September 8, 2026

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Posted at 5:37 pm by Stephen Green

CHARLES COOKE: Look Back in Anger at 9/11.

Nothing good came of September 11. Pearl Harbor, like Operation Barbarossa, brought about the conditions that guaranteed the Allies would win the war. Antietam led to the Emancipation Proclamation and, eventually, to the defeat of the Confederacy. September 11 had no salutary consequence. We would, without doubt, be better off if it had never happened. A quarter of a century later, I still find myself fantasizing idly about going back in time to stop it. When I visit New York, I look at the skyline and wonder if, somehow, the Twin Towers will magically be there. Even now, when I see the footage, I hope, impotently, that, perhaps this time, the planes will miss. They never do. They never will. Each time I watch it, three of the four will ineluctably hit their targets, and I will sit in stunned disbelief as if I were seeing it for the very first time. I cannot make it go away. It is indelible.

It could have been worse. We now know what we did not at the time. We know that such attacks did not become commonplace. We know that the day’s events did not represent the opening salvo in a world war. We know that they did not permanently scar America’s sense of self — and, indeed, that, far from dwelling on it, Americans now have to be urged to “never forget.” I am at no risk of that.

But many will, alas:

Posted at 5:15 pm by Ed Driscoll

AGING: It Looks Like We’ve Made a Big Step in Combating Alzheimer’s. “In mid-July, the FDA approved Leqembi, a series of injections that specifically target the plaques that build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Those plaques are what cause the memory loss, behavioral changes, and terminal decline.”

Posted at 4:51 pm by Stephen Green

HMM: US needs mechanics and nurses, but kids want to be influencers.

Young people with realistic goals are likely to succeed. But few students get useful career guidance, writes Anne Kim, senior fellow at FutureEd, on The 74.

Counselors are in short supply, and high schools are still pushing “college for all,” writes Kim. “Despite increasing interest in alternative pathways,” many students — and high school counselors — are “unaware of the careers they could pursue, the availability of jobs locally, and the skills required.” In a 2024 survey, two-thirds of young adults ages 16 to 24 said they “do not know exactly what career they want to pursue.”

The dream career for nearly half of Gen Z respondents in a 2025 Morning Consult survey is “content creator,” notes Kim’s Future Shock report. Working in “media and entertainment” is also a popular goal. They think it’s an easy path to riches. Only a third want a “traditional job.”

No different than kids from previous generations wanting to grow up to be baseball players or movie stars, really.

Posted at 3:49 pm by Stephen Green

WHEN SECONDS COUNT…:

…Europe is nowhere to be found.

Posted at 3:33 pm by Stephen Green

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Wolford Enforcement: DOJ Sues Maryland County for Prohibiting Carry in Churches, Synagogues. “Houses of worship are often targeted by people with murder on their minds. That’s especially true of synagogues, which were disproportionately attacked even before October 7 and have since been on the receiving end of the ‘antizionist’ reframing of hatred of Jews. But in Montgomery County, Maryland, officials recently renewed efforts to forbid the carrying of firearms within 100 yards of ‘places of public assembly,’ including churches and synagogues. Now, some security volunteers are defying the intrusive law as they await the outcome of courtroom pushback against the restrictions.”

Posted at 2:47 pm by Stephen Green

THE NEW SPACE RACE (AFFORDABILITY EDITION):

Exit quote: “The SLS is a constituency management program wearing a rocket as a costume.”

Posted at 2:32 pm by Stephen Green

IT’S COME TO THIS: Dre Greenlaw wonders if Antarctica is ‘a lie’ during 49ers’ Australia trip.

Many San Francisco 49ers plans are experiencing Australia for the first time this week.

Yet, 49ers star linebacker Dre Greenlaw seems to be more concerned with another continent. He made that known during a wild exchange Greenlaw had with reporters on Tuesday morning.

A reporter asked Greenlaw, “Do you have any questions you’d want to ask Australians?” per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. San Francisco is in Australia ahead of their NFL regular season opener against the Los Angeles Rams.

“I mean, how far are we from Antarctica? That’s what I got. We’re right on top of it, huh? Does It snow probably pretty bad here? So Antarctica, is it a lie?” Greenlaw responded.

After being told the continent is indeed there, Greenlaw said, “Y’all been there before?”

Hey, back in 2023, NPR warned us that “Antarctica is melting and we all need to adapt, a trio of climate analyses show.” I blame Trump for how quickly it completely disappeared.

Posted at 2:22 pm by Ed Driscoll

SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: Bombshell Great Pyramid of Giza Study Retracted. “A scientific journal has retracted a study that claimed satellite radar could reveal hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, finding “serious methodological flaws and statistical errors” that undermined its conclusions. The retraction matters because the paper provided a scientific foundation for increasingly extraordinary claims about what may lie beneath one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites.”

Posted at 2:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

BIG MONEY: $1.3 Billion In Attempted Medicare Fraud. “An illegal alien from the country of Georgia allegedly spent five months running a Pennsylvania medical equipment company that filed $1.3 billion in fraudulent claims against Medicare and private insurers, then funneled the proceeds to a Russia-based criminal network.”

Posted at 1:45 pm by Stephen Green