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Oklahoma’s Universities Don’t Answer to Oklahoma
A gubernatorial order banning DEI becomes a rebranding exercise, and the dossier keeps growing.
The Swing-State Illusion
Two-thirds of voters say the same states have decided our elections for half a century. The record says otherwise.
Think More: Friday, April 24, 2026
Lyceum's Friday reading: the Machiavellian Moment, three states on the same trajectory, and two reckonings with the SPLC indictment.
Think More: Thursday, April 23, 2026
The SPLC indictment, the 2019 impeachment unwinding, and ten more essays on the day's civilizational stakes.
Wisconsin’s Bill Comes Due
A new Napolitan poll finds Democrats up seven in the open governor's race. Cost of living is doing the work, and the markets agree.
Nullification by Another Name
A California gubernatorial frontrunner has pledged to prosecute ICE agents under state law. The Sacramento legislature is supplying the tools. The body count is the point, not the problem.
The Arsenal of Energy
Five presidential determinations, one industrial logic, and the return of Hamiltonian statecraft.
Think More: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Solomon on the declassified 2020 election memo, Brennan heading toward Cannon's courthouse, Bray on Hollywood's decline, and the Fujian goes far-seas.
New York Chose Noncompliance
Sean Duffy gave Albany four months to fix an illegal trucker-licensing program. Albany refused. The bill is $73.5 million, and the leverage only gets heavier from here.
What the States Refuse to Show: An Examination of 60 Million Voter Records
Twenty-nine states are fighting in court to keep the Justice Department from looking at their voter rolls. The reason is now public knowledge.
The Court Loses Both Sides
In six weeks, SCOTUS has bled 20 net points of approval. The defection is bipartisan.
The Justice Draws the Line
Clarence Thomas used his 250th-anniversary speech to name progressivism as the adversary of the Declaration. A verdict, not an argument, and overdue.
The Devil They Need
The Left's permanent enemy is not a flaw in its political program. It is the program.
Think More: Friday, April 17, 2026
Jordan moves to expunge the 2019 impeachment, Moolenaar on Chinese chip smuggling, Wai Wah Chin on Mamdani's racial-equity blueprint, Bessent and Rubio's hemispheric blitz, and another sanctuary-policy failure in New York City.
Iran Blockade Sees Less Opposition Than War
Scott Rasmussen's latest finds the public frozen against the Iran campaign but nearly evenly split on stopping the bomb.
Think More: Thursday, April 16, 2026
The Gabbard referrals, Merriam on Trump v. Affirmative Action, Petkas on The Breaking Point of a Republic, Rufo and Choe on California, Chris Bray on institutional blindness, Rosenthal on Online Censorship 2.0, DHS on the murder of Lauren Bullis, Heritage on the Middle East, and the accountability story continuing to unfold.
The Machinery of Injustice
The Biden DOJ did not independently identify targets for FACE Act prosecution. It outsourced that function to pro-abortion advocacy groups.
One System of Law
For more than a decade, the conservative movement has spoken in civilizational terms about the primacy of the Constitution. A reading of HB 1471.
The Doctrine of Coercive Ambiguity
"Fire and fury" was rhetoric backed by potential. The rhetoric of 2026 is backed by Fordow's rubble.
The Preventable Dead
Compassion without enforcement is not mercy. It is negligence with a body count.
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