Hot Air
The new JK Rowling podcast offers some detail on her troubled life before Harry Potter
Earlier this month I mentioned that there was a podcast coming soon about JK Rowling and various attempts to cancel her by the right and the left. The first two episodes of the podcast have now been released. Rowling has…
George Santos’ imaginary campaign donations
It's been a comparatively peaceful couple of weeks since we were peppered with headlines about the trail of mendacity that New York Republican George Santos leaves in his wake, but clearly good things don't last…
Biden DoE to end wider Trump 1st Amend protections for campus religious clubs
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Scandal: Two more Republicans say DoD leaked their files to Dem oppo-research group
Drip, drip, drip. The politicization scandal at the Department of Defense grows a little each day as more Republicans come forward. Two more have gone public with notices from the Air Force that their confidential files got…
Missouri AG demands the resignation of Kim Gardner after a crash that costs a teenager her legs (Update)
The story is heartbreaking. Saturday night a teenager named Janae Edmondson was in downtown St. Louis with her family for a volleyball tournament in which she was playing. Just before 9pm, Edmondson and her family were…
Yes, being fat is unhealthy
Alcoholism isn't unhealthy because there is a stigma attached to it. Smoking isn't unhealthy because people don't like the smell. Methamphetamine isn't unhealthy because people sneer at the users. And…
More on the “gold standard” medical study: Facemasks did nothing
Following up on Ed's coverage yesterday of the Gray Lady's shocking admission about the usefulness (or lack thereof) of face masks, I wanted to share a few observations in terms of what we might be doing going…
Wagner POWs: The Russians beat us until morale improves — or we’re dead
First, the good news for Wagner's prison recruits. "Zeroing" -- the policy of killing anyone who complains -- has been cancelled. The bad news: Ukrainians have gotten so good at "zeroing" them that…
Jill Biden and Hunter’s daughter are traveling in Africa “to show the administration’s commitment”
That's their story and they are sticking to it. It sounds so much less coarse than just admitting that they wanted to go to Africa on the taxpayers' dime, doesn't it? This is Jill's first visit to Africa…
Grotesque incompetence in Biden’s military
The Pentagon is busy giving DEI instructions to its employees but somehow doesn't have the time to protect sensitive emails from being publicly available to everyone on the Internet.Read More