HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Guilford College is changing the way it does most everything in an effort to stem its enrollment decline.

FLASHBACK: Lincoln Said It Best: The Founding Fathers Opposed Slavery.

In Lincoln’s famous 1860 Cooper Union speech, he noted that of the 39 framers of the Constitution, 22 had voted on the question of banning slavery in the new territories. Twenty of the 22 voted to ban it, while another one of the Constitution’s framers–George Washington–signed into law legislation enforcing the Northwest Ordinance that banned slavery in the Northwest Territories. At Cooper Union, Lincoln also quoted Thomas Jefferson, who had argued in favor of Virginia emancipation: “It is still in our power to direct the process of emancipation, and deportation, peaceably, and in such slow degrees, as that the evil will wear off insensibly….”

To be sure, the Founding Fathers weren’t abolitionists. But they were overwhelmingly antislavery.

Lots of good history at the link, most of which is no longer taught.

WELL: Fareed Zakaria: “It Pains Me To Say This,” But Trump Was Right About Asylum System.

R.I.P.: Lee Iacocca Dead at 94.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why Hollywood Can’t Quit The Mueller Report.

It’s also worth pointing out that many of Saddam Hussien’s generals were convinced that his regime was holding weapons of mass destruction. Of course, he had an active weapons program, and used them on his own people as well as the Iranian military. But that program ended in the 1990s. Afterward, Saddam relied on a policyof “deterrence by doubt” that was crafted to keep international foes and Iraqis alike guessing.

That’s not the cry that came from the Left and Hollywood, though. Their line of attack? Bush lied, people died. So the film’s screenwriters tinkered with reality, big time, to give liberals the ending they craved. It was all Bush’s fault.

Something similar is happening right now regarding The Mueller Report.

Once the narrative is established, it’s difficult to dislodge. And progressive Hollywood is the Terminator of establishing narratives — they never quit.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Some women have penises. If you won’t sleep with them you’re transphobic.

WHEN 2+2 DOESN’T EQUAL 4 … WE’RE SCREWED: Clifford Humphrey is a doctoral candidate at Hillsdale College in politics and this essay in The Epoch Times is as clear and concise an explanation of the necessity for objective truth, and indictment of contemporary relativism, as you are likely to read anywhere.

Remember the name, “Clifford Humphrey,” because, if this guy’s classroom teaching and academic publishing work are as good as his essay skills, he’s going to be a great teacher. And for the record, I’ve never met Humphrey (but I might now recognize him if he walked up to me on the street tomorrow, having seen his thumbnail photo on The Epoch Times).

OUT ON A LIMB: No, Philly doesn’t need to cure poverty to reduce crime.

“This weekend’s tragic, alarming gun violence,” said Krasner “underscores why we must address the root causes of this public health crisis: Poverty, hopelessness, and a lack of gun control …”

Having recently re-read James Q. Wilson’s Thinking About Crime, I am regularly frustrated by how little progress has been made in the debate about crime in America. The book, which helped influence the crime-fighting revolution that took place in cities across America (especially New York), dedicates an entire chapter to explaining why addressing root causes is not a prerequisite for crime reduction.

Perhaps the strongest evidence supporting Wilson’s argument as to “root causes” is the drastic and long-lasting crime decline experienced in New York City between 1990 and 2018, a period during which annual homicides went from 2,262 to 295. And with that decline in mind, I can’t help but wonder: Why is it you never hear people like Mr. Krasner offer a “root causes” explanation for the Big Apple’s violent crime decline? After all, if addressing root causes like poverty is the only way to reduce crime, surely we would have seen a drastic improvement in the Big Apple’s poverty rate during that period. Well, we didn’t.

Some might be quick to point out that Philadelphia’s poverty rate for 2017 (26 percent) was higher than New York’s (19 percent); but the latter’s poverty rate has been essentially steady for over a decade. Indeed, New York’s 2016 poverty rate (19.5 percent) was actually slightly higher than it was in 1989 (18.8 percent), when violent crime was an exponentially bigger problem.

Read the whole thing.

(Via City Journal.)

SETTING THE STAGE FOR A PARDON? Russian oligarch’s story could spell trouble for Team Mueller. “Most importantly, Deripaska’s interview with the FBI reportedly was never provided by Team Mueller to Manafort’s lawyers, even though it was potential proof of innocence.”

