The AI Civil War Nobody Saw Coming

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America’s next great divide may not be red versus blue. It may be the people who benefit from artificial intelligence versus the people forced to host its infrastructure. Across rural America, communities are being asked to accept massive data centers, increased power demands, and growing water consumption in the name of national security and the AI race with China. Meanwhile, the economic benefits often flow elsewhere. As politicians, tech companies, and investors promise prosperity and strategic advantage, local residents are left asking a simple question: who gets the rewards, and who carries the burden? The emerging battle over data centers is about far more than technology—it’s about trust, fairness, and whether rural America is a partner in the future or merely the place where the future gets built.

ESPN created this monster: TV money and legalized gambling ruined college sports

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Ya got trouble right here in college football. Trouble with a Capital T that rhymes with B and stands for Brendan Sorsby.

Or so the NCAA would have you believe.

Sorsby is a vagabond college football quarterback who just signed to play for Texas Tech, his third team. The school will pay him $5 million.

But Sorsby bet $90,000 on college football games, which of course is against the NCAA rules. The team sought an injunction in its home county (Lubbock) against enforcing the rule. The local judge recused himself and Tarrant County Judge Ken Curry popped out of retirement to grant the injunction until the case is argued after the season ends.

Congress fumbles college sports

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What Congress is doing right now with its latest “fix” for college athletics begs for commentary. The recent hearings only confirmed what anyone paying attention already knows: Washington has no idea how college sports actually work and insists on marching in with another grand solution.

Switzerland Didn’t Forget What a Citizen Is

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What if one of the freest, safest, and most stable nations on Earth built its national defense around ordinary citizens instead of distant institutions? Switzerland’s centuries-old militia tradition treats marksmanship, military service, and civic responsibility as parts of citizenship, not relics of the past. While much of the West increasingly views citizens as liabilities to be managed, the Swiss continue to trust their people with serious responsibilities. The result is a culture where freedom is paired with duty, rights are balanced by obligations, and the citizen remains at the center of the republic. Perhaps the most surprising lesson from Switzerland isn’t about rifles at all—it’s about trust.

Can Socialists Actually Learn Anything?

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I raised, in our after-Mass Bible study group — contrary to some Protestant claims, Catholics actually do read the Bible! — a theological question: can God, who is omniscient, learn? My question was inspired by this: God, being all powerful, cannot be hurt, but by taking human form, Jesus suffered the agony of the crucifixion, …

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Democrats don’t vet: Woman who called Epstein “Uncle Jeffrey” screened Obama’s Cabinet appointees

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As the Saga of Oystergruppenfuhrer Graham Platner continues in Maine, the focus turns to the vetting process used by the Democrat Central Committee included a panel of experts with white-tipped canes. The verdict is in: They would run a Nazi just to get a Senate seat.

Democrats have given a pass to unfit candidates for decades.

SCOTUS’ Thomas Again the Lone Voice of Reason in a Government Overreach Case

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been seated a long time. Since 1991 – thirty-five years and counting. That entire time? He has been almost inarguably its most stringently Constitutional and conservative member.

I remember a lawyer friend about two decades ago comparing-and-contrasting Thomas and then-Court-mate and conservative icon – the late Antonin Scalia.

My friend pointed out that when Thomas and Scalia disagreed on a case? Thomas was correct – and Scalia incorrect.

Which Democrat Harpy Will Rule Los Angeles?

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As ballots in California’s “jungle primary” continue to dribble in, it appears that incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and L.A. City Council member Nithya Raman will be battling it out in November for mayor of the City of Angels. Why Bass and Raman? Blame California’s ludicrous jungle primary, in which the two top vote-getters, …

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