There is really no gentle way to discuss the current state of discourse on American college campuses.  It’s shit.  College students appear to have a concept of university life that is devoid of any kind of open dialogue, where students are protected from rather than exposed to divergent views.  I really feel for university administrators […]

Are we all nuts?  I mean, seriously, are we crazy? For years Dr. Ben has been telling the tale that as a teenager he had an out of control temper and often acted out violently against others.  He claims that he attacked his mother with a hammer, punched a classmate in the face while holding […]

In a poll sponsored by Yale University’s William F. Buckley Jr. program, 800 national undergrads said that by a nearly two-to-one margin, colleges were more tolerant to liberals. Pollster Jim McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates, found that 37 percent felt school more tolerant of liberals views, just 20 percent of conservatives, and 36 percent equally […]

I should probably begin with a disclaimer that this post is for nerds.  Cool people can read it, too.  But don’t blame me if you leave half way through to find some good click bate or something.  Anyway… On Monday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Foster v. Chatman, a challenge to a murder conviction […]

A perfect Halloween-time tale from The Boston Globe: But that’s what happened Wednesday in Salem District Court when a 75-year-old witch priestess and psychic asked a judge to stop a man who calls himself the “world’s best-known warlock” from placing vulgar phone calls to her in the middle of the night. “I can see into […]

It’s official: Lawrence Lessig is dropping his long-shot bid for the presidency.  The reason, in his own words, is that the Democrats won’t let him be involved in the debates.  Check out the above video for his official statement. Lessig says that “getting into the debates was the essential step” to pushing his single-issue agenda. […]

Another week, another debate, and another opportunity for candidates to play victims to the big bad media.  Last night’s Republican debate was a bit more fiery than most had expected.  Shots were fired between Jebb Bush and Marco Rubio, but the real showdown was between the candidates and CNBC’s moderators.  Most agree that the candidates […]

If you’re like me you’ve been wondering how Trump would react to the inevitable news that he’s been overtaken in the polls.  Now that Ben Carson is a full 14 points ahead of Trump in Iowa, we’ll find out. So far Trump’s reaction has been fairly predictable.  First, he’s attacked Carson.  Second, he’s attacked the […]

“[L]et’s say we get [the borders] sealed, because certainly in a Carson administration that would be done within the first year. You also turn off the spigot that dispenses the goodies, so that people don’t have any incentive to come here. Then those who are here, we have to recognize that we can’t just round […]

OMG!!! diD u GuyS heAr ab0ut how AWeSome @katewinslet is???!!??! From those purveyors of hard news at New York Magazine: Perhaps sensing that you were looking for yet another reason to ask her to adopt you, Kate Winslet announced at an Elle Women in Hollywood event this week that though she’s the face of Lancôme, […]