In the closest modern equivalent to Bleak House’s “Jarndyce v Jarndyce” (now at fourteen years and counting), the Superior Court of the District of Columbia has issued its verdict on–in which it denies–Michael Mann’s request for reconsideration of its finding in March 2025 that Mann “knowingly fed the jury false data” when presenting the amount of financial ill Mann had suffered because of Steyn’s 2012 takedown of his “hockey stick” graph.
Steyn’s report on the matter can be found here: https://www.steynonline.com/15916/mann-9m-jury-lie.
As Steyn explains it, Mann purposefully and graphically represented his losses–in the manner of grant funding and reputation–before the jury in the original trial, as somewhere considerably north of nine million dollars.
We’re one year into Trump 2.0. And it’s America at 250. James, Steve and Charles discuss and debate an especially wild week for an already-adventurous Trump administration.
Lawmakers keep using a band-aid to cover a gaping wound. Talk of tax credits and shifting funding is just covering up the real cost of healthcare to the American people.
The popular narrative targets health insurance companies as the villain in this story. These faceless, profit-seeking, bloated companies make for easy criticism. Between 1999 and 2024, the cost of employer-sponsored family health insurance premiums rose by a staggering 342%. During this same period, the average worker’s contribution to those premiums increased by 308%. In stark contrast, average worker earnings increased by only 119%, and overall inflation (CPI-U) rose by 64%.
It’s been said that there’s no place like Texas, and this year’s Senate primaries seem to confirm the suspicion. We’ve got a cast of characters that includes incumbent John Cornyn up against the likes of AG Ken Paxton and TX-38’s Wesley Hunt on the one side, and a couple of young challengers like Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico hoping to shake things up for Democrats. To cover these big, bold, brash candidates and some of the state’s 14 open House primaries, Henry sits down with Gromer Jeffers of The Dallas Morning News.
And stay tuned til the end, as Henry takes a close look at a few ads coming out of the race for Mikie Sherrill’s old seat, NJ-11.
“President Trump approaches diplomacy and engages in a very transactional manner, with economics as the foundation and driving force behind international affairs.”
– Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s former special envoy to Ukraine and Russia
Can a U.S. president buy — or even invade — Greenland? Can he tear up treaties, fire a member of the Federal Reserve, and still stay within the Constitution? And who actually decides what “fairness” means in women’s sports?In this wide-ranging Law Talk episode, Richard Epstein, John Yoo, and Charles C.W. Cooke debate Trump’s Greenland gambit, the limits of presidential war powers, treaty termination, NATO, transgender athletes and Title IX, Hawaii’s attempt to criminalize gun carry on private property, and whether the Supreme Court is about to blink when it comes to the independence of the Federal Reserve.Then, what starts out as a theoretical discussion quickly turns into a no-holds-barred debate about the unitary executive, impeachment, property rights, constitutional “prescription,” and whether modern government is compatible with the Constitution as written. Buckle up.
When Melissa Batie-Smoose took a stand to protect the women she coached, she lost her job and her coaching career. In this episode we sit down with Melissa, former associate head women’s volleyball coach at San Jose State University, and Vernadette Broyles, Melissa’s attorney, for a conversation about courage, conscience, and the future of women’s sports. As the U.S. Supreme Court considers landmark cases that could redefine sex-based protections in athletics, Melissa’s story puts a human face on what’s at stake. Melissa shares what it means to speak up and take legal action when institutions–and her fellow coaches–stay silent.
We also look ahead to the legal and policy battles still to come, including why efforts like DFI’s RESPECT Title IX Act model legislation matter for restoring clarity, fairness, and safety.
Apparently there is a furor over something Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said regarding inflation. It seems she recommended that Americans eat a “three-dollar meal,” providing an example consisting of chicken, broccoli, a corn tortilla and one other item. The internet went crazy – when does it not? – suggesting this was impossible. Even the harpies on The View said so. ( I guess they asked their personal chefs.) I know that Bidenflation pushed prices up 21%, but $3 seemed very doable. I popped open the app from my local grocery store here in NJ – Shop Rite. Let’s see:
Chicken. I see there is a family pack of chicken thighs on sale. The average price per pack: $5.25. From the picture it looks like 14 pieces make it into the pack. Two pieces per portion. That’s $0.75 per portion.
