SENDING FEWER PEOPLE TO COLLEGE MIGHT HELP: College sex imbalance is hurting family formation, expert says.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Syracuse chancellor launches task force in wake of enrollment declines and financial deficit.

Instapundit readers may be able to think of some reasons why Syracuse is in trouble.

CORN, POPPED:

OK, rift between DSA and Dems. This keeps getting better https://t.co/JSiPfUrZMV

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 8, 2026

But watch them turn on a dime again if they can’t threaten him into quitting:

At which point the resanitization begins. Again. Consider it like the routine pumping out of a portapotty. https://t.co/ffFnjUI0NE

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 8, 2026

PROCUREMENT IS A MESS: Pentagon’s top new weapons programs are 12 years behind schedule: Watchdog.

ADHERING TO OUR ENEMIES: ‘Hearty Congratulations’: Abdul El-Sayed Hailed Mosque Opening Alongside Holocaust-Denier and Imam Who Asked Allah ‘To Grant Victory to Our Brothers in Iran.’

BYRON YORK: Trump’s anti-communist manifesto. “Trump’s move wasn’t a complete surprise. After the June 23 Democratic primaries in New York — the one in which socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani emerged as a kingmaker by backing far-left candidates who upset progressive Democratic House incumbents — Trump quickly branded those far-left candidates as ‘communists,’ and not as socialists, as they styled themselves.”

To be fair, that’s because they are communists, and not socialists, as they style themselves.

THIS:

It’s quite funny that the case for Platner, up until about 15 hours ago, was, “well, yes, he has a Nazi tattoo and a history of saying terrible things and treats women abominably, but on the other hand he’s a communist.”

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 7, 2026

BATYA UNGAR-SARGON: The Nazi Tattoo Should Have Been Enough: Scandal-ridden Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has been accused of rape. Democrats are finally turning on him. They should have done so a long time ago.

OPEN THREAD: It’s here for me and you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite.

I’M THE APEX PREDATOR AROUND HERE, AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT. One Super Predator in Africa Instills More Fear Than Lions.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition.

WHY IS THIS A SURPRISE, EXACTLY? Can the 2026 Honda Civic Hatchback Hybrid Handle Family Duty? Surprisingly, Yes.

TO BE FAIR, THE NYT WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THE FOURTH OF JULY: NYT Sounds The Alarm on the ‘Drastic Retrenchment’ Going On at ATF.

HE SHOULD RETIRE, BUT WON’T. McConnell’s health emergency sparks questions on whether he will return to Senate. Honestly, not sure he has the mental capacity to do so.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: NASA just found a planet ‘hiding’ in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein.

SPACEBALLS: Australia reveals likely origin of mysterious ‘space balls’ found on beaches.

BROWNWASHING:

Is the DSA running every single minority member they have for office?

DSA is 89% white; their candidates look like the United Colors of Benneton. https://t.co/1D9u1a6UmY

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) July 6, 2026

I PREFER TO UNBUNDLE THINGS USUALLY: I am torn on the PolyPill concept: Trials comparing the polypill to standard care need to be rigorous. The POLY-HF trial is not. But I am still not sure the polypill is a bad idea. “Many conditions in cardiology require multiple medications, for instance, high blood pressure, diabetes, and congestive heart failure. . . . Enter the polypill: what if you could take one tablet that had multiple drugs in it? This reduces the work of being a patient and it may even increase adherence to beneficial drugs.”

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Richard Dreyfuss’ ex-wife demands futuristic sex toy after running out of men in Idaho. “Emily said all her mom wants is to fulfill her longtime dream of owning a ‘sex robot,’ the San Francisco Standard reported.”

WHERE THE K-12 IMPLOSION MEETS THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE: College students’ academic readiness falls as universities expand support programs. “Universities nationwide are reporting concerns about declining academic proficiency among incoming students, as institutions expand tutoring, remediation, and academic support programs to address gaps in reading, writing, and mathematics skills.”

Universities just shouldn’t admit unready students, but they need the warm bodies, and the diversity points.

SCIENCE MARCHES ON: Professor gets NIH grant to study ‘rural gender diverse youth.’

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Socialists prey on Americans’ apathy — even in places you’d never expect.

21st CENTURY HEALTHCARE: I was making sexy content when my co-star felt a lump in my breast — OnlyFans saved my life. A doctor friend once told me that breast lumps tend to be discovered sooner in the left breast, because most husbands are right-handed.

APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS: Scared Hakeem Jeffries rolls out the red carpet for DSA extremists — while they prep to feast on his carcass.

The Democrats are in a sad state when Hakeem Jeffries is the moderate one.