The university has hollowed itself out by relying so heavily on adjunct faculty. This is a cost cutting measure, but it's also a consequence of the focus on career training. In effect, we have given up on education and settled for training. And most Americans don't even know the difference.

This Program Rescued Army Recruiting

An interesting article from the NYTimes about recruiting woes and a Biden-era program to address it. The program may also makes some sense of why the dream of a more macho culture in the Army may have had some appeal to the current regime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

$17 trillion, where is it?

Show us the money... and the Epstein files.

Mauss is always an odd experience

Another gargoyle reading in the wild.

People tell me if I don’t like Missouri, I should leave. But, it’s a nice day and the breeze is blowing. I’m sitting in the side-by-side watching my donkey get his hooves trimmed by a local farrier.

I’m not leaving because of GOP authoritarinism. It’s my state too, and I’m tougher than they are…

Screenshot of Silver Age Supergirl comic panel where Supergirl is turning a man to stone Man: Supergirl...why are you turning me to stone? Supergirl: Whenever I split with a boy friend, I add him to my private 'rock garden.' You can be your own tombstone ha ha!" In the background are 8 other stone figures, boy friends supergirl turned to stone.

The Silver Age of comics was hilariously unhinged

Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee

#owls

Won’t negotiate, but blames Dems

So even with no defense attorney there to cross examine witnesses, no defense witnesses, nobody challenging the authenticity of any of the evidence, Halligan was still only able to convince barely half the jurors when the standard isn’t even proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test at its Imam Khomeini Spaceport, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press.

Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test at its Imam Khomeini Spaceport, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press.

Musk, Bannon and Thiel named in new Epstein estate documents The House Oversight Committee is continuing to release redacted materials in its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

What does this tell us about Elon's apparent break with Trump over the files? Was it all a feint?
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

If it's a business decision, I'd guess that very few of Charlie's followers have ever watched a football game.

Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States The government can and should vigorously pursue justice for Kirk and all the others murdered by politically motivated terrorists, but it can and should do so without new political witch hunts, expande...

A sober analysis of the data for political killings in the US. No surprise, right wing murders exceed left wing murders by roughly 6 to 1. More importantly, I think, is that the rate of these killings hasn't changed much in the last 5 years, or even much longer.
www.cato.org/blog/politic...

I'm afraid the term 'vice president' doesn't quite fit any more. Maybe something like the 'white president,' or perhaps better (given his porcine appearance) the 'pink president' would be more descriptive.

Under this regime, we have an orange president and a pink president.

A young Donald Trump golfing.

Breaking: The White House released a photograph of President Trump golfing this weekend to dispel recent rumors of his declining health.

Henry Winkler as the lawyer in Arrested Development, talking on the phone.

"We're going to need a story about this accident. Say he was helping a woman. That should work. Also, is he wearing pants? Make sure he's wearing pants."

Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

Id heard that Cantor Fitzgerald, the Wall Street firm formerly run by Commerce Secy Lutnick and now run by his sons is one of the big buyers of these refund rights. Turns out it’s already public back in July when they were buying them at 20 to 30 cents on the dollar. www.wired.com/story/cantor...

Opinion: In the latest Free Lunch newsletter, Joel Suss shows how real per capita GDP declines by more than 10% in countries after 15 years of populist leadership compared with a non-populist counterfactual on.ft.com/3JNxSQ5

Honestly surprised we're not seeing more incidents like this -- both the masked men impersonating cops and the intended victim shooting masked men.

My God writing a novel is like cleaning out all the sand on a beach with a teaspoon.

"We were taught..."? In my lifetime (and I'm old) every single depiction of the witch trials in Salem and elsewhere has focused on the corruption of the accusers, the judges and the executioners, never on the witches. In fact the very term 'witch hunt' is meant to express this.

Just like the last time.

A tale of two vibes.

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

It's always someone else's fault with these folks.

Govt. Website 'Glitch' Removes Trump's Least Favorite Part of Constitution Trump is trying to take over the Library of Congress, but its website already deleted a part of the Constitution that Trump officials don’t like.

“The Constitution Annotated website is currently experiencing data issues. We are working to resolve this issue and regret the inconvenience.” -- Library of Congress Website

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Has JD Vance achieved anything as VP in six months? Because we learned last election about high expectations for those in that critical position to show solid accomplishments.

These people are perpetually in search of victimhood, creating their own alternate reality with phantom persecutors around every corner.