TEACH STUDENTS TO MASTER THE TOPIC: Why Isn’t Every Kid an “A” Student?

IT’s STILL MORNING SOMEWHERE: Steve Green claims he’s gone “camping” — whatever that is — with his kids, so we dropped the shaker on linking today’s Morning Briefing.

Until now.

So there it is.

Go get’em tigers.

WHAT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE HELD AWAITING COURT APPEARANCES: Let’s Stop Lying to Ourselves and Call Them Jails.

IS GOOGLE SELLING “SOCIAL ENGINEERING”? When is Advertising Social Engineering?

REQUEST FOR LINKS: I’m writing a book chapter about how “wokism” is creeping into STEM topics. I’ve got some links but I’d love more.

Oh, and honest I already know it’s happening and I don’t approve, but I want sources.

POLITICAL ZEALOTS DO NOT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA MAKE: Don’t Blame Wikipedia for Clinton and Epstein Edits.

NO COST TOO GREAT: What Are You Willing to Give Up to Be #NeverTrump?

IT’S TELLING THAT LAURENCE TRIBE CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE: On Tian An Men, Laurence Tribe, and the Mandate of Heaven.

BECAUSE I HAVE NO SHAME I’M PLUGGING THIS AGAIN: We May Consent to be Governed, We Do Not Consent to be Ruled

In the comments, it was noted that Valerie Jarrett, at the start of the Obama Administration, said straight out that they came in “ready to rule.” I’ll have more to say about the distinction between governing and ruling soom.

SARAH HOYT ON BECOMING AN AMERICAN VIA ROBERT HEINLEIN: A Writer As Big As America.

“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT”: The Geometry of Liberty.

SARAH HOYT: And Our Flag Was Still There.

And remember George Patton: “Take not counsel of your fears.”

REVOLUTION IS A POLITICAL ACT: We May Consent to be Governed but We Do Not Consent to be Ruled.

GROUPTHINK IS GROUPTHINK: Beavis, Butthead, Easter, and the Madness of Crowds

In which I disagree with Glenn. And Steve. And Sarah.

YOU GET A RAISE, AND YOU GET A RAISE: Kamala “Oprah” Harris and How Much to Pay Teachers

ANNOY A JOURNALIST: Learn to Code!

And probably some computer science professors and some college admission offices. But it’s my experience from years of tutoring that college grads don’t learn to code in computer science classes.

INSTAPUNDIT,PJMEDIA ALSO RED-TAGGED AT FACEBOOK:

Okay, it’s not Facebook per se, but NewsGuard. Which still shows Media Matters as trustworthy.

IT’S NOT THE VOTE THAT COUNTS; IT’S WHO MANUFACTURES THE VOTES: Don’t take my Constitutional republic away from me.

WHAT IF WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION? Welcome to the No Green New Deal Future.

The GND would make transportation worse but would cost lots of money. Let’s not do that.

HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T DO ARITHMETIC: Life in the GND “Paradise”? Nasty, Brutish, and Short.

BOOK PLUG FOR A FRIEND: Anna David’s How to Get Successful by F*cking Up Your Life: Essays on Addiction and Recovery comes out today. Many of you were fans of Red Eye on Fox when Greg Gutfield was the host; Anna was a guest many times.

“How I got sober” books can be kind of dreadful, but this one isn’t: Anna is funny, self-deprecating, and insightful. It’s worth a read.

THE LEFT CAN’T UNDERSTAND TRUMP VOTERS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T CONCEIVE OF WHAT MOTIVATES TRUMP VOTERS: They’re Dancing on a Powder Keg.

A PRODUCT PEOPLE WANT TO BUY, AT A PRICE THEY”RE WILLING TO PAY: Make Big Money Writing Fiction

I know, this is my new mantram, sort of business dharma.

IS YOUR FAVORITE GOOGLE SERVICE GOING AWAY? With the upcoming demise of Google+ — not that it was anyone’s actual favorite — it’s worth keeping an eye on Did Google Shutdown ___ Yet?

IT ALL REALLY COMES FROM ONE ERROR: The One Wrong Premise At the Center of American Politics Today