UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS makes massive free-tuition ‘commitment'. They could probably afford it for all students if they got rid of all the diversity drones and other administrative bloat. But that's not going to happen, so the taxpayers will take it in the shorts (again).

HEH: Rising tides sink moored Democrats.

POLITICIZE A FUNERAL? Last time, it didn’t turn out well.

John McCain was heroic in some ways, notoriously small-minded in others. It is perhaps a fitting coda to his career that his funeral was mostly about someone else.

My reaction to the week-long funeral extravaganza is pretty much the same as that of Powerline. McCain was a warrior and military hero, but he wasn't a saint. And I think the Left's use of his death to pound their own chests isn't going to sit well with most Americans.

WELL, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez praises Venezuela for making everyone a millionaire through hyperinflation.

Yes, it's (thankfully) a satire....

REVISING HISTORY, moon landing edition.

The Left may try to delete the American flag from the history of the moon landing, but the flag will be there at least until Luna is colonized. And somehow I don't think there will be any Leftists clamoring to be part of the colonization.

DON'T LOOK NOW — but Ted Cruz was exactly right about ObamaCare. Unfortunately I agree with Cruz; ObamaCare is so imbedded in the healthcare landscape that the only way to rid ourselves of it is to continue chipping around the edges until it collapses under its own weight.

I blame McCain.

WHAT DOES President Trump miss most?

IT'S A PUZZLEMENT: The Sessions Mystery. Personally I lean toward the 'falderal' explanation; Trump is a master 4-D chess player.

DENNIS PRAGER: Leftism is a secular religion.

Parts II and I of his series can be found here.

SURELY globalists believe in science.

ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC: Ex-Maryland governor Martin O'Malley locks down the most pitifully shameless liberal take on the Jacksonville (FL) shooting:

In Jacksonville on Sunday, two people were killed and over ten injured by a man from Baltimore, Maryland who brought a gun he obtained in that state into a gun-free zone in Florida and shot up the place after losing a video game tournament. He then killed himself.

With that in mind, guess who former mayor of Baltimore and ex-governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, decided to slam for the shooting:

Another tragic mass shooting in Florida. Republican Governor Rick Scott proudly boasted that he passed more Pro-gun, NRA legislation than any other governor. Time to close the chapter on deadly pandering. #WinBackYourState, Florida.

— Martin O'Malley (@MartinOMalley) August 28, 2018

Got that? It’s Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the NRA’s fault that this guy with a history of mental illness legally obtained a gun in the gun control utopia of Maryland (Baltimore area) and brought it to Florida to kill people in another kind of area liberals love to create: Gun free zones.

O'Malley's now the frontrunner for the Shameless Lib Asshole of 2018 award, but the year is young.

He'll be tough to beat but I have confidence there's a Progressive out there somewhere ready to challenge him.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ: The real House of Cards.