OPEN THREAD: Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I think it’s time for someone to drive the snakes out of Ireland again.

WELL, GOOD: In an article on Robert Goddard, the New York Times admits an error:

The question was, would it actually work?

Goddard faced scorn and criticism from a variety of corners, including this newspaper.

In an editorial titled “A Severe Strain on Credulity,” writers of The New York Times said that Goddard “seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools.” Rockets, the editorial claimed, would not work in the vacuum of space with nothing to push against.

The paper apologized — after humans landed on the Moon.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: NASA’s Artemis moon mission is flirting with disaster.

SOME PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK:

2 heavy-class rocket flights in 10 hours https://t.co/nSMYiSqy09

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2026

BELIEVABLE: Each Stressful Person in Your Life May Age You by Months, Study Finds.

SEEMS PLAUSIBLE: Scientists Say Conquering Age-Related Diseases Could Dramatically Extend Human Life.

I’VE SEEN THE LOCKDOWNS AND THE DAMAGE DONE: Trends in youth mental health problems from 1990 to 2021 reveal a pandemic-era surge. “The findings of this recent study suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic was a critical period for many young people, which prompted a significant rise in anxiety disorders, depression, and some other mental conditions. The main exceptions to this trend were SUDs, which instead appeared to decrease during the pandemic.”

I guess it was hard to find substances to use, accounting for the reduction in Substance Use Disorders.

FRED HOYLE, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks, bolstering origin-of-life theories.

TESLA HAS HAD A GOOD LEAD BUT OTHERS WILL CATCH UP: Hyundai, Nissan, BYD, and Geely Join Nvidia’s Level 4 Self-Driving Tech.

DEMOCRATS ARE HAPPY FOR THEIR CLIENTS TO BE ARMED: Philadelphia’s Soros DA Larry Krasner Sues GLOCK While Letting Gang Members Run Wild.

I’M NOT AS CONFIDENT AS I’D LIKE TO BE: NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there’s a reason why.

SO YOU’RE SAYING THERE’S NO POINT IN QUITTING? Early adult drinking linked to middle-age cognitive decline—even after extended abstinence.

SAD: Ex-funeral home owner sentenced to 18 years in prison after giving families fake ashes.

SUCH ERRORS DO NOT HAPPEN ORGANICALLY:

In retrospect the Global World was excessively dependent on chokepoints controlled by terror groups and theocracies for decades. These narrow points, like mountain passes, could be crossed only by their leave. They were passable only at their pleasure.

Rather than mitigate…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 16, 2026

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: In undercover videos, Arizona State U. admins admit DEI continues despite ban.

AID AND COMFORT: Resolution condemning U.S.-Israeli intervention in Iran passes Maryland student gov. vote: The resolution also condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to arrest Venezuelan drug lord Nicolás Maduro.

AARON HANSCOM: How Roger L. Simon’s New Thriller ‘EMET’ Restored My Faith in Fiction.

I read the book and blurbed it. (You can see my blurb here.) Highly recommended.

“RULE OF LAW:” Exclusive: Mueller probe cut corners, broke rules to ‘get Trump,’ whistleblower claims. “An FBI agent assigned to then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has made bombshell allegations charging that misconduct, political bias, and “overzealous thoughts” permeated the team — to the point of festooning the walls of their office with anti-Trump cartoons and drinking alcohol while on the job. A ‘Let’s get him’ attitude colored the two-year investigation into false claims that Trump and his advisers colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election, the unidentified agent said.”

DON SURBER: The Trump Dividend: Peace through strength also is prosperity through strength. “We don’t need the oil. Europe, Red China, South Korea and Japan do.”

UPDATE:

What you are actually seeing is leverage being gained by the US for negotiations with China and their rare earth monopoly.

China gets 50% of its oil and 30% LNG from mid-east.

— Timothy McGrath (@TimMcGrathMtg) March 17, 2026

BECAUSE “ACTIVISTS” ARE GARBAGE: Why won’t US activists speak up for the tortured Iran women’s soccer team?

COMMON SENSE SPARKS “FIRESTORMS” NOW. Of course a “firestorm” is just some lefties complaining.

Japanese politician Kimi Onoda:

“Foreigners should stop whining about discrimination. Discrimination would not exist if people simply followed our laws and local customs.

When you break the rules, trust collapses.”

Do you agree with her?

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— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) March 12, 2026

WHAT LAWFARE LOOKS LIKE:

They did not intimidate these DOGE guys. They were cool, calm and collected. The condescension and patronizing remarks fell flat. Their short, concise, truthful, and honest responses from DOGE made the interrogators scramble and they ended up looking foolish and desperate. The…

— LTforReal (@LT66236) March 16, 2026

Make it costly, and there will be less of it. But they’re fighting out of their class.

MOST DO-GOODER NONPROFITS SEEM TO BE MONEY LAUNDRIES:

City of Los Angeles bought a Ramada Inn for $10.2 million to house homeless

Since then, they started sending money to a NGO to takeover the project. Its now sat vacant for 4 years and $20 MILLION has been spent, meant to house only 32 people

No work being done. Money laundering… pic.twitter.com/kdviHNulsG

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 16, 2026

JULIE KELLY: Did Jerome Powell Try to ‘Strongarm’ His Way out of a Criminal Investigation? Powell’s attorney warned his client would remain on the Federal Reserve Board after his term as chairman ends in May…unless, of course, Jeanine Pirro made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

EVERY RECORD HAS BEEN ALTERED:

It's been revealed Saitama Prefecture will no longer publish crime per capita statistics after it showed Japanese & Whites are exactly the same while Third World Migrants commit significantly more.

When asked why Saitama Govenor Motohiro Ōno said it's done to stop inflamming… pic.twitter.com/7VfPYS9i6J

— 🇯🇵 Colonel Otaku Gatekeeper 🇯🇵 (@politicalawake) March 16, 2026

I suspected that this might be fake, it’s so perfect, but Grok says it checks out.