WHAT MAKES THIS GROUP DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER GROUPS?  The Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby on Passover and the Secret of Jewish Longevity.

ENDORSED: Elon Musk Offers To Buy And Then Delete Facebook.

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I RECOMMEND NOMINATING EUGENE VOLOKH: Judge’s death gives Trump the opportunity to overhaul the liberal 9th Circuit. “Of the 22 active judges on the bench — the court is authorized to have 29 judgeships — 16 were nominated by Democratic presidents, and six were nominated by Republicans. But with Reinhardt’s death, Trump will have the opportunity to fill seven vacancies to the San Francisco-based appeals court.” Don’t dawdle, the midterms are coming.

WHY MILLENNIAL WOMEN WANT TO DATE OLDER MEN.

The article is well worth your time, but if time is short, I can sum up 992 words in a single image:

THAT’S COMMITMENT. AS I CAN ATTEST, CRUCIFIXION IS QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE EVEN WITHOUT THE NAILS: Philippine Christian Nailed to a Cross for the 32nd Time.

And yes, I can attest. In high school, I played an Apostle (Bartholomew to be exact) in the Smoky Mountain Passion Play, and understudied for Thief On The Left, which means I got crucified a couple of times.

INSTRUCTIVE: Tech Insiders Are Shielding Their Children From The Technology They Work With.

TO BE FAIR, THEY’RE A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT ON TIDE PODS: Peeps Are The Most Disgusting Candy Ever And Need To Burn In Hades.

FASTER, PLEASE: Lockheed Martin Now Has a Patent For Its Potentially World Changing Fusion Reactor. Bring on the working prototype. If they stay on schedule, “the company could debut a prototype system that size of shipping container, but capable of powering a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier or 80,000 homes, sometime in the next year or so.” Well, I certainly hope it works.

ANALYSIS TRUE: Yes, They Are Coming for Your Guns.

QED: DNC vice chair calls for repeal of the Second Amendment in tweet.

As Charles C. Cooke wrote in 2015, “here’s the million-dollar question: What the hell are they waiting for? Go on, chaps. Bloody well do it. Seriously, try it. Start the process.”

In the meantime, “Every D candidate should be asked about this,” Glenn tweets today.

GOOD: Army mulls tougher basic training for out-of-shape, undisciplined recruits.

Citing a disturbing trend of new soldiers lacking both proper discipline and physical fitness, senior U.S. Army leaders are calling for a tougher and longer basic training program to prepare troops for combat over the next decade.

“We have every reason to get this right, and far fewer reasons not to,” Secretary of the Army Mark Esper said at the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium in Alabama on Monday. “That’s why we are considering several initiatives — from a new physical fitness regime to reforming and extending basic training — in order to ensure our young men and women are prepared for the rigors of high-intensity combat.”

While Esper didn’t divulge any details of what an extended Basic Combat Training (BCT) might look like, the Army has already floated the idea of adding two weeks to its 10-week program. A redesigned BCT is expected to be implemented by early summer.

Seems reasonable. But on graduation, each soldier should receive one of these to wear with pride.

SNOWFALLS ARE NOW JUST A THING OF THE PAST:

An American warship stuck in Montreal since Christmas Eve has finally resumed its trip to its home port in Florida, the U.S. Navy confirmed on Saturday.

The USS Little Rock was commissioned in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 16 but was trapped by ice at the Port of Montreal less than two weeks into its maiden voyage.

A spokeswoman for the Navy said officials decided to wait until weather conditions improved before allowing the ship to continue its journey to Mayport, Fla., out of concern for the safety of the ship and crew.

I blame Leonard Nimoy.

(Classical reference in headline.)

FLASHBACK: Who Has The Right To Mine An Asteroid?

AMERICA’S CAMP OF THE SAINTS:

This story — the migrant mass moving north — is the political equivalent of a tropical depression spotted far out into the Atlantic, one that is not much now, but once it hits warm water, could become a dangerous hurricane. Don’t believe me? Check out Tom Edsall’s must-read piece on how new statistical analysis shows that 2016 exit polling was wrong, and the white working class is actually more important to the Democrats than previously thought.

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That migrant mass headed north through Mexico could well be a perfect political storm for the Democrats, who can’t afford to lose the Roseanne vote this fall.

Read the whole thing.

FEMALE PRIVILEGE: “And when you’re a female, they let you do it. You can do anything. Just bite. Don’t even wait. You can do anything.”

HAPPY EASTER FROM OUR COASTAL ELITES: It’s 2018 and NPR Doesn’t Know What Christians Commemorate on Easter.

Meanwhile, Google, which seems to be creating splash screens every other day for some of the most obscure figures in history (and mediocre modern artists such as Walter Gropius) can’t be bothered to do anything today. On the plus side, at least they didn’t honor Caesar Chavez’s birthday this Easter weekend.

SMASH ALL THE THINGS! AIRBRUSH ALL THE HISTORY! First it was Confederate monuments. Now statues offensive to Native Americans are poised to topple across the U.S.

“Is there a difference between honoring McKinley and Robert E. Lee?” the mayor [of Arcata, CA], Sofia Pereira, who was part the majority, said in a recent interview. “They both represent historical pain.”

When do the FDR and JFK statues get toppled?