AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM derives from outperforming rivals, not apologizing to them.

PROGRESSIVE WORLD: age(s) to be an adult.

14 - have an abortion
16 - vote (proposed in several places)
18 - vote; join the military; marry; sign contracts; buy guns; get tattoos.
21 - buy cigarettes (including e-cigarettes); consume marijuana
26 - buy health insurance

We're enroute to the nanny-state nirvana of perpetual childhood.

A NOVEL TO BE: The Progressive's Progress.

JONI ERNST TO HILLARY: “[I]t’s not enough to just be a woman.”

INSTAPUNDIT on 'campus crusaders':

They’re awful, nasty people using the excuse of “social justice” to justify indulging base desires of power and control. Awful, nasty, horrible people who should be recognized for what they are, denounced for what they are, and shamed for what they are. Because what they are is evil.

Evil is as evil does.

DAY BY DAY: Altitude adjustment.

SO WHAT'S CHANGED? Five years ago today on Shadow's World.