BECAUSE MURDERERS ARE ACTUALLY PROSECUTED? Female murder rate plummets in Milei's Argentina and you'll never guess why.

PROGRESSIVE SENATOR: "This 'magic words' thing has to go away."

Magic words -- and feelings -- are all they have.

MORE BIDEN REGRETS about stepping aside.

With Biden, it wasn't about his party, it was about his dynasty.

WITHOUT JEWS, THERE IS NO NEWS: Internecine wars within the Palestinians aren't newsworthy.

IT'S A HEAD FAKE: University of Iowa claims it's closing gender, women's studies department.

THIS ONE IS AMUSING: The twelve woke days of Christmas.

POLITICO LOOKS AT TRENDS KILLED OFF BY THIS ELECTION; their woe over the death of Democrat power is tangible.

CALIFORNIA -- the great destroyer.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES Christmas edition. My favorite:

See? Die Hard is a Christmas movie....

THE RECKONING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Why Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education has academia shaking.

I'd like to see the Department of Education gotten rid of, but maybe this is the better solution.

MEANWHILE REPUBLICANS ARE HARDLY FAILING: Democrats are failing hard at winning over the normies.

HE LEARNED; THEY/THEM DIDN'T: What was so different this time about Trump’s election?

SO MUCH FOR COMPASSION: Homelessness skyrocketed under Democrats and the Biden administration.

AUSTIN SLOWS; FORT WORTH GROWS: Fort Worth bumps Austin to become fourth-largest city in Texas.

Austin is clearly the 'wokeist' city in Texas; my guess is that the less woke Austinites are fleeing to less woke cities....

A LEGACY OF FAILURE: How will Joe Biden be remembered?

And Jimmy Carter, who died today at the age of 100, will become known as the second worst President of the United States.

NOT FOR ME, BUT PERHAPS FOR MY FAMILY: Demographics and conservative futures.

Progressives are voluntarily removing themselves from the gene pool

DROP HIM OFF IN GUATAMALA -- from 30,000 feet.

He'll likely be DOA, which would be appropriate justice.

SKYNET SMILES: Foul play in the death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji?

AMMO GRRRLL: Year-end random thoughts, questions, and two resolutions for the new year.

THIS IS A SURPRISE? White House aides were hiding Biden’s mental decline.