THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Backyard treasure hunt: homeowner digging a patio unearths 1,000-year-old Viking Treasure.

EXERCISE: Walking briskly may lower risk of death in some adults, new study says.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Dentists say these 9 common brushing mistakes could be damaging your teeth.

LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: Seattle law professor says ‘accountability circles work better’ than prison for rapists.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UT Austin, Texas A&M cut hundreds of courses from core curricula.

JOURNALISM’S SELF-DESTRUCTION:

The so-called McClatchy Massacre affected 13 of the most-respected newsrooms in the nation, from Miami to Sacramento.https://t.co/qJ1zJ4Hqv7

— Miami New Times (@miaminewtimes) September 11, 2026

NEW: Huge layoffs across McClatchy newspapers today, with some newsrooms gutted by a third. An internal email from management says consumer revenue has dipped 41% and "we cannot continue investing where subscriber interest does not support the investment" pic.twitter.com/Uhne0z7TSj

— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) September 10, 2026

ACADEMIA’S SELF DESTRUCTION.

Every US academic who lived through Woke 1 knows that discrimination against white males was pervasive. They divide only on whether they considered it justified by a higher purpose or recognized it as intrinsically unfair and harmful. https://t.co/FZZB2GJlik

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) September 11, 2026

YES: Why Farmer Boy Still Makes Sense: The satisfaction of work in the physical, analog world.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Canadians Feel Real Pain in Stage Four of Trade War.

WHY THEY HATE US: The Sources of Terrorist Conduct: It’s not us, it’s them.

HMM: Enraging: AOC and Mamdani Laugh It Up at 9/11 Memorial As Names of the Victims Read.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST:

AOC at 9/11 memorial vs ICE facility pic.twitter.com/UUzY0XlzEs

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 11, 2026

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: “A Chinese national who worked as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor in Calais was arrested after FBI agents said he altered computers at three Maine border facilities.”

COURAGE:

Hero

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 11, 2026

UPDATE:

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

PLANETARY OZEMPIC: Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?

NEWS YOU CAN USE: US Doctors Just Changed Their Guidelines For Migraine Prevention.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Strength Training May Be the Secret to Healthy Aging.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Common stomach bacteria linked to colorectal cancer.

COMPARISON TEST: Tesla Model 3 vs. 2027 Chevy Bolt Comparison Test: Clash of the Affordable EVs.

POOR PLANNING: Armed Customer Responds When a Crook Brings a Knife to a Bank Robbery.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Anthropic says it blocked possible attempts to use AI to develop bioweapons.

GOOD NEWS: Hepatitis C used to be a frightening lifelong diagnosis—now most cases can be cured.

OOPS: The Most Promising New Cholesterol Drug Didn’t Work. Now What?

ROGER KIMBALL: Lonnie Bunch’s long march through the Smithsonian.

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first black head of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down after a tenure of some seven years. NPR had the news: “In 2019, Bunch was named secretary of the Smithsonian, becoming the first historian and the first African American to hold the position.” The Wall Street Journal also got the memo: “The first Black historian to lead the world’s largest museum and research complex says he’s retiring and will leave by year’s end.” NBC looked behind the headline. “Bunch, the first Black person and first historian to lead the institution, has said he would have retired a year ago but felt he had to stay to defend the institution from the White House attacks, the person said.”

I had something to say about those “attacks” – I prefer the word “criticisms” – in the Speccie as this little thrust and parry was unfolding. A key document is a letter to Bunch whose subject line reads: “Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials.” Signed by Lindsey Halligan, Special Assistant to the President; Vince Haley, Director of the Domestic Policy Council; and Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the letter announces a “comprehensive internal review” of the Smithsonian, its exhibitions and curatorial procedures.” “This initiative aims to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.”

Bunch has denied that he decided to retire because of pressure from the Trump administration. But he did allow that the administration’s spotlight on the Smithsonian’s ideological coloration was “stressful.” After all, he told the New York Times: “When you’re Black in America, you’ve got to figure out how to get through, right?” Would that be different from being white or some other color “in America?”

In any event, few people would deny that Bunch figured out how to “get through” while being black “in America.” For the last several year, he has been pulling down nearly a million dollars per annum, pretty good innings for someone – no matter his quota of melanin – at a tax-exempt, largely publicly funded enterprise.

Hey, it’s tough out there for a black man in America, but at least he wasn’t locked in a room with 11 liberal white shrews.

UPDATE:

White Women Argue Black Men Should Only Have Three-Fifths Of A Jury Vote https://t.co/noCPIWd9ia

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 11, 2026