Greetings! Eighty years ago today, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.  Since then, the  specter of nuclear war hangs over civilization. Mankind has been lucky the past eight decades to have gone this long without a nuclear attack on any nation. What are the odds of another nuclear-war-free 80 years?  Worth noting: Approximately 215,000 people were killed by the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945.  FrontPage declares that “nuking Japan saved more lives than it took”....The NY Times profiled Campus Reform, a small but influential right-wing organization dedicated to spotlighting left bias at colleges and universities.  That prompted Morton Blackwell, president of the conservative think tank Leadership Institute, which operates the Campus Reform website, to send a fiery email to his supporters. “The Times article confirms what leftists have long feared,” he wrote. “(C)onservatives are winning the fight on college campuses and inspiring young people to reject leftist indoctrination. Good!...The “It” restaurant among the Washington right is Butterworths, according to City Journal.  Butterworth co-owner Raheem Kassan is also editor-in-chief of the ultra-right National Pulse. Here’s the positive review of the eatery from the Washington Post...Learn something new every day: About 75% of cars sold in Nepal are EVs. (NY Times)...Who’s the future of the Democratic party?  Not Zohran Mamdani, according to Fox News.  Jonathan Cott opines on the Fox News website that it’s Rep. Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) and Abigail Spanberger who is running for governor of Virginia...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, which is the target of a $10 billion lawsuit via Donald Trump, continues to criticize POTUS.  The WSJ’s  editorial board denounced his firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Lisa McEntrafer for releasing objective data showing lousy July employment numbers. “Mr. Trump’s data denial is one more reason fewer Americans will trust the government,” opined the WSJ's  editors in a much-too understated tone for me. Worth noting: American Spectator thinks that McEntarfer’s termination “was long overdue”...Make America Read Again: Trump is pushing two tomes: On Power, by Fox News commentator Mark Levin, and Butler, by right wing journo Salena Zito. “These are incredible ‘reads’ for MAGA conservatives,” the Book-Reviewer-in-Chief wrote on Truth Social... American Eagle spokesmodel and controversy magnet Sydney Sweeney leans GOP. Buzzfeed revealed this fact from examining Florida voter registration records that since 2024, Sweeney has been a registered Republican in the Sunshine State...Speaking of Sweeney, who else has good genes besides the star of “Euphoria” and “White Lotus”? Here’s my partial list (and they’re all Nepo babies unlike Sweeney): Michael Douglas, Caroline Kennedy, Kate Hudson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peyton and Eli Manning, Patrick Schwarzenegger, John David Washington, and Gwyneth Paltrow. If you’ve got other suggestions, fire away....I’m on the road tomorrow for a family adventure.  This newsletter will resume publication Wednesday...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard