PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Aurora alert! Several coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week.

ETHYL: Lead Exposure May Have Given Ancient Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals.

CAN WE TURN IT UP TO 11? Researchers Discover the Cell’s Secret Anti-Aging Mechanism.

NICE:

As a fan of Edward Hopper I couldn’t help but take this photo in Greenwich tonight. pic.twitter.com/WtOyuZ4vwW

— richard (@OSM_Photography) October 15, 2025

REALCLEARDEFENSE: Broken Windows at the Pentagon. “Rumsfeld grandly characterized his reforms as transformation; Hegseth humbly characterized his changes as common sense.”

WAIT, ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME HAITI WAS A TROPICAL PARADISE: Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti’s capital. “Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, which had been a key lifeline in a city now 90% controlled by gangs. More than 60% of the capital’s health facilities, including Haiti’s general hospital, are now shuttered or non-functioning because of the surge in gang violence.”

A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT: How far can you drive the electric Cayenne on one charge? We found out, sort of.

THAT’S WHO THEY SEE AS THE ENEMY: California’s Latest “Gun Safety” Law Targets Legal Gun Owners, Not Criminals.

NOT SO SHOCKING: Over 20% of young adults use cannabis or alcohol to help them sleep, study finds.

MORE NUKES IS GOOD NUKES: Nuclear Energy Startup OKLO Has Insane $25 Billion Valuation.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: K2 Space Corp, SpaceX ink Falcon 9 rocket deal for 2027 mission.

JOEL KOTKIN: Why God Came Back.

WHERE DID IT COME FROM? New York confirms first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus.

TRUE.

While the Left is nude on bikes defending illegals in Portland, Trump just released all the hostages and negotiated the end of a war.

And they wonder why their party is in the trash heap of history?

— Brilyn Hollyhand (@BrilynHollyhand) October 13, 2025

A GREAT INTERVIEW WITH SOME ROCK AND ROLL GENIUSES: Traveling With Balboa.

SPREADING FEAR AND HATE: Black people could be ‘in danger’ at ‘white churches,’ Oklahoma professor says.

RE-EDUCATION CAMPS: Oakland student required to attend DEI networking event to graduate. “A student whistleblower has alleged that students at Oakland University are required to attend a DEI networking event in order to pass certain business ethics and finance courses. The student’s advisor confirmed that the course is one of two mandatory courses for graduation.”

EVEN NOMINALLY CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTIONS ARE OVERRUN WITH LEFTISTS: Lipscomb Academy Asks Parent, TPUSA Spokesman to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements After Charlie Kirk Controversy.

In the wake of Lipscomb Academy’s admission that it initially prohibited students from wearing suit jackets and ties to mourn the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) spokesperson and conservative influencer Savannah Chrisley told The Tennessee Star on Tuesday that she was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) prior to meeting with Lipscomb University President Dr. Candice McQueen and Lipscomb Academy Head of School Dr. Brad Schultz. . . .

Chrisley told The Star that the meeting was called after faculty members responded to the recent reassignment of former Head of School Dr. Jesse Savage, who originally prohibited students from wearing jackets and ties to mourn Kirk’s assassination on September 11, by staging two separate protests.

According to Chrisley, the first protest saw faculty members wear black clothing, as though in mourning, to express solidarity with Savage on September 25. . . .

Chrisley provided multiple photographs to The Star that appear to confirm this occurred, including one photo that purportedly depicts the classroom of a Lipscomb Academy Bible instructor, who refused to instruct students while participating in the September 25 protest.

“I’m not teaching today,” the instructor informed students using an overhead projector, according to a photo.

Instead of normal classroom instruction, the teacher reportedly launched into a political lecture.

According to a Lipscomb Academy parent, the teacher, “went on a rant about how the left isn’t evil, the right isn’t evil, LGBTQ isn’t evil, and made them sit in silence the entire class while he cried. Literally cried at his desk.”

That’s just pathetic. Lipscomb Academy tuition: $23,255.

NO APOLOGIES WILL BE FORTHCOMING:

All the people who said Trump would start WWIII are pretty silent now as he just ended yet another global conflict.

Imagine ending eight wars in ten months and having the Democrat Party still drone on about your “tone” and “temperament”.

— Keith Gross (@KeithGrossFL) October 14, 2025

TO BE FAIR, ARE THEY EVER HAPPY? Feminists Have Discovered “Nose Ring Theory” And They’re Not Happy.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: A Surprisingly Good Self-Defense Decision From Massachusetts’ Top Court.

GOOD IDEA: Stefanik, Cotton Urge Treasury Department To Probe CAIR for ‘Financial Links to Hamas.’

#WINNING:

Sitting in world history class and 4 other students just on my row in this lecture hall have on Charlie Kirk t-shirts. It’s been 5 weeks. Nothing else can even compare. They silenced the man but they couldn’t silence the movement he built! Incredible to see!

— Brilyn Hollyhand (@BrilynHollyhand) October 15, 2025

Andrew Jackson told Aaron Burr that Alexander Hamilton dead was a more dangerous opponent to him than Alexander Hamilton alive. Something similar is happening with Charlie Kirk. Before it’s over, they’ll wish they’d left him alive.

BOB KRUMM: War is a Young Man’s Game. “The typical non-combat, non-accident death was a stroke, heart attack, or suicide. Often, the victims were majors, lieutenant colonels, master sergeants, or sergeants major in their 40s or 50s, or they were contractors recently retired at those ranks and in that age group. They were usually male, which was not disproportionate to the deployed population, but their senior rank and age was very disproportionate to the population of mostly younger military members in Iraq. There was something else in common about those non-combat deaths: the victims were often overweight and out of shape. . . . Not long after my second deployment to Iraq, I was a battalion commander in the U.S. Army Reserve. My unit had a high percentage of people who were unqualified to deploy without a waiver. Among the largest causes was the number of Soldiers who failed the Army’s Physical Fitness Test.”

Pete Hegseth is trying to do something about that last.

BRETIGNE SHAFFER: “Having spoken with more OB/Gyn doctors, and heard about others’ experiences, I now believe that the profession is dominated by eugenicists. My advice to new mothers: Find an OB/Gyn who is openly Christian. Even if you are not Christian yourself. You won’t regret it.”