April 7, 2026

BOB GRABOYES: Eating Jeff Bezos: Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes a wealth tax on “ultra-millionaires.” Note that in 1913, the federal income tax was sold as a tax on the richest of the rich in America.

It seems clear that the money collected by government on the pretense of helping people mostly goes to line the pockets of the connected. Get rid of the fraud and there will be plenty of money to do good. But the do-gooders are more about doing well than doing good.

Posted at 8:03 am by Glenn Reynolds

THE GOAL OF LEFTIST MEDIA IS TO GIVE PEOPLE A FALSE PICTURE OF THE WORLD THROUGH REPETITION AND DRAMATIZATION:

Posted at 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

BLUE STATE BLUES: The California Exodus Grows as Affordability Crisis Pushes Residents Out.

“The region recorded the largest population drop of any in the nation between July 2024 and July 2025, according to newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau,” the New York Post reported. “The data, published March 26, shows roughly 54,000 residents left the county during that one-year period. The losses mark a continuation of a steady slide for the nation’s most populous county.”

LA County’s population dropped below 10 million for the first time since 2020. It appears that outlying regions have particularly benefited from the departures, including Las Vegas, which saw a population increase of 20,000.

As more than a few noted on social media, it’s remarkable that people want to leave Southern California. But the high cost of living, crime, poor governance, and general disorder are making it intolerable for many.

While there are many reasons an area can experience a sudden population drop, LA’s precipitous one coincides with a general trend for the Golden State. Much of the state has been bleeding residents (particularly middle-class ones) for over a decade. The numbers stabilized due to immigration, but now that is petering out, too.

California used to be expensive but well-run. Now it’s even more expensive, but to give just one example, has the worst roads in the nation.

Apparently, people don’t like that.

Posted at 7:33 am by Stephen Green

UP FOR PRE-ORDER, THE SEQUEL TO WITCHFINDER, (BUT ALSO A STAND ALONE) FROM SARAH A. HOYT:  Witch’s Daughter (Empires of Magic Book 2).

Some letters come from the living. Some come from the dead. This one comes with a formula that turns a rowboat into a miracle.

Seventeen-year-old Lord Michael Ainsling — youngest brother of the Duke of Darkwater, builder of mechanical marvels, survivor of fairyland — receives a letter from a man sixteen years dead. The inventor Tristram Blakley has not perished; he has been imprisoned by his own genius and begs the one mind in all of Avalon brilliant enough to understand his work to set him free. All Michael has to do is find seven missing brothers first and walk a magical path..

Fifteen-year-old Albinia Blakley has spent her whole life under her mother’s iron thumb — and her mother is a witch. The day Al finally escapes down a rope of knotted sheets, she lands in a world she doesn’t recognize, with no money, no magic kit, and no idea that the stranger who catches her is about to become her greatest ally.

Together, a girl with more secrets than she knows and a boy who builds machines that try to murder him must outwit a sorceress, navigate the treacherous courts of Fairyland, and unravel an enchantment years in the making — before a family is lost for good.

Witch’s Daughter is a gaslamp fantasy brimming with wit, warmth, and wonder, for readers who love their magic wrapped in velvet and their adventures served with morning tea.

Posted at 7:32 am by Sarah Hoyt

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POINTING OUT H1B ABUSE FOR YEARS:

Including me. “One of the most appealing targets would be the tech industry’s wage-suppressing hiring habits. Not only have tech giants like Apple and Google engaged in what a federal court called an “overarching conspiracy” to prevent wage competition, but Silicon Valley firms also abuse H-1B visas to bring in immigrant competition at lower wages, a practice that’s now spreading to other industries.”

I wrote this over a decade ago.

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

FEMINISM MEETS THE DRAFT: The Gender War Goes Out the Window When Real War Comes Through the Door.

“Men still don’t do enough housework!” The headlines shout it every few months like clockwork. Another viral study, another think piece, another round of finger-wagging at husbands who supposedly leave too many socks on the floor. I’m sorry, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to muster outrage over laundry when things like the Selective Service System is still at play, registering only men for a potential draft.

We live in a culture that demands “gender equality now!”—but only in the arenas where it benefits women. The moment real danger knocks, the script flips. Suddenly, biology, history, and cold necessity remind us that men and women are not interchangeable. And nowhere is that truth starker than when war arrives.

Look at Ukraine in 2022. A nation that had been marching toward progressive gender policies slammed the brakes the second Russian tanks rolled in. Every man aged 18 to 60 was barred from leaving the country. Wives, mothers, and daughters could flee to safety across the border; fathers, sons, and husbands had to stay behind to fight, die, or wait for the call-up. I tweeted that day in raw frustration: “I never want to hear anyone complaining about ‘manspreading’ ever again!” The replies were predictable—some cheered, some seethed—but the point landed. When the gender war meets real war, the gender war loses.

It isn’t ancient history. Right now, as tensions simmer across Europe and beyond, countries are quietly dusting off the same male-only expectations. Germany recently passed a sweeping Military Service Modernization Act. Starting in 2026, every young man born in 2008 or later must complete a mandatory questionnaire and medical screening for the Bundeswehr. Women may volunteer; men must register. Men aged 17 to 45 now need Bundeswehr approval for any trip abroad longer than three months. It’s not full conscription—yet—but the framework is there, and the message is unmistakable: when the homeland needs bodies on the front line, it looks to its sons first.

Always.

Posted at 7:14 am by Glenn Reynolds

THANKS, FELLA!

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

IMMIGRATION DEPENDS ON WHO YOU LET IN:  Refugees.

Which is why everyone coming in needs to be carefully vetted.

Posted at 5:57 am by Sarah Hoyt