Greetings! The conservative City Journal has ranked the 100 best colleges based on some interesting standards.  Among the criteria: Does the school encourage respectful debate? Does the school force a divisive ideology? Do administrators prioritize activism over education?  Here are the top five schools in City Journal’s most recent ranking: #5, Notre Dame; #4, Texas A&M; #3, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; #2, U. of Texas at Austin; #1, U. of Florida...The NY Post has a politically charged reason why NYC pols resist curtailing the use of e-bikes. More than 17,000 New Yorkers have been injured by e-bikes since 2019, according to the Post.  “Many e-bikers are illegal immigrants, who progressives have decided must never ever be jailed or imprisoned lest it make them too easy for the feds to detain and deport,” the editors wrote in a scathing editorial. “That’s why the mayor ordered the NYPD to back off e-bike enforcement back in March”...Thanks for nothing RFK Jr.: A statewide emergency has been declared in New York over the measles outbreak. More than 100 cases have already been reported. (CBS News)...Worth reading: Journalist Janet Reitman has just published the nonfiction book The Inheritance, which provides portraits of nine Americans struggling in the aftermath of 9/11. Here’s the rave NY Times review....Cratering Candace? Conspiracy-theory-spouting pundit Candace Owens may have one of Q3’s fastest-growing right-wing podcasts based on year-over-year data, but trouble may be brewing. According to original research released by  TheRighting this morning, her podcast had statistically zero growth from June 30 to September 30. That suggests there may be a ceiling to what right-wing audiences will tolerate when it comes to an extremist point of view. If so, the go-go days of growth for the "Candace" podcast may be over....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard