POWERLINE: Our illiterate college students.

It is depressing to contemplate the intellectual level of most of today’s young people. On the other hand, there is a bright spot: fewer of them than before are going to college. The decline in college enrollment continues, post-covid shutdowns. Let’s hope that trend continues, as it can only improve the intellectual capacities of our youth.

Going to work works; going to college doesn't.

YES: "Our ruling class suffers from less-than-mediocre ability and inflated self esteem."

The quoted excerpt is from a podcast conversation and as a result is a bit garbled. Go read the whole thing.

SALENA ZITO: Mike Rowe is on a mission to reverse the unspeakable stupidity of devaluing work.

THE TRUTH OUTS: Evidence-based policy making has been replaced by policy-based evidence making.

Enjoy the comments, where the troll(s?) are roundly beaten up and have chosen to disappear.

FOREVER, I HOPE. How long until retiring Gen. Mark Milley is on the board of Raytheon or Boeing or some other major defense contractor?

But the smart money is on 30 days or less....

DONATE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT OR NEED THEM INSTEAD: Don't throw these items in the trash.

But I'm reliably informed by Hillary Clinton that cell phones are considered trash after being smashed with a hammer.

VOTING IN CALIFORNIA: Is it really worth it?

No. The Democrat party will vote for you, whether you want them to or not.

IT IS CHILD ABUSE to send your child to a public school.

It isn't (yet) but it should be.

ANOTHER REPUBLICAN IN THE MAKING? Congressman Henry Cuellar [D-TX] carjacked at gunpoint in DC.