ROLLING LEFT AND DYING: The New York Times Is In Trouble.

IS CONTROVERSIAL, BECAUSE LIBERALS HATE US AND EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR: Praising Western Civilization.

IN THE EMAIL FROM JON M. JEFFERSON:The Black Medallion.

CAN I HAVE A DUH? Couples Don’t Need Wedding Loans. They Need More Modest Weddings.

GHASTLY AND SACRED: See you on the dark side of the moon.

THERE IS A REASON IT’S CALLED WORK PLACE, NOT PLAY PLACE: Why drinking with colleagues is bad for workplace equality.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How to combat underboob sweat and thigh chafing.

HOW TO MAKE THE WEST GREAT AGAIN: Please Sir, May I Build a House?

RICHARD FERNANDEZ: Having won all the battles, the Left is losing the culture war.

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS: Free-climbing El Capitan. “Vanishingly few elite climbers make careers out of free-soloing, and plenty call it irresponsible and deplorable, but in their heart of hearts they all recognize it as the final word in bad-assery…”

Pretty amazing photos of climber Alex Honnold at the link.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Black Lives Matter activist accused of punching horse arrested for speeding warrant on way to court. She looks like Rachel Dolezal’s older, fatter sister.

WHY ARE DEMOCRAT-MONOPOLY CITIES SUCH CESSPITS OF VIOLENCE? A longtime Insta-reader from Chicago explains one huge reason why:

As you are aware, the murder rate in Chicago soared in 2016 and this year it is well on its way to equal last year’s numbers.  There have been a couple of recent cases where they have arrested people for selling guns to the gangs.  The appalling part of the stories are the way the courts are dealing with these cases.  I stumbled onto this one today through [a blog called Second City Cop]:

● Man who sold gun used to shoot 2 cops released on $4,500 bond: sources.

There was another case where a woman was sentenced to probation for selling guns to a man with gang ties:

● Mount Prospect woman gets probation for illegal gun sales.

● Police: Woman with FOID card bought and sold guns for profit.

And as the long-running Chicago-area blog NewsAlert notes, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stands ready to take full national credit for his city’s stunning success: Rahm Emanuel May Run For President in 2020. “One source claims Rahm is very realistic and knows it is not likely he can win the Democrat party nomination: so his ultimate goal is to get the VP nomination. Stay tuned…”

I’d make the usual “Run, Rahm, Run!” jokes, but to be fair, his drafting of leftist “crash test dummies” to pose as centrist “Blue Dog” Democrats for the 2006 midterms was a huge strategic success for his party — and a disaster for the rest of us, leading to Nancy Pelosi as speaker, runaway gas prices, the Great Recession, Obama in the White House, and the Democrats’ passing of Obamacare on a party-line basis.

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE: “On Thursday, the progressive left treated itself to an orgiastic display of self-destruction. In the name of opposing all that Donald Trump deigns to grace with his favor, American progressives found themselves attacking Bill Clinton’s brand of centrist politics, defending woefully misunderstood calls for ‘jihad,’ and dismissing unqualified praise for the West as racially suspect…If the progressive left was actively trying to alienate its potential supporters and marginalize itself, what would it do differently?”

WHY IS STARTUP CULTURE SUCH A CESSPIT OF PREJUDICE? Welcome to Our Startup Where Everyone is 23 Years Old Because We Believe Old People Are Visually Displeasing and Out of Ideas.

HORRORS: The Soul-Crushing Misery Of The Knicks Fan.

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CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: My son’s “illegal knife” legal nightmare.

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RACISM, STRAIGHT UP: In Hollywood, Asian American actors see few lead roles, and pay discrepancies when they land one.

UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: ‘Scab’ Goats Raise the Ire of AFSCME at College in Michigan.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: University offers students funding for social justice projects. By which they mean “leftist politicking.”

Related: College faculty and administrators encourage racial protests, academic writes. Yep. These aren’t spontaneous outpourings reflecting general campus sentiment. They’re a politically weaponized fraction of students, promoted by the administration.

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THE TIMES AND ‘HONEST’ SHOULDN’T APPEAR IN THE SAME SENTENCE: NY Times says blaming Palin for shooting was ‘an honest mistake.’