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- VDH: The same old, same old European runaround.
- Monsters are real. A look at the ageless B-52 workhorse.
- Jonathan Turley: The Coming Out of Jack Smith.
- Alex Berenson: On the painful prescience of Seinfeld. Good points but another point is some today can't relate because just about every plot falls apart if someone simply had a smartphone.
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- How Trump enforcers are sabotaging efforts to bring down drug prices. PBMs delenda est.
- VDH: Are we becoming Gondor? He's not wrong.
- Europe forgot about its people. He's not wrong either.
- Jonathan Turley: Jack Smith sheds his mask. TDS is a mental disease and Smith's got it bad.
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- The 5 most important skills to learn in 2026. Good life advice.
- Jonathan Turley: The blue state model for education has failed, and people have noticed.
- 3 founders solving big problems. Cool stuff.
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- VDH: Remembering the gloom and doom of the 1992 elections - on the upcoming midterms. He's not wrong.
- Athletes are supporting the Support College Sports Act. Thinking this may put it over the top.
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- It's a great time to discover the genuine you.
- VDH: The fantasy house of Mark Carney.
- I'm going to pivot instead and say he should run for President. Print up those Mitch McConnell for President 2028 bumper stickers. They could even outsell the Voldemorte for President ironic ones.
- From the archives: Leadership lessons from 2,400 years ago.
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- VDH: The Democratic Chicken - or the Socialist Egg? He's not wrong.
- Matt Ridley: The forecaster's paradox.
- Barry Melrose - a remembrance. Worth a watch.
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- Glenn Reynolds asks AI platforms to comment on his "Demons in the Wall" essay.
- VDH: The Elephant in the Canadian Room.
- Jonathan Turley on Congressional Democrats and the Supreme Court.
- Trump's top 25 achievements. I'm not MAGA or even Republican but you have to agree this is impressive. Don't agree - what were Obama's top achievements?
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- The Whiskey Rebellion. Some somewhat forgotten US history.
- Will New Coyote v Acme film blow up? I wasn't aware of this film.
- I'm Opting Out of Modern Life. I already do many of the things on the list but honestly going to pass on some of the others.
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- VDH: Who has been destroying norms? He's not wrong,
- Army head football coach Jeff Monken rewarded with a new 5-year contract. Good for him!
- Jonathan Turley on Hakeem Jeffries and rage politics. Hakeem supports term limits for the Supreme Court but has anyone asked if he also supports term limits for Congress?
- Charles Noble was quite a man. He should be better known.
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- No, Then Yes. Good advice, (HT A Layman's Blog)
- VDH on the hubris and fall of Anthony Fauci.
- Tulsi Gabbard on Anthony Fauci. Fauci needs to go to jail.
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- Dan Wetzel: Mike Lombardi leave the latest cloud for Bill Belichick at North Carolina.
- Russ Roberts: Will We Ever Lean?
- The lab leak theory was always correct. No matter how much Fauci and others lied. (HT Cultural Offering)
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- VDH on the Odyssey Hullabaloo.
- Matt Ridley: Why our public sector is so unproductive.
- Jonathan Turley on NY losing billions as millionaires flee NYC.
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- Two top senators urge Trump DOJ to prosecute Fauci despite Biden autopen pardon. Agree - Fauci should be in jail.
- Nathanael Greene was an underappreciated hero of the American Revolution.
- Jonathan Turley: Arkansas shows continued testing improvements from reforms.
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- Florida AG subpoena's NFL over Rooney Rule. Not once in the article does it mention that the NFL is being sued by former Miami coach Brian Flores over the league's hiring practices.
- President Trump opens the summit in China. China buying US oil and agreeing that Iran is never to get nuclear weapons are items that will probably be agreed to. What's the stance on Taiwan may take more than a couple of days to resolve.
- VDH: The four horsemen of the new anti-Semitism.
- GoPro is considering selling the company. Competition has put the company in a financial crunch.
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- Jonathan Turley: When the Democrats tell you who they are (and what they plan to do) - believe them.
- Netflix stock slides as forecast missed and co-founder Reed Hoffman leaves the board.
- From the archives: 10 awful words and the people they were named after.
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- The Missiles to Diego Garcia Subtext. The key takeaway - Europe is "naked without an American shield."
- Jonathan Turley: USC cancels gubernatorial debate due to absence of candidates of color. California is a national joke,
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- VDH: What is actually happening in Iran is not being reported. He's not wrong.
- The companies shipping the most humanoid robots. Surprised China has 90% of the market and Tesla is so far down the list.
- Data analysis of the state of the Iranian conflict.
- Warriors Casino: The people making a killing gambling on war.
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- Iran can neither be appeased or postponed.
- Kevin Kelly: Three modes of cognition.
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- Jonathan Turley: How Trump boxed Congress in on War Powers.
- 117 AD - the maximum extent of the Roman Empire.
- VDH: Is there a Trump great game? He's not wrong.