JOHN LUCAS: Courage, Cowardice and Leadership: Two Case Studies.

WHEN YOU LEAVE IT TO THE STATES, STATES GET TO DECIDE: Ohio voters enshrine right to abortion in state constitution.

Not many people noticed, but Trump saw this coming.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME A CIVILIZATION HAS FACED PLUNGING BIRTH RATES: Ancient Fertility Quotes. “This graph of European urban population over history shows some dramatic declines, suggesting that there may have been historical analogue to our upcoming world population decline. And there have long been rumors that at least elites often had low fertility during such declines. Searching for quotes, I’ve found these.”

Meanwhile, women — at least fashionable women — are still pushing back against suggestions they should have kids.

SHE’S A MONSTER: ‘Can’t Fool Me’: Arab-Speaking Israeli Slams Rashida Tlaib For Lie About ‘From the River To The Sea’ Chant.

DON’T GET COCKY, KIDS: Don Surber: 3 reasons why Trump is leading. The first two don’t count because it is the mugshot, stupid. “The prosecutions are numerous and unfair in a manner that crosses party lines.”

THIS IS A BIG LOSS, AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL YOUNGKIN DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG: Democrats regain control of Virginia House of Delegates in rebuke to Youngkin.

WHY ARE ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS FULL OF IDIOTS AND MORAL CRETINS? Meet the Nike Marketing Specialist Who Says Israel, Not Hamas, Is ‘Massacring Civilians:’ Nike’s James Rehwald: Israeli claims of Hamas atrocities are ‘pure projection.’

CRUMBLE AWAY: Wake Up America: The Left Is Crumbling Under the Weight of Their Own Hatred.

GOOD: Israeli Dean And Palestinian Dean Of Top 25 Schools: Universities Should Condemn Massacre Of Israeli Civilians By Hamas As Terrorism And Vigorously Debate How To Secure The Safety Of Israelis And Palestinians.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Europe wants a private cargo spacecraft by 2028.

CHANGE:

This is not a random tech visionary. This is a CEO of an actual AI company. So when he says more has happened in the last year than the previous ten, it's not just a figure of speech. https://t.co/kBpjJAsHIN

— Paul Graham (@paulg) November 7, 2023

SORTA LIKE JOE BIDEN AND THE 2024 ELECTION: Racehorses Probably Have No Clue They’re Even in a Race.

HMM:

News on Gaza ground operations right now seems intentionally vague. Specific locations are being fudged in terms of general characterizations. Paradoxically this suggests that major developments are taking place.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 7, 2023

THE DEEP SEVENS KNEW ALREADY: Deep Earth Discovery: Fragments of Ancient Planet Found in Mantle.

WELL, GOOD: Study Finds Testosterone Replacement Can Help Men With Type 2 Diabetes.

INTERSECTIONALITY: Planned Parenthood Says Proper Term For Unborn Baby Is Now ‘Womb Colonizer.’

TAMARA KEEL: By Any Other Name: Model names are back, and the gun industry has ’em.

.380 IS CONSIDERED A SERIOUS MILITARY CALIBER IN MANY COUNTRIES: Walther Announces the New PD380 DA/SA .380 ACP Carry Pistol.

HMM: Each nostril has a unique sense of smell, intracranial electroencephalogram study finds.

THE ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION HAVE BURROWED IN: NYC public defender Victoria Ruiz backs Hamas, like all other kidnap poster vandals.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: New studies reinforce link between pot use and heart attack, heart failure, stroke.

REWARDING CIVILIZATION’S ENEMIES: Yet Another Anticolonialist Professor Getting a Plum Job After Attacking Israel.

OUT: FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. IN: Mind-altering ketamine becomes new pain treatment, despite little research or regulation. Science is nice, but we seem mostly to practice medicine by fad these days.

HOW IT’S DONE: A Los Angeles homeowner turned the tables on a pair of home invaders, getting into a shootout that forced the robbers to flee empty-handed.