Quick Hits on a Friday Night

Quite an eventful week, wasn’t it?  Tariff Wars, Ukraine/Russia War, Congressional Budget Battles, Setting Fire to Teslas, Rescuing Stranded Astronauts in Space, Relay Racers Battling with Batons….so much conflict in this old world.  Where does it all lead?  I suppose time will reveal all mysteries.

 

The world of education…

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/will-we-finally-do-something-about-grade-inflation/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/13/is-the-jig-up-for-elite-higher-education/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/03/11/the-educational-cartel-how-weingarten-finally-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/college-accreditors-are-overrated/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/another-way-government-regulation-impedes-educational-improvement/

 

https://reason.com/2025/03/13/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-department-of-education/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/03/13/the-red-scarf-girl-the-fight-over-parental-rights-just-got-primal/#more-229622

 

Foreign policy in the Middle East and Eastern Europe…

 

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21467/us-hostage-negotiator-boehler

 

https://nypost.com/2025/03/09/opinion/trump-must-reverse-bidens-iran-appeasement-and-make-the-mullahs-broke-again/

 

http://jewishworldreview.com/0325/hanson030725.php

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ukraine-russia-and-us-2/

 

https://www.creators.com/read/austin-bay/03/25/ukraine-war-the-peace-ball-is-now-in-putins-court

 

Foreign trade and the tariff issues…

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/business/alcohol-tariffs-eu-trump-trade-war/index.html

 

https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/03/11/mark-carney-is-wrong-about-everything/

 

DOGE and trimming the government fat…

 

https://reason.com/2025/03/06/yes-cutting-government-waste-is-important/

 

https://reason.com/2025/03/07/medicare-deserves-attention-from-doge-and-congress/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/congress-should-pass-the-doge-cuts/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/13/heres-your-guide-to-the-lawsuits-challenging-trumps-funding-freezes-and-terminations/

 

Federal budgets and federal taxes…

 

https://reason.com/2025/03/08/yes-we-should-end-taxes-on-tips/

 

https://reason.com/2025/03/13/the-10-worst-republican-budget-gimmicks/

 

The COVID hangover still lingers a bit…

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/12/covid-taught-americans-to-stop-trusting-a-government-that-puts-them-last/

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-covid-fever-dream/

 

While America seems to be moving the right way in some areas...

 

https://reason.com/2025/03/10/were-overdue-to-end-daylight-saving-time/

 

It is certainly moving the wrong way in other areas…

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/realignment-acc-big-ten-spanning-221738332.html

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/14/america-becoming-less-christian-is-a-problem-for-everyone/

 

And the general political mayhem that is so commonplace these days…

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/now-what/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-mccarthy-report/court-disappointments/