Friday roundup

Leftist intolerance is killing higher education; an article by two professors.

Further on the same subject. What happens when you discuss the attractiveness of coeds.

As promised, Trump is cutting the red tape of government regulations. He has a long way to go.

While the nation slept, Secretary Zinke was laying wreaths at Arlington Cemetary.

Theologian R. C. Sproul passed away. Read this touching tribute.

Don't wear a MAGA hat to a campus coffee shop. You might violate the students "safe space".

When I was young, cars were unsafe, but do you remember the joy of riding in the back of a pickup truck? Here's a list of the ways you risked your lives driving.

You might think I'm writing about California's train to nowhere, but there's a bullet train in Texas which is already a failure. You'd think Texans would know better, but Austin is quite liberal.

The record cold in the Northeast is a good chance to remind folks that global warming doesn't seem to be happening.

Which brings us to this article on scientifically illiterate America, especially in the media.

Roger Simon says that Trump is right, the FBI is in tatters. And the reason is that liberals have turned the FBI into a disgrace.

It's old news, but here's an article in the New York Times about Harvey Weinstein's methods and power to keep news out of the news.

What will happen in 2018

The Democrats are excited about their prospects for 2018. They might be disappointed.

Want to own your own island, but don't want to run down to the Caribbean to visit it? Here's one a 5-minute boat ride from Connecticut.

Newsweek has written a distasteful article about Trump bringing back Merry Christmas. They compare him to Hitler.

Our phone line went out on December 8. They said it would be fixed on December 27. They actually fixed it on December 28, just one day short of three weeks. It turns out AT&T is laid off thousands of workers in December. No wonder.

As Hillary ponders a new run for president, let's not forget her real scandal: Libya.

Scott Pruitt, head of the EPA, is doing some wonderful things for the country. He is reviled by Liberals and loved by Conservatives.

Putin thanked Trump for intelligence that prevented a bombing in St. Petersburg.

Some background on Mueller's investigation. Lots of his folks are Hillary supporters and the bias suggests the investigation should be suspended.

A former top spy at the CIA is thinking it was a mistake to attack the incoming president.

An entertaining article from Jonah Goldberg on why the media gets it wrong so often.

Christmas day blog roundup

A Charlie Brown Christmas was first aired in 1965. The networks thought it would be a flop, but Charles Schultz persisted. Can you imagine quoting the Bible in a Christmas movie?

See if you agree with this author: the best Christmas movies of all time.

Victor Davis Hanson on Christmas lessons from California.

Every Christmas season, feminists complain about a song. They think we should ban "Baby it's Cold Outside".

The Japanese, despite having on a few Christians, have a Christmas tradition. They eat Kentucky Fried Chicken.

And, as the New Year approaches, a round up of some 2017 events.

Scott Adams has advice for people who want to talk about politics. Take this test to see if you should offer opinions.

A list of 81 achievements by Donald Trump. Of course if you are a liberal, 81 bad things he did.

The media was out to get Trump from the start, and it caused them to make mistakes in their haste. They had a vary bad year.

Hollywood has a bad year getting people into the theaters. They cite a number of reasons, but they keep missing the real reason people are not buying tickets.

ISIS seems to have suffered major defeats at the hands of Trump. The media doesn't seem to care.

The Ship of Fools

Roger Simon writes that the FBI is a ship of fools; confounding national intelligence with an effort to get Trump.

More on media's mistakes: "while truth puts on its shoes, a lie goes around the world"

Alan Dershowitz on recognizing Jerusalem as capital of Israel: "why Trump was right"

This is on the Internet, so it must be true. FBI/CIA used British intelligence to wiretap Trump campaign.

Wisconsin Democrats operated an unconstitutional effort to get Scott Walker.

Trump commuted the sentence of a kosher meatpacker. He had the support of many in congress.

Zimbabwe, when it was known as Rhodesia, was the breadbasket of Africa, exporting food raised by white farmers. After Mugabe took over in 1980, the farms were given to the natives, which resulted in famine and drastic economic decline. He was replaced in a coup in 2017. The new leader is giving the farms back to the people who know how to run them.

North Korea's latest nuclear test was late, and a tunnel collapsed. So, Kim Jong-un had the guy in charge executed.

