lies About Gun Crime to Push Their Slate of Gun-Grabbing Candidates.
LACK OF CONTROL: Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn’t it feel that way? “Driving gives people a steering wheel, a brake pedal and the belief that their skill can protect them. Flying asks passengers to place control in the hands of pilots, airlines, regulators, air traffic controllers and a complex technical system.”
One of my colleagues who used to fly B-52s hates flying as a passenger. I feel the opposite: If the plane crashes, it won’t be my fault. “Duty is as heavy as a mountain; death is as light as a feather.”
Or as one of my friends says, people will be afraid to fly in a 777, but will climb onto a Ferris wheel that was put together in a grocery store parking lot in three hours by a 25 year old meth head.
KING CANUTE AND CALIGULA SMILE: More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean.
ONCE THE JEWEL OF PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION:
Rampant grade inflation means that grades don't tell us anything about a person's competency. The UC system doesn't accept standardized tests, which do tell us about a person's competency.
The UC system is now flooded with people that require remedial education. https://t.co/Llo1I2okMV
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) September 15, 2026
HOW A GENERATION LOST ITS COMMON CULTURE: What happens when education prepares students for everything except understanding the civilization they inherited.
None of this is by accident, nor is it well-intentioned but simply misguided.