Monday May 4, 2026

"The Way to Stop Racial Discrimination...

...is to stop discriminating by race." (Chief Justice John Roberts)

Last week SCOTUS struck down Section 2 of the Voting Rights ACT, which had allowed that race could be used in establishing voting districts. The Court ruled that the social conditions, which warranted it at the time, no longer exist. The Court decision means that in the future race may not be used to determine voting districts.

The VRA was enacted in 1965 to properly rectify discrimination in the Deep South.  Section 2 empowered Black voters to challenge districting. And they did. And they won. It was the right thing to do at the time. Things are substantively different now as the Court decided.

Lyndon Johnson signed the bill at the height of the Civil Rights movement hailing it as a key to halting discrimination. But as Justice Roberts points out...the way to stop racial discrimination is to stop discriminating by race.

Be careful, you don't get too close - over the next few months those gerrymandering sharpies will working 24/7.

Do We Really Need More Speech?

Last week gunman, Cole Allen, rushed security guards at WHCD shooting one. His mission? Kill Trump and as many Cabinet members as possible. This marked the fourth assassination plot against President Trump. As shaken attendees exited the canceled event they were confronted by Protestors carrying signs, "Death to the Tyrant" and "Death to them All".

This kind of rhetoric can be heard on a daily basis, not only from left wing kooks, but leaders of the Democratic party. And, to be accurate, Donald Trump does nothing but encourage and inflame. Fortunately few others in Republican party leadership are guilty.

Can there be any doubt where nutjobs like the one in DC last week, the killer of Charlie Kirk, the murderer of the UHC CEO in NYC and others get their ideas? Two weeks ago, "All the News that Fit to Print" NYT sponsored a podcast featuring one Hassan Piker. Piker, another gonzo, is the new darling of the Left. Here are some of his views...

• I understand the murder of the United Healthcare CEO. His company was committing social murders.

• I support micro-looting. Piracy. As long as you steal from the right people.

• Got to get back to cool crimes - like bank robberies and stealing priceless artifacts.

• What I would give for the communism of Nordic countries

• As for property owners...let the streets run red with their capitalist blood.

How inspiring. Problem is those inspired go out and buy rifles and shoot people.

Almost 50% of the American Electorate...

Believes elections have large numbers of fraudulent ballots from non citizens.

Insider Invasions

US Soldier, Gannon Van Dyke, bet $33,000 the US would invade Venezuela. He collected $429,000. Nice score.

Problem is spending it. You see Gannon was a member of the strike force and privy to the classified game plan. He's on his way to the calaboose because he signed an NDA.

"Another year or two...

and I'm going to buy a nice house in Nairobi." This was the answer to the question..."how much longer are you going to do the childcare scam". It was a text exchange between two Somalis in Minnesota, which was revealed during testimony at a Minnesota House Oversight hearing currently underway. A hearing scheduled purposely to ensure Governor Tim Walz could attend. Guess who didn't show?

Turns out unmistakable evidence of fraud in the state's SEACAP program has known for over 10 years. First came to light when a Somali mother phoned the agency asking where her money was. What money? Why the payment she receives monthly from the owner of her childcare center.

Testimony revealed many of the Somali perpetrators heard about the scam while in refugee camps in Africa. The word was "get to US and run Medicaid scams". Minnesota is the best place.

Fraud investigators were told repeated by the MN Department of Human Services to look the other way. Those that didn't were reprimanded and some got fired.

And to think...Kamala chose him for VP.

Things Trump Did Well. And Messed Up.

Lots of good things have been accomplished or are in progress. Border, energy, fraud, disingenuous allies, one-sided trade deals, cojones to take on terror sponsors and so on.

Most importantly a return to what made America great. Free markets, strong military, courage to act.

Unfortunately, Trump has also deepened the divide between right and left, liberal and conservative, Republicans and Democrats and pretty much Americans in general. Rancor has never been more widely spread nor deeply ingrained. By playing the insult game on a daily basis, he has made it our national pastime. His behavior has given his many opponents permission to be as disrespectful, nasty and hateful as words will allow. And sometimes it goes well beyond words to political violence even murder.

Trump must own some responsibility for where things are. Not only the absurdly partisan politics that allow nothing, I mean absolutely nothing, to be done to address America's biggest challenges, but also the nationwide anger that intensifies daily and now produces violence and threatens mob rule.

Oh how I wish we had Trump's intrepid dedication to doing what is best for Americans but cloaked in Reagan's personality.

Hardly Uneducated Malcontents.

