Homeschooling, free families, and government child prisons

Midweek links

Published April 11, 2018 1:23 pm by Claire

Where are the monkeywrenchers when we need them? At least one traffic camera in New Orleans (and probably more) is giving speeding tickets to parked cars. (H/T PT)

Decisions, decisions. When faced with a school shooter, which is the better defense weapon? A bucket of rocks or an itty-bitty miniature baseball bat? (H/T M)

Broward County school mavens “know” for sure that the best defense isn’t a gun. (Tip o’ hat to BD)

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Friday links

Published March 30, 2018 1:44 am by Claire

Free-range kids are now legal in Utah. Why should it ever have been otherwise? (H/T BD)

Hahaha. So much for biometrics. A group of researchers has created a wearable tool that enables you to fool facial recognition systems into thinking you’re somebody else. A specific somebody else of your choice, apparently.

What it’s going to be like, ordering from Facebook Pizza. (Via ILTim in comments)

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Midweek links

Published March 21, 2018 2:11 am by Claire

After an eight month paid vacation, the officer who shot Justine Damond has been charged with murder and manslaughter. But for most bad cops, there’s still no fear of being caught. Take happy family photos at the gun range, get suspended from school. Sigh. New Jersey again. Scott Greenfield on those odd income disparities uncovered in a study this week. Yes, the bizarre outcomes are probably a lot more than mere racism. What if some girls just don’t want STEM careers? A VPN you use on your own server, no need to contract with a provider. That would be great.…

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Weekend links

Published March 17, 2018 5:46 am by Claire

To “maintain and increase enrollment” a college considers dropping various liberal arts majors.

Scott Greenfield: End immunity for dirty prosecutors.

After leading a class discussion about the anti-gun school walkouts a teacher is put on leave, apparently for asking students to consider the “wrong” (conservative) question.

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Friday links

Published March 2, 2018 10:28 am by Claire

Is this why those darned flying cars are so late getting here?

Couple arrested for living in squalor with their kids in the desert. I admit my first thought was, “Is this any more ‘abusive’ than sending the offspring to government school?” (The article’s attempt to tie this to the torture of the Turpin kids is the cheeziest of tabloidism.) UPDATE: Here’s an account with more sympathetic details.

Even the devotedly leftist Intercept says there is no epidemic of school shootings.

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Thursday links

Published March 1, 2018 8:13 am by Claire

Why police unions, who defend every sort of murdering scum, won’t be defending the most notorious of the “Broward Cowards.”

A snowflake tells children, “Don’t touch the snow!”

The (literal) money quote: “The U.S. government is building the world’s largest debtors’ prison: the United States.” Kevin D. Williamson on the IRS plan to deny passports to tax delinquents.

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Thursday links

Published February 22, 2018 5:23 am by Claire

Thirteen ways government schools damage the mental health of students.

Well, good for the Florida house for having the guts to face down the feelz.

Yikes. Okay, that’s scary: money laundering through author impersonation on Amazon.

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Monday links

Published February 19, 2018 7:20 am by Claire

The NLRB shot down James Damore’s suit against Google. The inimitable Scott Greenfield responds. (This is not the end for Damore’s case.)

From FEE: Hillbilly Elegy and the primacy of personal responsibility.

New antidote for the snowflake age: “The Case for the Self-Driven Child.” (Here’s the Amazon link to the new book.)

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Monday links

Published January 29, 2018 8:01 am by Claire

In the “news that shouldn’t be news” department, Utah may legalize free-range parenting.

Data from fitness trackers may have exposed the layout of secret military bases.

Long read, but good one: In promoting the ideas of freedom we’ll get farther by telling stories than by making logical arguments.

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Wednesday links

Published August 30, 2017 1:00 am by Claire

King County (Seattle area) cop confronts a motorcyclist, gun in hand, irrationally and profanely accusing the guy of “going 100 miles per hour.” Fortunately, his intended victim was wearing a helmet cam.

Californians may get the chance to decriminalize psilocybin next year.

And HERB, a site that hopes to become the go-to spot for “all things cannabis-related” just raised $4 million plus from some very respectable sources.

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I'll be having a big fundraiser sometime in 2018. THEN I'll solicit donations like mad for a few weeks.

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