"No group of Americans seems to be having more sex—and more satisfying sex—than married men & women who regularly attend a place of worship. In fact, we find the only Americans who have avoided the country’s “sex recession” are husbands & wives who attend religious services at least twice a month." ~ my latest @TheAtlantic w/ @grantjbailey

The saddest aspect of the US' cultural decline is the death of local pride. Midcentury historical societies flourished in small towns throughout the country, with the help of local gentry and profs from local colleges. The death of local pride is the death of broader republic.

I did not watch Netanyahu UN speech and I’m not planning to. He might have said all the right things (I doubt it) with his perfect English, but it doesn’t matter. No one believes him anymore. Netanyahu became one of the most hated leaders on the globe and everything that comes out of his mouth, even if it’s true, falls on deaf ears. He is doing a disservice to the state of Israel by keep clinging to his role. Hopefully soon we will vote him out of office.

If El-Sayed doesn't think the word "genocide" is important, why does he insist on using it?

If you're wondering whether Trump's corruption has enough plausible deniability, ask yourself: Are Scott Jennings' denials plausible? From our new episode with @scottjenningsky, out now.

"there have very likely been war crimes in the current war" Scholars of such things estimate that even in Western armies, 10% of soldiers commit war crimes, 1-3% serious war crimes. Even if that's off by a factor of five, it would still amount to a lot of criminal behavior in a big war. So it would be shocking if 500K Israeli soldiers deployed in the wake of 10/7 didn't commit any. Boudry isn't suggesting otherwise, but it's worth emphasizing that there is a difference between finding that an individual soldier or unit did something illegal, and systemic war crimes solicited and approved of by the military and political command. The fact that war crimes are reasonably common even in Western armies that are trained otherwise is one of many reasons that war should be avoided at all costs. But if the possibility of war crimes was a reason to avoid fighting any war, ever, then any country that actually cared about human rights would be rendered completely defenseless.

🚨Arlington County won't pursue DWI charges for DACA recipients. Dehghani-Tafti testified that her office's policy is to find a resolution or shift to a "lateral charge" so DACA recipients don't lose their status. How does this make residents of Arlington County safer? It doesn't.

Fernando Mendoza signed a rookie contract in July worth $57.27 million. Fully guaranteed. He is 22 years old. This week he announced what he is doing with his rookie season. He is starting a series called Finance with Fernando to teach people his age how to handle money. His words in the trailer. "My true passion is fiscal responsibility." He is not bluffing. He graduated from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley, and he is finishing a master's in business administration in December. Here is how he got to the point where a 22 year old can say that. All four of his grandparents left Cuba for Miami in 1960. He grew up in Miami and played at Christopher Columbus High School. In two seasons as the starting quarterback he threw for 1,396 yards and 16 touchdowns. Total. Nobody was building a recruiting class around that. He committed to Yale. Then another recruit's decision opened a door at California, and he went to Berkeley instead. He redshirted in 2022. He started eight games in 2023 and eleven in 2024. Then he hit the portal and went to Indiana, a program that had gone 9-27 in the three years before Curt Cignetti showed up. What happened next does not really happen. Indiana went 16-0. Mendoza threw 41 touchdown passes, a school record. They won at Oregon. They beat No. 1 Ohio State for the Big Ten title. Rose Bowl against Alabama, he went 14 of 16 for 192 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-3 win. Peach Bowl against Oregon, five touchdowns. Then the national championship game, against Miami. The school in his own hometown. Indiana won 27-21. He was the offensive MVP. First Heisman Trophy in Indiana history. First national championship in Indiana history. Then the Raiders took him first overall. He wears number 15 for Tom Flores, who gave him his blessing to use it. And right now he is sitting behind Kirk Cousins. So instead of waiting around, he is finishing the MBA and starting a personal finance series for people who have never had money and are about to. One more thing worth knowing about him. His mother Elsa lives with multiple sclerosis. He and his brother worked with restaurants to put items on the menu that raise money for MS research. Turn on any sports broadcast in America right now and count the sportsbook ads. The number one pick in the draft started a show about not losing your money.

I long for a simpler time before AI, when schools had to use Photoshop to create a more diverse student body, like UW-Madison in 2000. snopes.com/fact-check/uw-boo…