Cole Allen, the psycho who tried to shoot his way into the WHCD so he could assassinate the President and "as many cabinet officials as possible", graduated from Cal Tech. Yes, that Cal Tech. One of the most difficult universities to get into in the world.

Claudio Manuel Neves Valente committed a mass shooting at a building on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, before driving north to Brookline, Massachusetts, to kill an MIT professor.

Two students died and nine others were injured in the shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13, 2025. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, an MIT professor, was shot and killed at his home in Brookline two days later. Nieves is a physics prodigy.

Luigi Mangione, who murdered UHC CEO Brian Thompson in mid town Manhattan in December 2024, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

What did they have in common? Great educations (theoretically), degrees that set them up to be highly productive members of society, schooled in the use of analytics, good judgment and reason. Oh yeah...and they committed unprovoked murder or tried to. How can the educations they received not bear a portion of the blame? As Plato wrote a nation portrays "the image of our nature in its education."

Sitting in class day after day listening to professors deplore the plight of Hamas, the genocide of the Israelis, the racist roots of our founders, the ills of capitalism, the injustice of the underprivileged, the villainy of immigration enforcement, and, first and foremost, the deranged fascist in the White House bears its toll. When the mission of most American universities today is to turn out disaffected graduates filled with rage and ready to tear down the country, should we be surprised?

But it's not only our academic institutions that are failing, it is so many others. Healthcare in the time of greatest need, the pandemic. The experts flat out lied. No question - Fauci and his cohorts covered up the fact the Covid virus came from the Wuhan Lab in China. Our Judges use loopholes and arcane statues to thwart the policies of a dully elected President committed to the promises for which he was elected. Our corporations, especially technology and social media ones, obscure the dangers. Our media - don't get me started. And, of course, our government. At all levels. Locked in power-based stalemates, turning a blind eye to fraud and waste and yes, flat out lying.

Hard to name an institution not drowning in hypocrisy and mistrust. Without trust there can be no allegiance except, of course, if your pockets are being lined. Forget respect, objectivity, fairness and integrity. When institutions, which shape, guide and, yes, control our lives became rooted in power, instead of truth, all was lost. For now, at least.

The Long Boomer Farewell

The Boomers, of which I am one, were born between 1946 and 1964. We are wealthier and healthier than any generation before us. We control 52% of all the wealth in the U.S. Own 40% of real estate. Consume 40% of the federal budget with our services - Social Security and Medicare. And we still control the levers of government up to and including the White House. Twenty-four members of Congress are over 80

And...by the mid 2040s we will have become a footnote to history.

To understand why this generation’s passage will be different—harder, slower, more disorienting—it helps to remember the last one. In the 1990s, America said goodbye to the Greatest Generation with something approaching ceremony. Tom Brokaw coined the term with his reverent 1998 book. Steven Spielberg memorialized them in Saving Private Ryan. They were honored as a cohort shaped by Depression, war, and national purpose. There was broad emotional consensus about what they had done and what they deserved. Tributes were made. Entitlements were paid. Authority moved on. It was a transition, not an epochal rupture.

The Long Boomer Farewell will not look like that.

When the Great Generation departed, America was still cohesive. Solid institutions, young leaders in waiting. Today is much different. In 1960, the ratio of those under 18 to over 65s was 5 to 1. Today it is half that. Over 70% of Boomers will require long term care. Nursing homes cost $70,000 a year. A Home Health Aide costs $120,000.

We all know where the Debt is and headed. How can this imbalance be managed? How can we invest in the future when supporting the past costs most of what we have?

How can this looming catastrophe be addressed when 90% of government leaders worry only about the next election? Where will the honesty, courage and inspiration come from to face the truth head on? As Americans grow older and the older control a larger share of the voting power, where will the selflessness to effect dramatic restructuring come from? Hell, AARP alone has 38 million members.

These are realities. Today and tomorrow - for as far as one can see. When the "long" Boomer farewell is finally over it is hard to see them disappearing. Is it any wonder so many Gen X.Y and Z'ers are wishing us a speedy farewell given most of their taxes support our needs?

Pretty Simple, eh?

Tech pros like Bill Gates, Neil Mohan (YouTube CEO), Mark Cuban and Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, who made billions off technology, iPhones and social media, now have strict "no use" rules for their own kids. Says something - no? Facebook exec, Chamath Palihapitiya, put it bluntly, saying he felt “tremendous guilt” about helping to build the social network and now his children “aren’t allowed to use that shit.”

Do as I say, not as I do. Back to that darned "trust" thing again.

Have a Productive Week.