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Welcome to the Machine
Sydney Harris warned that men would learn to think like machines. He did not foresee that machines would become the judges of what men make.
The People Who Still Trust Washington
Voter confidence in the federal government slips to 24%, and the few believers cluster among the politically obsessed.
Think More: Friday, May 22, 2026
Riley measures the new tech barons against the founders, the CCP runs fraud as statecraft, the data clears Kash Patel, Dreher reads a killer's manifesto, and on Memorial Day weekend, T.R. at Gettysburg.
The Compact Nobody Expects to Be Honored
A new Napolitan survey finds only 35% favor the National Popular Vote Compact, and even its sympathizers expect blue states would break the pledge the moment it cost them the White House.
Think More: Thursday, May 21, 2026
The Justice Department indicts Raúl Castro, the DNC's disavowed 2024 autopsy, Rasmussen on the popular-vote compact, Samuelson on John Adams, and more.
Think More: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Severi on Massie's ouster, JTN on the broader sweep, Stiles on the ash heap, the Post on Iran's moment of truth, and Poulos and Davidson on the data-center backlash.
American Pride at a Three-Year Low
Pride in country is down nineteen points from its 2024 peak. Among Democrats and AOC-aligned voters, the floor is dropping faster.
Think More: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Eastman on Justice Thomas's defense of natural-law constitutionalism, the Federalist on how the CCP manufactures American citizens, the Justice Department exposes a twenty-year California voter registration scheme, and five more pieces worth reading.
The AI Race is Lost without Power
AI politics has moved from chatbots to power plants. Conservatives need a doctrine of building before the agencies and the Left write one for them.
We Don’t Need No (Civic) Education
What universities require tells you what they worship.
Capital Is Not a Hostage
A new Napolitan poll finds bipartisan majorities endorse a corporation's right to walk away. The voters have ratified federalism.
Think More: Monday, May 18, 2026
Davidson reads Britain's local elections as the drift toward civil war, Smarick on Republican governors leading higher-education reform, Republicans pursue a double-digit House swing post-Callais, and seven more pieces worth reading.
Fraud by Design
Ninety-four shell companies in a single Columbus office building, and a federal program designed to make their fraud unfalsifiable.
The City That Forgot the Individual
Mamdani’s 375-page equity plan and his luxury tax share one doctrine.
The Hate Map’s Ledger
The Department of Justice has filed the case that fifteen years of conservative reporting already made. The record is older than the indictment, and the cost has not yet been counted.
Think More: Friday, May 15, 2026
Voegeli on the Democratic center that cannot hold, Chalk on the Greek inheritance of America 250, the Justice Department finds Yale Medical discriminated by race, and six more pieces worth reading.
Mainstreet Goes Broke
A new Napolitan poll finds 44% of voters say all their income goes to living expenses. Mainstreet and Elite Adjacent voters now live in two different economies.
Think More: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Rubio presses Xi on the Iran war, Mahoney on C.S. Lewis, Vance's task force halts $1.4B in fraud, and seven more pieces worth reading.
Who Decides What the President Sees?
The Gabbard memos describe an intelligence community that decided what an elected president could be told. The regime question follows from there.
The Exodus from Seattle to the Sunbelt
Howard Schultz built Starbucks in Seattle, then filed his indictment of Seattle from Miami. The blue-state business exodus is basic arithmetic.
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