April 14, 2026

THAT EXPLAINS IT:

Posted at 4:40 pm by Stephen Green

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED:

Posted at 4:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

JONATHAN TURLEY: Disaster Tourism: California and Other Blue States Become Go-To Destinations for Econ Sightseers.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the “first partner” of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), is under fire for stating that she takes her children to conservative and Republican states so that they can see misogyny and racism firsthand.

Putting aside her hellscape phantasm, California may be a draw for a different group: curious economists in the mood for disaster tourism.

Just as people travel to Hawaii to see volcanic explosions in real time, they can visit California to see economic implosions. California is a laboratory for students to see what happens when you ignore basic economic principles outside of the classroom.

California is now the leader in the economic race to the bottom, as its politicians drain away what remains of decades of accumulated social capital, revenue and residents from their state.

Exit quote: “Beyond these politicians who find success in failure, the only group looking at a rosy future in California is the rising class of robotic workers.”

Make sure to decorate your luggage appropriately when visiting California for a little disaster tourism:

Posted at 4:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

TO BE FAIR, MILEI IS RIGHT ABOUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING:

Posted at 3:33 pm by Stephen Green

BE TOLERANT, THEY TOLD ME, OR ELSE:

Posted at 3:02 pm by Stephen Green

JOANNE JACOBS: It’s a marathon, not a miracle.

As founder of the education nonprofit Mississippi First, Canter saw her home state start getting serious about meeting higher expectations in 2008. That change included state power to take over low-performing districts, A-F grades for schools and districts based on student achievement and challenging new learning standards.

The state’s literacy law passed in 2013: Schools screen students’ reading skills three times a year and report progress to parents. Students can’t read adequately by the end of third grade are held back a year. The law meant “everyone in the system would be in a hellfire hurry to teach children to read,” writes Canter. “No one wanted children to fail.”

Accountability works — who’d have thought?

Posted at 2:47 pm by Stephen Green

GOD AND HASAN AT YALE: I Think TPUSA Is Making a Mistake In Not Letting Their Enemies Make Theirs.

“Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake.” — Napoleon

Charlie Kirk’s organization, TPUSA, is a fantastic one that has done a lot of good for this nation. Probably more good than many people understand, but as great as it is, I do think it’s perfectly capable of doing the wrong thing. For instance, I think it’s making a strategic blunder by opposing Hasan Piker speaking at Yale.

For those who need a refresher, Hasan Piker has become the left’s it-boy. He famously said America deserved 9-11, and recently said that someone should kill Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).

Piker is known for his extremist rhetoric, which finds its home on the streaming platform known as Twitch, where he enjoys being above the rules.

Exit quote: “We deny ourselves a gift by trying to silence Piker or, at the very least, not allowing him to speak where the general public could see. At the end of the day, the only people Piker’s words are dangerous to are himself, so let him say them.”

Related:

Posted at 2:35 pm by Ed Driscoll

IF BY WEIRD YOU MEAN BUSINESS AS USUAL:

Posted at 2:31 pm by Stephen Green

IF ONLY EUROPE WOULD MAKE CRUSADES GREAT AGAIN:

Why, it’s almost as if…:

Islam by Design

Update: Sorry, the embed is broken for some reason and just noticed. Hope the screencap helps.

Posted at 1:59 pm by Stephen Green