Greetings! Happy 30^th birthday Fox News. Thanks for doing your best for trying to wreck democracy. I still haven’t forgiven Fox for peddling lies about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election that resulted in Fox paying Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million. Here’s the Associated Press article in case any readers need to be reminded of the network’s abhorrrent behavior......RIP: I’m a few weeks late to this story but The European Conservative shut down in late September according to Allsides.  The closure of the news outlet, per Allsides, “is tied to the new Hungarian government’s efforts to dismantle and/or restructure institutions that were under the influence of the previous government, led for 16 straight years by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.” In case you were wondering, The Hungarian Conservative is still posting....Dept. of Irony: Over the summer, J.D. Vance leased a 500-acre estate as a part-time residence for his family in tony Loudon County, Virginia. He may not be pleased to hear that Loudon County public schools declared October LGBTQ+ History Month. The conservative Veep is against official government recognition of Pride Month. Fox News has more...Trump’s French lesson: POTUS has finally weighed in on the domestic upheaval gripping France.  Here’s his simplistic take that he posted on Truth Social: “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

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