August 24, 2026

SARAH ANDERSON FILLING IN ON KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Why Is Everything So Upside Down? “You can even buy ‘I stand with Lindsay’ merch. It’s one thing to want to call attention to postpartum mental health issues, but this is disgusting. I actually saw a video on X the other day of a ‘Lindsay supporter’ throwing water over her crying baby’s head in solidarity. I refuse to post it.”

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green

GUY MILLIÈRE: Europe in Free Fall.

Economically, Europe is in ghastly shape.

For nearly five decades, the European Union’s economic growth and productivity rates have lagged behind those of the United States.

European Union countries have established welfare states that have steadily expanded since 1980 and stifle economic growth.

The European Union has also proliferated stifling regulations that place a heavy encumbrance on businesses. Restrictions on gas and electricity production, combined with a drive for a rapid and extremely costly transition to “renewable energy”, have resulted in natural gas prices in Europe that are now three to five times higher than in the US, and electricity prices that are 2 to 4 times higher than in the US. To survive, many European companies have relocated production outside Europe.

International investment is turning away from Europe. Nine of the world’s top ten tech companies are American; the tenth is Taiwanese.

Although heatwaves have been affecting Europe for more than two decades, the continent remains resistant to air conditioning, viewing it as an expensive luxury (AC consumes costly electricity)…. In 2003, a heatwave in Europe killed more than 20,000 people. Almost nothing was done to prevent a recurrence, so in 2026, another heatwave has already claimed 25,000 lives.

Pessimism about the future — fueled by the questionable narrative berating “man-made global warming” and the hyped-up fear that the planet may become uninhabitable — is on the rise in Europe.

Most new immigrants in Europe come from the Muslim world and appear to have no interest whatever in assimilating or becoming more westernized.

Even if the “migrants” were amenable to assimilation (they aren’t), given all the above, why would they?

Related, from Conrad Black: Britain’s grooming gangs scandal exposes a State afraid of facts.

Posted at 8:34 am by Stephen Green

IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETIMES IN THE WNBA THEY ALSO PLAY BASKETBALL:

Although to be fair, I can’t remember the last time I read anything about an actual game.

Posted at 8:18 am by Stephen Green

SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Hiding Much? Newsom Signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act.’ “Presumably, the Stop Nick Shirley Act will face legal challenges, given that it could raise serious First Amendment concerns, but it is not clear how long it might take to resolve those challenges. The case might go all the way to the Supreme Court, and meanwhile, will Commifornia’s Dems be arresting reporters?”

Posted at 8:03 am by Stephen Green

ANDY KESSLER: The Summer of ‘My Bad’: We’ve seen a string of high-profile mea culpas the past few months. About time. Not much in the way of consequences, though.

“Mea culpa” translates to “through my fault” or “my mistake.” I much prefer the modern apology “my bad.” We’ve had a run of mea culpas lately. It’s about time.

Anthropic founder Dario Amodei said last year, “There’s a 25% chance that things go really, really badly” with artificial intelligence. In 2023 he worried about human extinction. But with trillion-dollar-valued initial public offerings in the air, he and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have sharply pivoted to AI optimism. Last week Mr. Amodei tweeted, “I think it will actually be possible to cure most human disease in ~5-10 years.” Cure us before it kills us, I guess. On the pending job apocalypse, Mr. Altman said, “I’m delighted to be wrong about that.” OK. . . .

In what should be a mea culpa for Democrats, but sadly won’t be, Rahm Emanuel summed up today’s collectivist fervor: “We’re the only country where you have to be rich enough to be a socialist.”

Until people in power have lost money, or freedom, or position, apologies don’t mean a whole lot.

UPDATE: They Spent Our Trust. Now the Bill Is Due.

Posted at 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

IT WAS WHITE SUPREMACY THAT PUT ALL THESE PEOPLE IN POWER, TO MAKE BLACK DEMOCRATS LOOK BAD:

Posted at 7:55 am by Glenn Reynolds

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Bad weather delays launch of China’s historic Chang’e 7 mission to moon’s south pole.

According to reports, the growth of Tropical Depression Narra in the Gulf of Tonkin has prompted China’s space agency to delay the liftoff of Chang’e 7 significantly — possibly until 2027.

“China’s Chang’e 7 lunar probe does not meet launch conditions, and its launch therefore cannot take place during the planned window this year,” the state-run Xinhua news agency reported today (Aug. 23), citing the China Manned Space Agency.

Chang’e 7 had originally been scheduled to launch today from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the island of Hainan. But then Narra started brewing in the Gulf of Tonkin, just to the island’s west.

Launching a rocket into a howling gale is less than ideal.

You don’t say.

Posted at 7:32 am by Stephen Green

GOOD ADVICE:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

HOW THE LEFT WORKS:

Posted at 7:23 am by Glenn Reynolds

ANDY BESHEAR IS A SAD LOSER.

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds