IT’S NOT JUST CHOLESTEROL: US Cardiologists Issue New Guidelines For How to Manage Cholesterol. I question the benefit of screening 9 year olds for cholesterol, though. Starting a 9 year old on statins, for a disease that won’t affect them for probably 50 years?
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
August 16, 2026
WELL, THAT’S NOT HARD SINCE BMI IS A LOUSY MEASURE: New Obesity Definitions Reveal Ill Health More Accurately Than Body Mass Index.
CHANGE:
Things that are now rightwing:
Investigative journalism
Academic rigour
Scientific dissent
Nature
Facts
Biology
Politeness
Punctuality
Normality
Free speech
Individual rights
Rationality
Objectivity
Self-reliance
Emotional restraint
Delayed gratification— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) August 15, 2026
UPDATE (From Ed): Did conservatives win the culture war?

And don’t forget physical fitness:

And eating healthy and reading epic poetry:

THINK OF IT AS EVOLUTION IN ACTION: The influencers getting bitten while chasing the perfect shark shot.
IT MAKES YOU STRONGER: Strength training is replacing weight loss as the top gym goal — here’s why.
I DON’T THINK THIS IS SUFFICIENT TO “DEBUNK” ANYTHING: “There is a massive caveat in this study that we need to address before moving forward: the volume was not equated between groups.”
STANDING UP AGAINST RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION: Trump DOJ intensifies push to stop tuition discounts for illegal aliens, keep Harvard accountable for campus anti-Semitism.
NASHVILLE ISN’T DOING WELL:
🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!!
The TEACHER OF THE YEAR in Nashville TM just walked away from her career B says the district ORDERED HER TO FABRICATE GRADES.
She refused. So they went into the system and CHANGED IT THEMSELVES.
According to the teacher, a student didn’t finish a project.… pic.twitter.com/OSFF0FzYpj
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 16, 2026
NO, HE WASN’T: No, Jason Arday Was Not Hounded to Death.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: New record! SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO AGONY ASAP: The Ecstasy of the Young Communists.
RIGHT?
if academia is silly and standards don't matter there's no rationale for why the public should be funding such trivialities
do you ppl bother to think beyond the latest controversy before your face? https://t.co/ouc9Vf6MSq
— Razib Khan 🧬 ✍️ (@razibkhan) August 15, 2026
COMMIES ARE EVIL. AND STUPID.
This is astonishingly blunt. https://t.co/q7uE4la7xO
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) August 15, 2026
August 15, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Party on.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight to 2027.
I WANT REACTIONLESS THRUSTERS: Empty Space May Not Be Empty After All: Magnetar Reveals a Bizarre Quantum Effect.
I’VE ALWAYS WANTED A V-12: Aston Martin’s 838-HP Valen Is Its Most Powerful Front-Engined V12 Ever.. But I don’t think there’s one of these in my future.