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Parent’s nightmare: 5th grade teacher sued for calling a girl a boy’s name until she felt suicidal
A teacher at an elementary school in Long Island is accused of pressuring a 9-year-old girl to question her gender identity and sexuality to the point that the girl was openly discussing suicide. Her parents have now sued the…
FBI Director Wray: Chinese government doing its best to ‘thwart and obfuscate’ investigation of COVID’s origin
FBI Director Chris Wray appeared on Fox News' Special Report today to discuss the lab leak theory and the recent DOE report which concluded (with low confidence) that the lab leak was the most likely explanation.Read More
First eggs, now *gulp* olive oil?
You can just take 2023 back, already. Good gravy goodness.Read More
What our culture needs right now: fat, black sci fi characters
John and I are both science fiction fans. I grew up with it, and it's likely that the older libertarianish authors subconsciously influenced my attitudes. I suspect the same is true of John, although we haven't…
Majority of faculty at four-year colleges fear losing their jobs over something they say
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has released a new survey of nearly 1,500 faculty members at four-year colleges in the US. Ideologically, the survey was more diverse than some other recent surveys…
Election Day: Will Chicago voters give Lightfoot the heavy boot?
Could Lori Lightfoot become the first Chicago mayor to lose a re-election bid 40 years? Voters went to the polls today to choose between a mayor who has presided over a massive increase in violent crime, and several other…
Perfect. Seriously.
Western civilization is either on life support or dead.Read More
13 EU countries join nuke energy pact and Japan says it’s glow time
What a day in the news for nuclear power. I'm pretty sure it won't be getting the red-headed-step-child treatment for much longer.Read More
Good luck! Snapchat adding AI chatbot to plus service
If you're one of those people who use Snapchat, this may serve as either a useful news item or a timely warning for you. (I've never installed or looked at Snapchat so I'm a bit out of my depth here.) Either…
Morning Consult: Plurality believes COVID-19 pandemic originated in lab leak, despite media suppression
You can't fool all of the people all of the time -- even if you try very, very hard. That lesson comes through in today's Morning Consult poll, a survey that seems to have coincidentally run in parallel to the…