One of the criticisms of the global warming movement is that CO2 elimination will hurt poor people, while the proponents will continue to fly around the world in their private jets protesting fossil fuels. The World Bank is stopping loans to drill for oil in developing countries. which will of course keep those people poor.

Blog Roundup

Scholars have found an early Gnostic text. They are excited because it's written in Greek. Most of the Gnostic writings are in Coptic.

The editor in chief emeritus of The Washington Times has some advice for journalists: get the story right and you won't have these bad weeks.

You know the story of Michael Flynn's indictment, but this one has some interesting aspects.

Sundown Tuesday was the first day of Hanukkah. Here’s an amusing refresher on what it’s about.  If you liked that, here’s 18 ways that Hannukah is different than Christmas.

Facts about Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. Stuff you won't see in the news.

This research on climate change says that greenhouse gasses have no effect on global warming.

Judge Ginsburg seems to have spoken out about Donald Trump contrary to the ethics rules in place. Should she recluse herself in matters concerning Trump?

Here's a fun article about the tensions in the White House press briefings. Sarah Sanders is standing up to the media.  Sarah is the daughter of Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and Fox News contributor. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.

FBI agent Strzok was removed from the Trump-Russian investigation because texts he exchanged with his mistress revealed bias. Here is a partial list. The problem of course is that the balance of the agents still on the case are Clinton supporters and doners.

Democrat Doug Jones won the election in Alabama. Here are five interesting things about the election.

Sexual Harassment Roundup

Al Franken may have resigned by the time you read this. He groped me too, and other stories from the trenches.

Maureen Dowd on Democrats and sexual harrasment.

The New York Times on the ways that Harvey Weinstein controlled things.

Garrison Keillor is being erased from Minnesota Public Television.  It's like the Russian practice of making people disappear from history.

The upside of office flirtation. Where do you draw the line?

Roundup of this weeks news.

A striking aurora in Norway. Check the guy on the peak who climbed up for a better view.

Some of the Jihadists from the West are rethinking their mission. They want to come home.

And why is that? Trump has turned Mattis loose to actually fight the way. No longer are battlefield decisions being made by bureaucrats in Washington.

College students are creating "safe spaces" where everyone can feel safe, except Republicans of course.

Here's a guy who spent the summer chasing lightning with a special 1000 fps camera. The videos are striking.

Trump is changing the Middle East with his stance on the embassy in Jeruselem. Sometimes you just have to do the right thing.

Liberals have turned the FBI into a disgrace with their political actions. Here's the list of Democratic operatives at the head.  Here's another commentator on the same subject: The FBI is in tatters.

Remember the great cars of the past?  Here's the many ways they were unsafe.  I remember the joy of riding in the back of a pickup, something else fun that you can't do anymore.

California's "train to nowhere" isn't the only financial disaster in the bullet train area. Surprisingly, they're building one in Texas also.

Here's a terrific roundup of all the global warming predictions that failed. Seems like people would become suspicious.

Maybe people are falling for the global warming hoax because they are scientifically illiterate? Of course the journalists are just as illiterate. Here's a study on how much people know about science.

More news roundup

Hallmark is the company of happy endings. Now they are introducing a new greeting card line: the divorce cards.

The media is in a twitter because Trump referred to Elizabeth Warren as "Pocahontas". They are saying it's a racial slur. They should be upset because the correct term is "Fauxahontas", a play on her phony claim to be part native american to get a job at Harvard.

Jim Nabors passed away this week. He was made an honorary Marine because of his part in the TV show Gomer Pyle USMC. Here's a tribute.

Want to get funding for your global warming research?  Better call it something else. Scientist are self-censoring their grant application.

Theresa May from the UK has been complaining about Donald Trump's tweets about Muslims. It turns out that Trump is right about the extent of the problem there.

Just about all the agents working with Mueller on the Russian investigation are Democratic supporters. One of them has been tweeting complaints about Trump and was removed from the case.

California has a great quality of life, but people are leaving to have a life.

The president of ABC news is really upset about that "fake news". I mean really upset.

The Pope wants to rewrite the Lord's Prayer He doesn't like the "temptation" part.