FINISHING SCHOOL: "[F]ormerly-respected academic establishments will just become an expensive finishing school for privileged foreigners, and the offspring of our own elite class who can’t hack more demanding school programs."

PROFESSIONAL PROTESTORS UNMASKED IN TEXAS: an elementary school teacher, a costumer designer and a Palestinian store-owner.

Among other things, these are the reasons why I put Austin permanently in the rear-view mirror.

STUPID DOESN'T COVER THE REASONS WHY; EVIL DOES: Who is paying for the anti-Israel protests?

And why?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON (AGAIN): Try a little honesty about Israel.

Unless you're a progressive, for which honesty is a foreign concept....

WHAT ENERGY TRANSITION? Read the charts.

"The transition concept is wholly imaginary, except in America’s news rooms."

FROM POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES, these two seem to cover the last few weeks perfectly:

Now go see the rest.

“AMERICAN FECKLESSNESS”: The Biden trademark.

It's time to review my ammunition stocks....

THE END OF OLD LEFT-WING MYTHOLOGIES: The one-eyed Jack American Left has been flipped over, and what turned up proved frightening.

It's a bit of a longer read, but it's Victor Davis Hanson, so obviously read it all.

KURT SCHLICHTER: Let them destroy each other.

I am a bit concerned about the cost of rebuilding after the destruction is complete, but also bouyed by the knowledge that it will still be less than the cost of letting this insanity continue.

SEEN ON THE INTERNET: 'Dogs may help prepare you for babies, but cats help prepare you for teenagers'.

More 'shower thoughts' can be found here.

DEAD WORM FOUND IN RFK JR.’S BRAIN already polling higher than Biden in 11 states.

Yes, it is the Babylon Bee.

IT COULD: Will Argentina save the West?

If the West -- and particularly the U.S. -- can find the courage to follow President Milei's lead.

TRUMP VOTERS NOT SURPRISED: Fulton county reprimanded by Georgia elections board for 2020 error.

Not to worry -- Fani Willis is on it.

DOUBLING DOWN ON STUPID: President Biden is ready to use the strategic petroleum reserve again if needed.

You have admit that Biden is very good with both 'doubling down' and 'stupid'.

AND THEY'RE RIGHT TO DO SO: The public doesn't trust the 'democracy-saving' media.

WE'VE NOTICED: The Inflation Reduction Act has created the largest ever premium increase in Medicare drug benefits.

In 2023 my wife and I paid $676.80 in Part D premiums. We paid $868.01 for prescription drugs; Medicare Part D paid $0.10. That's right, 10 cents. This year, 2024, we will pay $802.80 (a 19% increase) for coverage. To date we have paid $89.70 for prescriptions; Part D has paid none.

A 19% increase for nothing.

JACK DUNPHY: On the violent left, eternal recurrence.

Have we learned nothing from the past? It’s not as though we need to explore antiquity for lessons in how to confront today’s issues. While such an exploration would no doubt be helpful, any effort in that direction is beyond – far, far beyond – the stunted intellectual capacities of our current crop of ruling elites, certainly to include our degreed betters running our so-called institutions of higher learning.

A certificate does not make an educated person.

IN ARKANSAS, MAKING PRIVATE SCHOOLS GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS: The Left's new school 'choice' playbook in Arkansas is a national warning.

Don't let this happen in your state.

WARNING: The public-health establishment is hazardous to your health.

COVID proved that already.

LIAR, LIAR, pants afire.