Glenn Reynolds
Glenn Reynolds
Glenn Harlan Reynoldsis Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, and is best known for his weblog, Instapundit, a widely read American political weblog. He has published numerous books, columns, and academic articles...
bankruptcy economy-and-economics game ideology percent process theory
This whole process is part economics, part bankruptcy law, part ideology and part game theory -- but 100 percent painful.
optimistic expectations people
One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.
confused politics libertarian
Never trust anyone who calls himself a libertarian socialist. They're bound to be deeply confused, at best.
politics movement grassroots
I can't say I'm surprised: the grassroots antiwar movement keeps turning out to be MoveOn/A.N.S.W.E.R. astroturf.
accountability politics concerned
Where the U.N. is concerned, accountability is very thin on the ground in general.
tvs politics strategy
As I have said, the best Bush strategy is to put Congress on TV as often as possible.
memories secret ignorant
With 'swift-boating' now being used by the ignorant as a synonym for false charges, it's worth remembering that it was John Kerry who had to retract his statement about his secret Christmas mission to Cambodia, despite it having allegedly been 'seared, seared' into his memory.
politics ministry infuriating
Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry.
government people historical
[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.
interesting clock chimes
The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it.
white people diversity
But remember: All this talk of tolerance and diversity is basically just a way for one group of white people to pursue power over other groups of white people. It's not about actually helping anyone.
running jobs opportunity
The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizens’ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government.
home college government
The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, we’ll have more middle-class people. But homeownership and college aren’t causes of middle-class status, they’re markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. — that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class. Subsidizing the markers doesn’t produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them.
party mean majors
[B]ipartisanship means tarring and feathering politicans from both major parties.