August 12, 2026

SOMETIMES THE INSIDE OF MY HEAD IS A VERY WEIRD PLACE:  The Cat’s Choice.

Posted at 12:32 am by Sarah Hoyt

August 11, 2026

WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Churchill was a longtime professor of ethnic studies at CU Boulder. He became a nationally controversial figure in higher education after an essay he wrote that referred to some of the victims of the 9/11 attacks as “little Eichmanns,” a characterization that prompted widespread condemnation and made Churchill a national figure.

The controversy soon expanded beyond his writings about the 9/11 attacks.

In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people’s work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.

Churchill was the subject of many a blogpost at Instapundit back in the day if you wish to scroll through the archives.

Posted at 10:13 pm by Ed Driscoll

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THAT THING THAT NEVER HAPPENS HAPPENED AGAIN:

Posted at 8:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:

I’m not exactly certain how the Zionists are to blame for Mamdani’s staff’s screwup, but they must be.

Posted at 6:39 pm by Stephen Green

COLOMBIA QUAKE DEATH TOLL TOPS 250 AS RESCUERS RACE TO FIND SURVIVORS:

Rescue crews on Tuesday dug through ​mountains of rubble in western Colombia, shouting for quiet so they could listen for survivors still trapped under the buildings that collapsed in a powerful earthquake ‌estimated to have killed at least 250 people.

The 7.4-magnitude quake, the most devastating to strike Colombia this century, tore through its coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, leaving apartment blocks, homes, schools and health centers cracked, leaning or flattened.

Separate reports from affected cities put the death toll at 254 on Tuesday morning, with 101 people killed in Pereira, deep in coffee country, and 95 in Cali, the country’s third-biggest city.

Absolutely horrific footage emerging from the quake, which Reuters lists as the strongest earthquake in Columbia in a century:

According to the Spanish Website Demócrata, there are no buildings in Columbia that were rated “to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 7.4…The true test of the regulations will come now, when technicians analyze which constructions were damaged, when they were built, under what regulation, what type of soil they had, and whether their structures were executed according to the approved designs. Only then can it be determined where seismic-resistant construction worked and where it failed.”

Posted at 5:42 pm by Ed Driscoll

“NORTH CAROLINA PASTOR” IS THE NEW “ITALIAN TEENAGER” WAS THE NEW “MARYLAND DAD”:

Posted at 5:37 pm by Stephen Green

SENATE GOP BLOWS IT, AGAIN: When Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) sent home all the members of the upper chamber of Congress, one important but obscure piece of business left undone is the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act approved by the House in June, with 29 Democrats voting for it.

For reasons as yet unclear, none of the Senate’s most talented and energetic anti-waste and fraud warriors have introduced a companion measure to the House bill. In fact, the House bill hasn’t even been assigned to a committee for hearings and markup, the essential step in the progress to a full Senate floor vote. There’s more to this story, as I report today for The Washington Stand.

Posted at 5:33 pm by Mark Tapscott