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REVIEWING TCW’S BEST MOMENTS AKA: WHEN MARK STEYN SHOVED MICHAEL MANN’S HOCKEY STICK WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE:  TCW’s 12 of the best: Mark Steyn and the death of justice.

A CHURCH WITHOUT VALID DOCTRINE HAS NO REASON TO EXIST:  Assisted suicide – how the Church has been killed off by its own woke leaders.

A LAST REVIEW BEFORE THE SITE SHUTTERS AND THAT IT HAS TO SHUTTER IS TERRIBLE:  My TCW week in review: The fight must go on.

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HIS FINEST HOUR:  Remembering Lindsey Graham’s Pivotal Role in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings.

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SAME OLD, SAME OLD:  A Lesson in Moral Obtuseness.  And a disturbing parallel from previous intellectual and political failure.

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I can’t begin to tell you how frustrating this is every time I visit (to see relatives. The only reason I would.)

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AS ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ECONOMICS COULD PREDICT:  The AI Jobs Apocalypse Just Failed Its First Contact With the Evidence.

RACONTEUR PRESS GETS ITS SECOND AWARD IN A WEEK:  First Special Prometheus Award for Young Adult Fiction goes to Dave Freer’s Storm-Dragon.

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OPEN THREAD: They heard the call and they comment on the wall, and you and me we understood.

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WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW (CONT’D): Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Improves Depression in Just 10 Days — Trial.

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COCAINE MITCH LIVES! McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition.

Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health.

McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he has undergone a battery of tests as doctors try to determine what led to his fall. He explained the long silence about his condition by saying that “folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.”

“Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct — I can’t help it,” he said.

McConnell said he is now in a rehabilitation center and will not be returning to the Senate “quite yet.” He said he continues to work with his staff on Senate business in the meantime.

The statement included a smiling picture of the senator with his wife Elaine Chao, a tacit response to speculation online that McConnell had died or was incapacitated.

Here’s the photo:

News — Mitch McConnell for the first time reveals what happened to him and sends out a picture of him from hospital. Says he took a fall, was briefly unconscious and dealt w case of pneumonia. pic.twitter.com/Gir1g1bp0C

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 12, 2026

ChatGPT and Google’s AI both believe the photo is real, though as ChatGPT notes, “Elaine Chao appears exceptionally polished compared with the hospital setting. Her makeup, hair, and crisp white blouse could make the image look ‘too perfect,’ but that’s completely plausible if she dressed up before visiting. The image has the smooth, smartphone-style processing that modern iPhones and Android phones apply automatically. Computational photography can sometimes resemble AI enhancement.” (Bold text in original.)