Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

IS ANYONE SURPRISED BY THIS?

RUNNING THE NUMBERS:

SECURITY & CIGARS: It’s Elon’s World Now.

Politicians worth hundreds of millions of dollars lecture him about giving his wealth to the government. Influencers demand that he feed the entire continent of Africa. It is only a matter of time before the ladies on The View condemn him again.

What these jealous critics miss, or perhaps understand but will not admit, is simple: hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people live better lives today because of what Musk has built. One clear measure of this impact came yesterday: more than 4,000 new millionaires were created by the SpaceX IPO alone.

They don’t actually care about improving people’s lives — as evidenced by their whole course of action over years — they just regard him as a threat to their power. Which, thank God, he is.

THAT STUFF HAS BEEN MEMORYHOLED NOW. “OBAMAWHAT?”

OPEN THREAD: Rock on!

IT’S CERTAINLY AMONG THE BEST:

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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Syracuse University issues financial warning as admissions slump: We’re in the red.

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Possibly a coincidence, but Syracuse has been regularly featured here as the home of absurd and nasty woke politics for years. Is it any wonder that so many students are fleeing south?

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Elon Musk is a Genius — and a Litmus Test.

“SpaceX’s IPO created 4,400 millionaires, according to the New York Times. Critics like Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Elizabeth Warren have created one each — themselves.”

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