July 17, 2026

THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Honda is officially pulling the plug on its only EV in the US.

After Honda scrapped plans to launch its next-generation EVs earlier this year- the 0 Series SUV and Sedan, plus the Acura RSX- we had a feeling the Prologue was on the chopping block.

Unlike the 0 Series models, which were set to enter production later this year at Honda’s “EV Hub” in Ohio on a dedicated platform, the Prologue is based on GM’s Ultium platform, the same one that underpins electric vehicles from Chevy, GMC, and Cadillac.

Honda already ended production of the Acura ZDX last year, which was also built on the Ultium platform, leaving the Prologue as its sole EV available in the US.

While Honda dismissed an Automotive News report earlier this year claiming the electric SUV would go out of production in December, saying the “article is based purely on speculation,” the rumors proved true.

There’s a lot of that going on, maybe: Lucid dismisses report that it is weighing filing for bankruptcy or going private after shares plunge.

Posted at 8:38 am by Stephen Green

DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES:

This scene is so out of “The Dark Knight Rises” that it makes you wonder when the show trials begin.

Posted at 8:22 am by Stephen Green

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Also, 10/7 made Israel serious about its defense in a way that not even 9/11 did for us.

Posted at 7:51 am by Stephen Green

RIGHT OF ACTION FOR TRANSGENDER SUITS: That bill known as the Chloe Cole Act of 2026 is moving up in the House of Representatives. The measure establishes the right for individuals who as minors underwent transgender surgery and treatment to sue for damages. Next question: Will House GOP leaders bring the proposal to the full House for a vote?

Posted at 7:51 am by Mark Tapscott

JUST SAY YES: Are You Serious? Virginia School Board Refuses to Drug Test Teachers After Classroom Fentanyl Overdose.

The Spotsylvania County School Board rejected both a proposal covering all new hires and rehires with direct student contact and a narrower version limited to employees working with elementary and special education students. Board members Rich Lieberman, Larry DiBella, and Lorita Daniels supported the testing requirements. Four colleagues voted against them.

Superintendent Clint Mitchell urged the board to vote no; at a cost of roughly $25,000 per year, he argued, the district would lose teachers to neighboring counties. His remarks, posted to X by local reporter Nick Minock, circulated widely on Wednesday.
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The superintendent’s argument left Spotsylvania in a revealing position. The district could require a criminal background check, professional credentials, and fingerprints, but a basic drug screen for cocaine, opiates, PCP, and amphetamines was framed as an existential threat to the hiring pipeline. What Mitchell did not address was the incident that prompted the proposal in the first place.

In May 2024, a rehired second-grade teacher overdosed on fentanyl in her classroom at Spotswood Elementary School.

Mitchell doesn’t want to send teachers to other counties, but guess which ones will want to come to Spotsylvania?

Posted at 7:36 am by Stephen Green

THE REAL STORY:  You have been lied to about tulips for nearly two centuries. Charles Mackay published Extraordinary Popular Delusions in 1841, and journalists have been recycling his tale ever since: crazed Dutchmen trading mansions for flower bulbs, a whole nation losing its mind, ruin everywhere. Almost none of it survives contact with the archives. Peter Garber went through the actual price records in the 1980s and found something boring and beautiful: markets doing exactly what markets do.

X-cancel.

Posted at 4:29 am by Sarah Hoyt