BOTH ARE WORTH CELEBRATING: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday Replaced With Slave Liberation Day in Charlottesville.

CREATOR VS. TAKER: Bernie Vs. Bernie: Who Has Improved More Lives, Marcus Or Sanders?

IN VIEW OF THE NGO BASHING, PERHAPS IT’S TIME FOR THIS?  Offering Gun Education to the LGBTQ Community.

Don’t be caught unprepared. Particularly if you’re a minority the left believes belongs in their “reservation.”  Remember, the left only loves you if you sing in the progressive choir. And they despise anyone with an independent mind.

FORTUNATELY MY FIELD IS NO LONGER DEPENDENT ON THE IDIOTS THAT THE FEW HOUSES IN NYC THINK ARE SO CUTE:  Literal Genocide.

Yes, I know. Being a decent human being is not a requirement for being a decent artist. And in fact some of our best artists are total and complete trash. I just have trouble believing someone so despicable as to advocate extreme violence against anyone having the audacity to disagree with her (yeah, I give a hang about her “chosen” pronouns. Make me.) can write stories that are more than extended, soulless harangues.

IT WAS ALWAYS DANGEROUS. NOW IT IS VISIBLY SO:  The American left is seriously out of control. Now it is dangerous.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE FRAUD. HEAPS OF FRAUD. UNIMAGINABLE FRAUD. FRAUD THAT WOULD STUN YOU IF YOU KNEW THE FULL EXTENT OF IT. REMEMBER TO LIE TO POLLSTERS, IDENTIFY AS ALL SORTS OF INTERSECTIONAL (THE LEFT CAN’T IMAGINE ANY MINORITY NOT VOTING FOR THEM), VOTE AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT AND VOTE IN PERSON AT THE POLLS. DESTROY YOUR MAILED BALLOT BEFORE DISCARDING. HOIST TWO MIDDLE FINGERS TO THEIR ATTEMPTS TO LURE YOU WITH “CONVENIENCE” INTO “FRAUD BY MAIL.” STAY FROSTY:  Democrats Circling the Electoral Drain.

AH, THE CANNIBAL FEAST:  Democratic bidding war on race heats up — long may it continue.

THEY WERE NEVER RIGHT. OR SANE:  Facebook Marches Left.

Fortunately they are also profoundly incompetent. Yes, I’ve looked at the info they have on me. Mwhahahahahaha. Er… that is, even when not trying to deceive them, they can’t find their behind with two hands and a seeing eye dog.

OF COURSE THEY DO. IT’S VIEWED AS CLASS SIGNALING. “ALL THE SMART/RICH/IMPORTANT PEOPLE” ARE LEFTIST AFTER ALL. OF COURSE, THIS IS AN ARTIFACT OF THEIR CONTROL OF THE INFORMATION/ENTERTAINMENT/EDUCATION COMPLEX. THESE DAYS THEY MIGHT FIND THE STRATEGY BACKFIRES:  Corporate America Tilts Left.

OKAY, GUYS, WHEN I DISAPPEAR TO TEND TO SCIENCE FICTION BUSINESS, I KIND OF EXPECT YOU TO LOOK AFTER THE COUNTRY, OKAY? WHY DID YOU GUYS LET ANTIFA RAMPAGE IN MY ABSENCE? DO WE NO LONGER HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL?   Andy Ngo Attacked by Antifa, NYT Says Meh.

Yes, I know some people think they’re cute, but remember they’re carriers of rabies, plague and Marxism. Antifa: not even once. And whatever you do, don’t feed them. Or let them nest in your city.

I WISH HER MUCH JOY OF “GET WOKE, GO BROKE”:  Stephanie Wilkinson: The New Restaurant Rules.

We don’t HAVE to do business with the barbarians. They need us more than we need them. We certainly don’t have to endure their spite, studied insults and violence. Let them dine on each other. Their Dejeuner Cannibal is their natural diet.

THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW HISTORY ARE DESTINED TO ANNOY THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THE REST OF US:   Truscott Thinks It’s Accurate to Compare Trump to Hitler -Again.

THAT’S NOT HOW THEY VIEW IT:  The Left Has An Antifa Problem.

AGAIN WITH THE SHOCKED FACE:  Witness: Ocasio-Cortez Berated Agents During Border Patrol Facility Visit.

MY FACE IS SO EXTREMELY SHOCKED:  Cory Booker’s Immigration Plan Is Hogwash.