Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz

“Today, women and men compete for power on more playing fields than at any point in modern history. And those playing fields are more level. And yet, this doesn’t explain feminist backlash. Far too little has actually changed to justify this level of collective freak-out. The field is still far from even. Maleness still confers a tremendous power and status advantage. Men continue to dominate the upper echelons of nearly every important institution in existence. Being male is power, at least by any cogent, useful, and comprehensive definition of either term. To help explain things, I want to point to three facts about people: 1. People care much more about losses than gains … 2. Men care more about power and status than women … 3. People notice changes far more than they notice defaults.” (07/07/25)

https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/why-big-strong-men-fear-tiny-feminist

Source: Common Dreams
by Richard W Behan

“The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on June 27, 2025 created in President Donald Trump an American fascist dictator. The decision in the case Trump v. CASA, Inc. did not seem momentous. It declared only that Federal District judges could no longer issue ‘universal’ injunctions to foreclose nationwide harm; they could now grant relief only to a plaintiff in a specific lawsuit. But the decision was far from trivial: Trump v. CASA, Inc. was the coup de grace, capping six earlier and toxic SCOTUS decisions which, scattered over two centuries, collectively enabled fascism. In deciding Trump v. CASA Inc., the six conservative justices of the Roberts Court agreed with the Republican Party’s inane claim: The injunctions of Federal District judges across the country were impeding President Trump’s ability to govern.” [editor’s note: Yet another “progressive” flack who needs to learn to use a dictionary – SAT] (07/07/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/scotus-v-democracy

Source: The Dispatch
by Nathan Beacon

“Calling chatbots ‘intelligent’ gets the concept fundamentally wrong.” (07/07/25)

https://thedispatch.com/article/artificial-intelligence-morality-honesty-pattern-engines/

Source: Persuasion
by Frank DiStefano

“Several times a year, there’s another burst of moral enthusiasm on some issue followed by disruptive protests. Shabbily dressed rowdies emerge, faces covered, to shout, obstruct, and intimidate. They block streets and entrances. They take over public spaces. They chant angry slogans and carry vulgar signs. They get in people’s faces. They pull offensive stunts like tossing soup at art. If passions get high enough, they set things on fire, loot, or outright riot. It isn’t just a problem of the progressive left, although it’s endemic there. There’s a right-coded version too, with tricorn hats in place of balaclavas. It’s a problem across America. I blame the Boomer generation that sold a deeply misleading history of civil rights in a case of generational stolen valor.” (07/07/25)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-left-is-misremembering-civil

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jason Strecker

“This was another week in what has become a regular occurrence: being contacted by concerned parents seeking advice on why their school is spiraling out of control, with their kid being caught up in the collateral damage. The feeling is akin to a song the 90s rock band Offspring composed but brought sharply into focus in 2025, The Kids Aren’t Alright, but neither are the parents and schools. I want to offer my observations as someone who has been in the teaching trade for nearly two decades, and the strategies which are working.” (07/07/25)

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-kids-are-not-alright/