While we watch the insanity in Minneapolis unfold, Floridians have to take comfort, at least for now, that Gov. Ron DeSantis and all of law enforcement are not going to tolerate the attacks on ICE or the police.
A few days ago, a bizarre woman was stopped and pushed back on state troopers:
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and why is she largely forgotten in popular history? How did she show that the Declaration of Independence promised women’s rights, too? Dr. Natalie Taylor, Professor Political Science at Skidmore College, discusses this fascinating American, who formed much of the intellectual foundation of the Suffrage Movement in the 19th Century.
Read her Declaration of Sentiments and see how it parallels the form and substance of the Declaration of Independence: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/declaration-of-sentiments/
Three months ago, Russia’s RT channel marked its 20th anniversary with a lavish party at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater. When Russia Today went on the air in 2005, it had a day-long lineup of attractive women offering a quirky mix of advice to tourists visiting Moscow, sarcastic editorials about America’s endless wars in the Middle East, and more-than-halfway decent documentary segments about the Stalin years and the Second World War. Since then, RT has come of age, becoming a sizable international operation in multiple languages with a special emphasis on reaching developing countries. If you’re in India, Brazil, or South Africa, your hotel TV probably has RT.
With a worldwide audience, RT rivals the BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24, along with other official mouthpieces for their respective permanent governments, as well as the West’s independent-but-establishment broadcasters — CNN, Sky News, and the three big US networks. There was even a time when RT was on cable systems in America (it’s still available on free streaming). Is RT just propaganda, merely the Russian point of view, or both? Is there necessarily a difference? What about our own media? The question must be asked: How different are we? Has your own opinion of the answer changed over the years?
I am a planner. I prefer plans that lead to actions. For example, when we made the decision to move out of Minnesota as soon as I retired, three years hence, I was looking at houses online and packing anything I wanted to keep but probably wouldn’t need in the next three years. All with detailed lists of contents (hello, 30 boxes of books). That worked out well for us.
It looks like one of my myriad grandsons may be getting married. The plan is for 2028. The other night I was looking at dresses for the wedding. It doesn’t matter if the plan works out or, in some cases, is even feasible. I just like to know what my options are.
To say that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is polarizing, verging on radioactive, is an understatement. Time for a new name, preferably to something acronymically difficult, something that doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily as “ICE.” Maybe the “Homeland Immigration Customs and Border Administration” or maybe the “Office of Border Customs and Emigration Immigration.” Anything. As long as it’s a mouthful …
At the very least, the Left would have to change their chants and signs.
Is math something humans invent—or something we discover? And why does it describe the universe so uncannily well?
In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter Robinson sits down with mathematicians David Berlinski, Sergiu Klainerman, and Stephen Meyer to explore one of the deepest mysteries in science and philosophy: the reality of mathematics.
In this must-listen episode of The Dave Carter Show, Dave talks with writer, firearms expert, and author Kevin Creighton about his newly published novel, Salvation. Mr. Creighton goes into vivid detail with us, describing how the book weaves the story of retired Army Ranger and bodyguard John Rogers, a man who prefers the quiet life but is drawn back into a darker reality when asked to employ his skills to safeguard more gentle souls on a mission of mercy.
Creighton employs his extensive knowledge, not only of firearms but of special operations skillsets and tactics. As Dave described it, “This book is like Tom Clancy meets the New Testament.” Written in a first-person narrative that sees every detail through the keen eyes of John Rogers, the book grabs the reader’s attention from the first page and holds it firmly all the way through to an edge-of-your-seat conclusion. Spend a half hour with Dave and Mr. Creighton and you’ll come away with insights on the human condition, elite military operators, and the quest for redemption. Oh, yes, and as is the case with every episode of The Dave Carter Show, there are laughs aplenty as well.
We’re witnessing yet another victory in protecting our kids. And it was a hard-fought battle. Somewhere along the way, schools thought they had the authority to control parents, students and teachers. The most recent sham occurred when the schools in California were telling teachers that they no longer were permitted to tell parents that their children were engaged in gender transition. How did we reach the point where the schools believed they were all-powerful?
