I’VE BECOME SUSPICIOUS OF HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL: Not all birth controls are equal, some are linked to higher risk of brain tumors, study finds. Though, as is often the case with these studies, the increase in risk isn’t huge.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 8, 2026
AN EXCELLENT QUESTION: Why is Gun Rights the Only Civil Right With a Federal Bureaucracy Purpose-Built to Regulate Its Exercise?
And a good reason to abolish the ATF.
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. YET. Are we being assimilated?
HMM: Could Creatine Boost More Than Muscles? It May Also Help Depression.
It’s found in red meat, and it’s hard to get depressed with a big steak in front of you. . . .
WE’D BETTER HOPE THERE’S NOT ANOTHER PANDEMIC ANY TIME SOON: The Terrifying New AI Map Exposing the True Roots of the Next Pandemic. The public health establishment demonstrated itself to be incompetent and untrustworthy. Hardly anyone will listen next time.
SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: 13,000-year-old bones found near SoCal coast could rewrite human history. “Evidence found on the Channel Islands suggests humans could have arrived via boat instead of crossing an inland ice corridor. If true, it would overturn the conventional thinking that Americans crossed a land bridge from modern-day Siberia and traveled south.”
I SURE HOPE SO: Why Heavy Lifting Is the Best Anti-Aging Medicine You Can Use.
SENDING FEWER PEOPLE TO COLLEGE MIGHT HELP: College sex imbalance is hurting family formation, expert says.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Syracuse chancellor launches task force in wake of enrollment declines and financial deficit.
Instapundit readers may be able to think of some reasons why Syracuse is in trouble.
CORN, POPPED:
OK, rift between DSA and Dems. This keeps getting better https://t.co/JSiPfUrZMV
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 8, 2026
But watch them turn on a dime again if they can’t threaten him into quitting:
At which point the resanitization begins. Again. Consider it like the routine pumping out of a portapotty. https://t.co/ffFnjUI0NE
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 8, 2026
PROCUREMENT IS A MESS: Pentagon’s top new weapons programs are 12 years behind schedule: Watchdog.
BYRON YORK: Trump’s anti-communist manifesto. “Trump’s move wasn’t a complete surprise. After the June 23 Democratic primaries in New York — the one in which socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani emerged as a kingmaker by backing far-left candidates who upset progressive Democratic House incumbents — Trump quickly branded those far-left candidates as ‘communists,’ and not as socialists, as they styled themselves.”
To be fair, that’s because they are communists, and not socialists, as they style themselves.
THIS:
It’s quite funny that the case for Platner, up until about 15 hours ago, was, “well, yes, he has a Nazi tattoo and a history of saying terrible things and treats women abominably, but on the other hand he’s a communist.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 7, 2026
July 7, 2026
OPEN THREAD: It’s here for me and you.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite.
I’M THE APEX PREDATOR AROUND HERE, AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT. One Super Predator in Africa Instills More Fear Than Lions.
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition.
WHY IS THIS A SURPRISE, EXACTLY? Can the 2026 Honda Civic Hatchback Hybrid Handle Family Duty? Surprisingly, Yes.
TO BE FAIR, THE NYT WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THE FOURTH OF JULY: NYT Sounds The Alarm on the ‘Drastic Retrenchment’ Going On at ATF.
HE SHOULD RETIRE, BUT WON’T. McConnell’s health emergency sparks questions on whether he will return to Senate. Honestly, not sure he has the mental capacity to do so.
THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: NASA just found a planet ‘hiding’ in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein.