HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

It’s alarming that Americans with advanced degrees are twice as likely to support political violence than high school graduates. They occupy the commanding heights of the US. They staff federal agencies, universities, foundations, newsrooms, law firms, tech companies, and medical… pic.twitter.com/I2WstrA5z7

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) September 8, 2026

Remember when higher education was supposed to have a civilizing influence?

THAT’S BRAVE: Small-scale protests break out in Iran over cost of living. “The protests come after DW Persian reported that many Iranians, including cancer patients, were forgoing or delaying critical treatment as healthcare costs become increasingly unaffordable. The prices of some medications had risen by 120%, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported. Some medications had increased in price by as much as 543%, German news channel Deutsche Welle (DW) reported.”

OF COURE HE DID: James Talarico Voted Against Bills Targeting CCP Influence in Texas, Including Popular Measure Barring Chinese Nationals From Buying Farmland.

IMPRESSIVE:

EXCLUSIVE: Drone activity at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped roughly 75% after the U.S. used a laser weapon, the military says. https://t.co/7ZkYRoeNAt

— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 7, 2026

GOOD LORD: U.S. Citizenship Official Was Selling Green Cards.

IT WAS TOTALLY ON-POINT, WASN’T IT? Looking Back on the 2016 ‘Flight 93 Election’ Essay That Changed American History.

HMM: The Problem is Not the JAGs. Not Really. The Problem is the Commanders.

LIGHTNING DEAL: Mukiya 20000mAh Laptop Power Bank with Retractable Cable & Stand. #CommissionEarned

MACARTHUR PARK IS CLONING IN THE DARK: Adam Carolla: Los Angeles is “number one in artist renderings. You say whatever you want about your city, we’ll kick your ass with our renderings. Our actual product is shit, but if you want a bullet train or a park or a  bridge, we got a rendering, and it’s amazing. Except we’ll never realize any of it:”

A new $82 million dollar park is opening under the 6th street bridge in Los Angeles, California

The promotion materials show it being amazing, clean, a place for kids with a splash pad and tons of amenities and fields

It’s not even open and it’s already COVERED in graffiti, it… pic.twitter.com/wYD0ZrnfY9

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 7, 2026

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER: Amy Acton’s ‘Assassination Attempt’ Narrative Is Falling Apart.

LEFTISM IS BAD FOR PEOPLE AND OTHER LIVING THINGS: America’s Bad Cities Are Costing You. “Does crime reduce the extent of agglomeration economies? To a major extent, yes, and we know it thanks to a suite of different disasters—bombings, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.—, to random events that displaced populations—the Mariel Boatlift, Japanese internment, close elections that appointed discriminatory mayors, etc.—, to the historical period known as the Great Migration—the mass movement of African Americans from the southeastern U.S. to the rest of the country’s urban areas. My replication package deals with all of these, and they produce convergent results, but for this article, I’ll just talk about the clearest example.”

Some fascinating stuff at the link.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice.

NICE WORK — NOW GO FIND THE NEXT ONE:

🚨 BOOM! All the hospices are gone. Not a single hospice remains. No more luxury vehicles and no more of your dollars funding their fraudulent scheme. They were all frauds.

In this one location alone we saved America $30 million+.

END IT ALL. pic.twitter.com/AZd6ptatr7

— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) September 7, 2026

Meanwhile: Critics say new ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ will make uncovering fraud more difficult.

“THE COUNTERREVOLUTION”: Victor Davis Hanson Surveys Trump’s Fall and Rise.

IT’S SEVEN IN THE MORNING. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR MARS ROVER IS UP TO?  What is going on with Perseverance?

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Carmakers Have A New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine.

EV sales remain depressed since the Trump administration removed a $7,500 incentive last year and rolled back regulations driving a more electric market.

Two primary concerns have kept Americans from buying EVs en masse: the higher cost of battery-powered cars, and concerns over range—specifically, the availability of charging. In theory, EREVs solve the range and charging problem, while offering other advantages for bigger vehicles like three-row SUVs. Those require large batteries that can struggle with long recharge times. The setup is popular in China’s high-tech auto market, where even Ford and General Motors offer EREV vehicles not sold in the U.S.

Most plug-in hybrids on the road today are essentially gasoline vehicles with a battery shoehorned in to provide a small amount of all-electric range. EREVs flip the concept. They are designed first as electric vehicles, and the engine solely acts as a generator for the battery, with no mechanical connection to the wheels.

The setup saves some battery costs compared with full EVs and eliminates the need for gas-car parts like a transmission. EREVs also drive like EVs, including instant acceleration even when the battery is drawing from the generator.

EVs need to offer the range independence of gas cars.

THEY’RE ONLY GOING TO REPORT ON POTENTIALLY EMBARRASSING HAPPENINGS:  Mainstream TV vague about airing first-ever GOP midterm convention — as NFL serves up big competition.

A GOOD MAN WITH A GUN ROLL OF DUCT TAPE:  NJ gun shop owner ID’d as hero who duct-taped unruly airline passenger — and his clapback to the lunatic was brilliant.

THERE ARE PRO EU MYTHS?  Iceland Shatters Every Pro EU Myth There Is. The Icelandic refusal to join the EU has implications far beyond its own sovereignty and should serve as a lesson to Britain’s establishment Brexit subversives.

NO. IT’S BAD SCIENCE FICTION. NEXT?  Is the New HIGH Climate Scenario Plausible?  Good news and bad news from a close look at the new CMIP7 scenarios.

NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE:  American Heroes of 9/11: Todd Beamer and the Passengers of Flight 93.

SO, ANOTHER DAY ENDING IN “Y”:  This Liberal Writer Got Slapped With a Brutal Community Note.

THEY ARE NOT AMERICAN:  Muslim police chief of Detroit suburb told his subordinates that wife-beating isn’t a “formal” criminal offense.

THAT’S WHO THE LEFT IS:  Very Clever, Washington Democrats! Screwing the Public Employee Unions who support your Income Tax!

They’re the “Hyenas eating people’s faces party.” You vote for them, sooner or later your face gets eaten.

SANDERS DANCES WITH THE ONES WHO BRUNG HIM, I.E. RUSSIA AND CHINA:  Sanders’ Bill Threatens US AI Developers With ‘Corporate Death Penalty,’ Prison Time.