JOEL KOTKIN: Downtowns are dying, but we know how to save them.

VERY COOL:  Adventure in the Shadow of the Tartar Walls: A Boy’s Epic Journey Through the Boxer Rebellion.  Bringing history alive in our Boys Adventure books!

LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE: Plastic Surgeons Become the First Major Medical Society to Renounce Gender Surgeries for Minors.

MOST HILL AIDES FAVOR STOCK TRADES BAN: Talk about a super-majority! More than three-quarters of all congressional staffers surveyed say their bosses — senators and representatives — should not be able to trade stocks while in office.

ROBERT GRABOYES: Electile Dysfunction: Three reasons why Bastiat’s Window doesn’t endorse candidates.

OH, THOSE GAMES:  Small Things Like These. Why was Rachel Rooney really cancelled?

OFTEN. TRUTH DOESN’T HAVE TO BE PLAUSIBLE:  Lawrence of Arabia: Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

ONLY THE FOREIGNERS CARE:  The Trumpinoscope on French TV: Is the opposition of American stars against Donald Trump effective or simply symbolic?

IT’S LIKE THEY SEE THIS AS A WEAPON OF ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE:  Second Suspect Biolab Tied to Chinese Citizen Raises Urgent Questions on U.S. Biosecurity Oversig.

WELL, DUH:  New Poll Shatters Narrative: Voters Overwhelmingly Back Deportations and ICE.

And now we wait to see what distraction the democrats cook up next.

CHINESE FRAUDING:  Silver’s 40% Crash Was the Most Predictable Disaster of 2026. The precious metals frenzy that wasn’t about the dollar at all — and the Chinese fraud story that proves it.

DESPICABLE:  This is who they’re protecting.

LIKE A BUCKET OF COLD WATER:  Lawyers versus the genderwoke establishment.

THE… WHAT?  Portneuf Medical Center accused of retaliating against whistleblowers over dirty surgical tools.

THIS IS CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  Judge who blocked Trump’s Haitian deportations bankrolled Dems — including Biden who let migrants in.

THE NARRATIVE DOESN’T FIT:  ‘He is no victim’: Sister of man shot by Border Patrol in Arizona tells anti-ICE protesters to stop defending him.

NOT EVEN VAGUELY:  Not Analogous.

OH, PLEASE, DO IT:  Top teachers union under fire as lawmakers push to strip union of unique federal charter: ‘Lost their way’. GOP Reps Buddy Carter and Mary Miller spoke to Fox News Digital about why the NEA’s charter should be revoked.

AND FOR ALL THAT I THINK PRIVATE SPACE IS BETTER, I STILL HOPE THIS WORKS OUT:  Lunar Flyby. For the first time in 50 years NASA will (possibly this week) leave Earth’s low-orbit and attempt a 10-day manned flyby mission to the moon.

SENDING YOUR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IS PARENTAL MALPRACTICE:

Quality learing in MN. pic.twitter.com/cO6DgLUSs2

— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) February 3, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Comment on a groovy Tuesday.

MY BOOK IS NOW OUT: His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage, and Life in America. #CommissionEarned I would appreciate any readers purchasing the book, even just to use as a doorstop. If you are on a budget, ask your library to order it or get the Audiobook if you have Amazon Audible.

OLD AND BUSTED: “What is a Woman?”

The New Hotness?

.@SenTedCruz: "Are we right now on stolen land?"

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos: "I have no idea of the history of this land."

Warner Bros. Discovery exec Bruce Campbell: "Nor do I."

Cruz: "That speaks volumes…that neither of you are willing to say 'hell, no.'" pic.twitter.com/EWwYYUIHZH

— CSPAN (@cspan) February 3, 2026

To be fair, this changes everything!

Here Are 12 Fun Crimes You Can Get Away With If You Just Say 'We Are On Stolen Land' https://t.co/ZfDl8xzbvg pic.twitter.com/RavPavc5JV

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 3, 2026

MARS: Bleached Martian rocks offer fresh evidence of a wetter and warmer Mars: ‘But where did they come from?

WHY IS THE LEFT SUCH A CESSPIT OF RACISM? Black ICE Agent Hit With Racial Slurs After Asking Trans Agitator, ‘Are You a Man?’

Some people say ICE agents should be outfitted with body cameras, and we agree. As has been proven ever since the Summer of Love in 2020, body cameras usually wind up showing the professionalism of the law enforcement officer and the craziness of the people they arrest. Whenever we see a video of ICE agents being surrounded by idiots blowing their whistles, we find the restraint shown by ICE agents remarkable.

This ICE agent let the restraint slip for a second and managed to make the video of the day. Protesters were already in his face when he asked one, “Are you a man?” That didn’t sit well with the legal observers. (Language warning)

🚨 LMAO! Some tr*nny started berating a black ICE agent, and the agent looked him right in the eyes and said “Are you a man?!”

That absolutely SET OFF the man dressed up as a woman, who then called the agent a “n*gger”

Leftists prove ONCE AGAIN they’re the *real* racists

h/t… pic.twitter.com/pm439dDWLN

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 3, 2026

Last week, Tim Walz asked, “Is this a Fort Sumter?” His constituents certainly are acting (and sounding) like the Confederates of 1861.