MAKE ESPN SORRY: Takin’ It to the Stadium: How to Get Right Back in China’s Face.

China has been exerting a little too much pressure on US companies. Let’s not let them get away with it: let’s see how many thousand “FREE HONG KONG” signs we can get at the LSU game ESPN will televise.

Related (From Ed): ESPN warns staff against disparaging Chinese communism.

WHY WAS THE WHISTLEBLOWER “VISIBLY SHAKEN”? Who Does the Whistleblower Know?

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): I think it’s worth breaking out this bit from Charlie’s piece:

It seems to me — and this is just a plausible inference, I’m not asserting it’s the truth — it seems to me that the only people who would be “visibly shaken” by that would be someone who already has guilty knowledge of Crowdstrike, Burisma, or both.

Now, look at the really just astonishing irregularity of the “impeachment inquiry”: not just refusing to take it to the floor of the House, but the secrecy, the selective cherry-picking of releases, and the plan to prevent Republican members — not to mention the Nation — from learning anything about either WB1 or WB2.

I think the most plausible inference is that the whistleblowers are connected to Biden’s campaign, or to the DNC, and were shaken by the possibility of Biden and Crowdstrike being investigated because they know there is something there to be found.

It’s time for the Democrat majority on HPSCI to come clean: what did they know, when did they know it, and who are they really protecting with their unprecedented secrecy?

But read the whole thing, because there’s much more.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Agile is a thing of the spirit (page 33).

That’s this month’s PragPub: Keeping It Light from the Pragmatic Bookshelf. As well as that article, I’ve just signed a book contract with them, more news on that as things settle down.

WE KNOW WHAT WORKS: We Must Take Effective Steps To Reduce Gun Violence

(Well, shucks. It’s now titled “To Reduce Gun Violence, Arm All Americans”, At least I like my sense of humor.)

IS BEIJING LOSING THE “MANDATE OF HEAVEN”? Tian An Men and Hong Kong — Has Beijing Learned Anything?

THE MOTHER OF ALL IRONIES: Iran unveils three new ‘precision guided missiles’ and warns of the ‘mother of all wars’ if the US attacks amid tensions in the Gulf.

Worked well the last time someone made that threat.

WHO KNOWS? THERE’S A WHITE SUPREMACIST IN EL PASO! Dayton? Did Something Happen in Dayton?

UPDATE: I should note that I dun bin edited and the headline is now Why Are We Hearing About the White Supremacist in El Paso and Not the Liz Warren Supporter in Dayton?

SOCIAL CHANGE? OR EDUCATION? What Are Schools For, Anyway?

GUESS WHO DOESNT MATTER TO THE LEGACY MEDIA: What We Aren’t Hearing About West Baltimore.

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.