Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

ONE OF PETE HEGSETH’S STRONGEST CREDENTIALS IS THE CALIBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO HATE HIM:

NEW IN NICK KRISTOF NEWS: Dog rape revisited.

He’ll be “Dog Rape Man” for the rest of his life.

THE WAY THINGS WORK:

PRIVATE TRUTHS, PUBLIC LIES:

WALL ST. JOURNAL: The Robust U.S. Economy Powers Through Rate Hikes and Rising Bond Yields.

Related: Is Trump Getting The George H.W. Bush Treatment On The Economy?

“Until the statistics are actually published, people tend to assess the economy primarily through the eyes of the national media. In 1992, when Bill Clinton won the presidency based on worries about the economy, the statistics that came out after the election showed that the period leading up to November had actually been a period of record growth.”

While Trump’s handling of the economy is at just 35%, according to RealClearPolitics polling average, the data tell a story that the Democrats don’t want told. Instead, they want to screech about an economy they claim isn’t working for everyone, and yammer on about affordability hardships their policies have caused. Naturally, the media are happy to amplify the message. After all, electing Democrats is, as they see it, their job.

And they really do see it that way.

MARK JUDGE: Elena Kagan Predicted Why We Would Hate the Media. “A main reason why we hate the media so much, and the reason they have earned that ire, is rooted in New York Times vs. Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that held that media companies cannot be found guilty for anything they report unless there is evidence of ‘actual malice’ on their part. In 1993, a University of Chicago law professor named Elena Kagan wrote an academic article for the Chicago Law Review that perceptively examined the reality of the new post-Sullivan press freedom.”

I’ve written about this myself.

HEH:

OPEN THREAD: It’s all you.