ANALYSIS: TRUE.
If the US had a real president, he'd already have a US/UK free trade deal written up and ready to go. Sadly, we have a vain academic twit.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) June 24, 2016
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June 24, 2016
THE SHAREHOLDERS ARE REVOLTING: Peter Thiel Got More Facebook Shareholder Votes Than Mark Zuckerberg.
Just think of what she could do for booze sales nationwide starting next year!
ROGER SIMON: “News flash: The revolt against elites is real in the UK and America and it’s only getting started.” Well, to be fair, the elites are a pretty sorry lot these days.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME: U.S. Won’t Block Internet in ISIS Stronghold Raqqa; Says Citizens Have Right to Internet.
Social media is how ISIS does nearly all of its overseas recruiting of terrorists like Omar Mateen.
UPDATE: Austin Bay emails: “Now, let’s see if President Trump invites the Brits to join NAFTA.”
WHAT COMES AFTER BREXIT? You could do worse than read the new book by Jim Bennett, who, as long-time InstaPundit readers will know, coined the now-ubiquitous term “Anglosphere:” A Time For Audacity: New Options Beyond Europe. (Bumped).
UPDATE: Bennett emails:
In 1981 I was saying that NASA and the shuttle were overhyped and that diverse private rockets were the way to go.
For the last 15years I have been saying that the EU was overhyped and that looser Anglosphere relations were the way to go.
Same analysis, really. Now I am writing about commonwealth union. I suppose people will think I’m crazy again.
Just early again.
Never write off Jim Bennett.
CULTURE OF HATRED SPURS BLOWBACK: Hostile Dems push Christians into Trump’s arms.
So why the dance with Trump now despite his past social liberalism (which has given way to a social conservatism that is wobbly and inarticulate at best), adultery, divorces and vulgarity? Because social conservatives suffer a paucity of options — and their choices started getting worse before Trump took his fateful ride down the escalator.
Evangelicals have long given the Republican Party more in votes than they’ve gotten in action. But the Democratic Party increasingly pairs near-uniform social liberalism, including taxpayer funding of abortion, with a very crimped understanding of religious liberty.
Democrats have backed away from the framework of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act now that conservative evangelicals are seeking its protections. From Christian wedding vendors to Hobby Lobby, this has real-world implications for evangelicals in business.
I remember when all right-thinking people supported RFRA, but that was when it was about letting American Indians use drugs.
WELL, THIS COULD PROVE INTERESTING: Federal judge overturns Cleveland’s restrictions on RNC protests.
Recreate ’68, indeed.
FLORIDA MAN: The Patrick Murphy Scandal Primer.
AS A WISE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER ONCE SAID, PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: House GOP Pressures Dem. State AGs To Drop Attack On Climate Skeptics.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, CAN’T BUY A CLUE EDITION: Interim Mizzou President: Those Who Didn’t Support Race Protests Were ‘Just Bitter, Angry People.’
Last fall, the University of Missouri was rocked by race protests that helped topple the president and chancellor, and sparked a backlash that included drops in enrollment and a retreat by some donors.
On Tuesday, the University of Missouri’s interim president addressed the tumultuous protests: There are “some very, very progressive people [who are] supportive of the students… and eager to make changes,” Michael Middleton said—and then there are “people who think that it was out of control… just bitter, angry people over the fact that this happened in the first place.”
Perhaps Middleton, who was speaking to the National Press Club, shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss that latter group of people, which includes scores of dismayed donors, alumni, parents and prospective students. Mizzou’s interim president acknowledged that the university is facing a $30 million funding shortfall because of decreased enrollment in the fall, which is, in part, a reaction to the protests.
New records reviewed by Heat Street suggest Mizzou’s dearth of support may run even deeper. Wholesale purchases of Mizzou-branded apparel and gear (sold via retailers that are licensed by the college) are down after the protests, as are ticket purchases to sporting events.
In the first 10 months of fiscal year 2016, which began last July, wholesale sales were $19.8 million. Over the same stretch of FY2015 and FY2014, they were $22 million and $21.8 million.
Football season-ticket purchases were also down, though the fiscal year will end next month.
I’m sure clueless, insensitive remarks like Middleton’s will make alumni, donors, etc. far more willing to offer support.
WELL, TO BE FAIR, THE GOAL ISN’T TO HELP KIDS BUT TO PRODUCE LEFTY VOTERS: Research: Universal Preschool May Do More Harm Than Good.
FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: For the first time, America is no longer No. 1 for super-rich.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Interim Mizzou President: Those Who Didn’t Support Race Protests Were ‘Just Bitter, Angry People.’
Alumni and parents of college-aged kids should plan their spending accordingly.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: 2 extra years in college could cost you almost $300,000.
Taking an extra year or two to complete a bachelor’s degree is common these days, but that additional time could cost a student nearly $300,000, according to a new study by NerdWallet.
NerdWallet examined how much one or two “victory laps,” as extra years are sometimes jokingly called, would cost students by factoring in:
Real costs: Out-of-pocket tuition plus interest paid on student loans over a 10-year standard repayment period.
Opportunity costs: Lost entry-level income and forgone retirement savings.
Just more evidence of how higher education, often sold as promoting economic mobility and equality, can do just the opposite.
CAMERON WILL RESIGN FOLLOWING #BREXIT DEFEAT.
Related: Cameron’s resignation “would open the door to his chief rival in the party, the Leave-supporting Boris Johnson, to take over as Tory leader and prime minister,” Michael Warren notes at the Weekly Standard.