But a victory has been had by the violated parties:
In this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Ark Prof. Albert Cheng and Alisha Searcy of the Center for Public Schools speak with Dr. Lerone Martin, Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor at Stanford University, and Dr. Jason Miller, Distinguished Professor of English at North Carolina State University. They explore the religious, literary, and historical foundations of MLK’s thought and rhetoric, highlighting his vision of saving the soul of America and promoting human dignity. Dr. Martin discusses MLK’s early spiritual leadership in Montgomery, AL, the influence of the Old Testament prophets, and the role of largely female-led grassroots activism in the 1955–56 Bus Boycott. Dr. Miller examines Langston Hughes’s poetry, including “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” and “Mississippi –1955,” and how it shaped King’s sermons, speeches, and approach to civil rights leadership. Their conversation also covers key moments in King’s career, including co-founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Freedom Rides, the 1963 March on Washington, and his Nobel Peace Prize. In closing, Dr. Miller reads a passage from his book, Origins of the Dream: Hughes’s Poetry and King’s Rhetoric.
I assume some of you are familiar with the video game created by the UK government to warn kids about the dangers of “White Supremacy™”. It features a character, Amelia, who is a Bad Influence on the player. Well, someone used AI to make a parody in the style of an anime rom-com movie trailer:
Throughout college (and seminary, as well), my summer job was ushering in the movie theater. Sometimes it was my second job, sometimes it was my only job. Sure, it was only minimum wage, but when I calculated the free movies for myself, family, and friends, I was making a decent wage. And when you threw in the free sodas — and especially the free popcorn — I was definitely in the upper brackets.
I would bring a bucket and a cup to work. I would fill them up at the beginning of my break and catch a bit of a movie. I could eat a lot of popcorn through a shift. I also swept up a lot of popcorn – little spills in the lobby, whole cups spilled in the theaters (not to mention change and occasional bills on the floors of the theater, bumping my night’s earnings up even more).
There are six Americans changing their diets to align with the new food pyramid, according to USDA Associate Commissioner for Surveys and Futility, Anna Clark.
“While it can be difficult to track trends in who chooses to adhere to governmental dietary guidance, a pattern emerged relatively quickly,” the Associate Commissioner reported. “All six are in Mr. Moore’s freshman health class at Central Fairview High School.”
Way back in 2019, while conversing on Ricochet, I noticed a connection between Augustine and John Stuart Mill: They both talk about desire as part of how we know what is good.
Took me a while to get it all written up, and for some reason, between one scholarly journal and another, I cut most of the Augustine out of the paper. Not to worry–Aristotle and Boethius stepped in, they picked up the slack, and the paper is now published here.
The general idea is pretty simple.
Everyone saw this coming. Despite the ceasefire agreed to in October 2025, Hamas refuses to disarm, as they’d promised. Thus, Israel will have to disarm them by force. Hamas has made a token effort to disarm, but it doesn’t fulfill the original promise:
Israel and the U.S. have said Hamas needs to give up its weapons in compliance with the cease-fire agreement. Hamas is open to giving up what is left of its stock of heavy weapons, but won’t turn over its small arms, Arab officials said. Israel estimates the group has 60,000 rifles and 20,000 fighters.
There are all sorts of ways to end up dead. Disease, accidents and crime are among the common ways to be done in. Natural disasters can trap you. Drug overdoses or reactions can kill. Animal attacks can get you. So can war.
In 99 Ways to Die And How to Avoid Them, Ashely Alker, M.D., enumerates the different ways the Grim Reaper can take you and offers strategies for avoiding his grip.
The author knows something of both death and its avoidance. Dr. Alker describes herself as a death escapologist. In plain language, she is an emergency medicine doctor. She divides the book into thirteen categories of causes of death: infections, vaccine-preventable diseases, heart diseases, brain diseases, sex, drugs, animals, poison, food, travel, crime, environmental issues, and warfare. Each section has chapters explaining specific risks. (An example: the sex section has a chapter on risks associated with pregnancy.) There is some overlap: some diseases poison you and some of the risks associated with food spill into infection and poison.
