The #JusticeForDrV Madness: ESPN Offers Belated ‘Condolences’? Really?
Does this ESPN statement make any damned sense at all? “We understand and appreciate the wide range of thoughtful reaction this story has generated and to the family and friends of Essay Anne Vanderbilt, we express our deepest condolences. We will use the constructive feedback to continue our ongoing dialogue on these important and sensitive […]
MSNBC: Trolls Under a Bridge
Let’s start with this: I don’t give a damn about Chris Christie. Didn’t give a damn about him before “BridgeGate,” and don’t give a damn about him now. Nevertheless, influential people in the Acela Corridor feel otherwise, and the attempt by the liberal media to take down a Republican is always newsworthy, whether or not […]
Journalist @CalebHannan Exposes Sociopath and Is Accused of Transphobia
On Oct. 18, 2013, MIT-trained aeronautical physicist Dr. Essay Anne Vanderbilt — a former Pentagon contractor who had worked on the Stealth bomber project — committed suicide, which must have been difficult: It’s hard to kill a person you invented. Known as “Dr. V” in the world of golf, the person who died of an […]
B.A. in Special Snowflake Studies
Instapundit wants to be lenient on Randye Hoder — “it’s not a ‘useless’ degree if in fact it teaches students ‘to think critically and analytically, read widely and write well’” — which means that I’m obliged to play bad cop with this overindulgent mother: My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long […]
Latina Actress Blacklisted for Supporting Republican Candidate
WOW! Cuban-American actress @MariaConchita_A supports GOP candidate in Calfiornia http://t.co/1M8tAhJpyv @regularrightguy #tcot — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) January 18, 2014 If I had ever heard of Maria Conchita Alonzo before now, I don’t remember it, but I know I’ll never forget her after this: A famed actress is facing backlash in San Francisco’s Latino community, […]
The ObamaCare ‘Death Spiral’ Debate
ObamaCare is exactly the kind of policy failure its opponents predicted, although it has also failed in a few unpredicted ways. The only way anyone can call ObamaCare a “success” is in a political sense, i.e., it helped re-elect Obama. We might also say ObamaCare is a “success” in the sense that its unmistakable failure will […]
Mexican Murder Suspect Is Finally Deported After 13-Year U.S. Crime Spree
Mexican criminal Fabian Godinez-Oseguera deported by ICE. This case “ought to make your blood boil,” indeed: Fabian Godinez-Oseguera was wanted on a warrant in Mexico for a 2000 murder. He fled to the United States and — despite multiple felony convictions here and having been repeatedly deported to Mexico — was still running around loose […]
Federal Court Upholds Bloggers’ Rights
Eugene Volokh cites a ruling yesterday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Obsidian Finance Group v. Cox: The protections of the First Amendment do not turn on whether the defendant was a trained journalist, formally affiliated with traditional news entities, engaged in conflict-of-interest disclosure, went beyond just assembling others’ writings, […]
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