The West at a Crossroads: Excellence or Mediocrity?

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Lead Story*

Anti-Italian Discrimination: The Bigotry Behind the Columbus Cancellers

(American Spectator – Paul Kengor) *Must Read*

We Have an Update on the Talarico-Ohio Mental Health Center Story

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Mullin Goes Off on Margaret Brennan For Blaming ICE Agents for Shooting Criminal Alien with Child in the Vehicle

(Gateway Pundit – Cristina Laila)

Smackdown: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gives the fake Indian a lesson in Economics 101

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

‘More Dangerous Than Drugs’: Bill Gates Warns Of Risks Posed By Artificial Intelligence

(Daily Caller – Jillian Butler) *Must Read*

Mail theft, scattered ballots along roadside raise concerns about mail-in voting in California: report

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

Liberal Anchor Drops a Clownish Line About Communists. House Majority Whip Steamrolls Him on Air.

(RedState – Bob Hoge)

Slut-Shaming FTW At Cornell

(anncoulter.com -Ann Coulter)

Drugs and the Cornell Jane Doe Case. Normalize drug use and this is what you get.

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield) *Must Read*

Why Drug Trafficking Is Now Almost a Human Right in Canada

(City Journal – Adam Zivo)

Mamdani’s $131.5 Million DoorDash Settlement Is Not What He Says It Is

(Reason – C. Jarrett Dieterle)

French Street Protests: It’s Not Many Students, and Lots of Leftists and Islamists

(Hot Air – David Strom)

Iran-Backed Houthis Kill American in Saudi Airport Strike

(PJ Media – Catherine Salgado)

Putin categorically rejects possibility of resuming Ukraine peace talks in call with Trump

(New York Post – Gabrielle Fahmy) *Must Read*

Underdog NJ GOP Candidate Brings House Down Against Booker, Tells Trump To ‘Finish’ Iran

(Daily Wire – Hank Berrien)

Nature Retracts Study Linking “Atmospheric Thirst” to 40% Greater Drought Severity

(Legal Insurrection – Leslie Eastman)

What Prompted a Virginia County to Shut Down 122 Surveillance Cameras?

(Daily Signal – Rich Tucker)

Fraud, fraud, and more fraud: How Maine became a Somali scammer’s paradise

(Blaze Media – Benjamin Roberts)

Poll: Majority of voters concerned about socialists running for office

(Center Square – Sarah Roderick-Fitch)