VIRGINIA CLOWN SHOW UPDATE: Virginia’s Fairfax compares himself to lynching victims. “When he finished his five-minute impromptu speech, stunned senators sat in awkward silence. Fairfax, who is black, has been accused by two women of sexual assault. Both of the alleged victims are African American.”

USA TODAY: Hate crime hoaxes, like Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack, are more common than you think.

They certainly seem to outnumber actual hate crimes.

A READER EMAILS: “I have a favor to ask. My adult autistic son, Patrick, has written and published 2 books of poetry. If you could give a shout-out and link to his amazon page, it would be greatly appreciated.”

Consider it done!

SOMEHOW, THERE’S NEVER A CRISIS THAT DEMANDS THEY LET US KEEP OUR MONEY AND FREEDOM: These ‘congestion pricing’ schemes are just a new way to bleed the public. I think when there’s congestion, the government should have to pay you for the time you wasted because they couldn’t manage traffic.

A PRODUCT PEOPLE WANT TO BUY, AT A PRICE THEY”RE WILLING TO PAY: Make Big Money Writing Fiction

I know, this is my new mantram, sort of business dharma.

NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, a film from my University of Tennessee colleague Gloria Greenfield: The Fight of Our Lives – Defeating the Ideological War Against the West. Featuring Niall Ferguson, Melanie Phillips, and Victor Davis Hanson.

OPEN THREAD: Talk among yourselves.

HMM: Pompeo: Sanctions, military force remain options in Venezuela.

FEMINISM: YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY… AND BACK: Friday’s briefing before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on “Women in Prison” was about how “women are different” from men. The message that they should therefore be treated more leniently was sometimes explicit and sometimes merely implicit, but it seemed to always be there. One of the public commentators declared her goal to be the end all imprisonment for women (but apparently not for men). It was a bit like the 19^th century.

SPACE: NASA, SpaceX ‘Go’ for 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight on March 2.

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WELL, THAT’S THE IDEA: Politicized Schools Are Radically Transforming Our Nation.

BREAKING NEWS: MPAA announces new category of “Best Hate Crime Hoax.”

DEALERS ARE SITTING ON a 7-month supply of unsold Chevy Corvettes.

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OOPS: Consumer Reports No Longer Recommends Tesla Model 3, Cites Reliability.

FACEBOOK DOESN’T SEEM TO THINK SO: Is It in Facebook’s Interest to Protect the Privacy of Users?

THE TRANSGENDER BATHROOM WARS CONTINUE IN VIRGINIA: Meanwhile, if you are looking for a legal explanation of why Title IX does not require schools to allow transgender students to use the showers of the sex they identify with, here is my amicus brief (with Peter Kirsanow) in the G.G. case.

One thing has changed since that brief was written.  When the Trump Administration withdrew the Title IX guidance on the use of bathrooms, showers and locker rooms by transgender students, the part about deference to agency guidances became outdated.  But the basic argument pushed by the now-withdrawn guidance remains–that Title IX demands that transgender students be assigned to the facilities of the sex they identify with.

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21st CENTURY HEADLINES: Women May Have to Register for the Draft as Men’s Group Wins Selective Service Lawsuit.