Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

OUR PATHETIC ELITES:

Socialism is for losers. It provides a way that they can advance without producing anything of value and — more importantly — an avenue for revenge upon those who do.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

DIFFERENT TAKES:

DAVID STROM: How’s It Going in Hungary? “They are coming down like a ton of bricks on Orbán and his political party, following the now-familiar EU plan to subvert elections by canceling them if their candidates aren’t likely to win, banning political parties, disqualifying candidates, and rigging the rules.”

DEFUNDING UNDERPERFORMING MAJORS: The Great Academic Purge. “At this point, I feel the need to remind everyone involved that there was a time in which colleges and universities and benefactors could not rely on the federal government to pay for kids to learn art history. Federal financial aid for the arts wasn’t even a thing until about 50 or so years ago. Before then, universities themselves and even some self interested, wealthy alumni would help make ends meet for arts and humanities departments. They also didn’t have a 4:1 administrator to professor ratio back then either.”

Given that those underperforming majors promote civil unrest, it’s just sound government to chop them.

CDR SALAMANDER: Cuba Libre: The Department of State’s Cuba Report.

Nice to see our foreign policy apparatus standing up to commies instead of supporting them.

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THE ENEMY WITHIN: