Some of you have emailed me about getting your kids involved in wrestling or martial arts, so I’ve decided to suggest a few training aids that really work. Here are a few tools that I think will prove useful, both for kids and for adults looking to get into grappling / wrestling / MMA: Iowa Style Snapper: working the head is a crucial skill, and developing the functional strength and

Idiocracy incarnate. Which, I suspect, we’re supposed to see as the “democratization” of education rather than what it truly is, the corruption of intellectualism and the intentional formation of a benighted and propagandized civic base easily won over by arguments appealing to emotionalism, identity politics, and bumper-sticker bromides. From The Federalist Papers blog: There’s a delightful and true saying, often attributed to Joseph Sobran, that in a hundred years, we’ve

A friend of mine — a liberal, but she’s showing signs of slipping now that I’ve gotten my hooks into her — represents a group of adjunct teachers at a Colorado community college who have tried to bring legislation that would give adjunct professors and teachers more say in their departments, if not things such as health care, etc. Currently, some 75% of university teacher positions are held by adjuncts,

Glimmer of sanity Officials sent home 66 Palm Desert High School students Wednesday, telling them to miss up to seven days of classes because they haven’t been immunized for measles. The students won’t return to school until Feb. 9 unless they confirm they’ve received immunization or show proof of resistance as determined by a Titer test, according to the Desert Sands Unified School District. The district’s decision came just two

Oh.The.Humanity! There’s a mantra quickly repeating in my head: “Please have a badge. Please have a badge. Please have a badge.” It’s a steady heartbeat as I begin a conversation with a shop clerk and reposition myself so I can peer over her shoulder. I’ve already seen the bulge in his jacket, and it’s clear from the size and shape that he has a holstered gun. Now my eyes are