Hail the Founding Class of '28 at University of Austin's 1st convocation! It takes guts to be the pioneering students at a new university. Thanks to Gov. Greg Abbott for welcoming them to the Texas Capitol. And congratulations to my co-founders Joe Lonsdale, Bari Weiss & Pano Kanelos.

"... private schooling was associated with higher levels of political tolerance, political knowledge, and community engagement, and levels of political participation among private school students and graduates were comparable to public school students." bit.ly/4dfnXgd

So Homicide: Life on the Street really holds up. Peacock

Three years ago, the University of Austin was announced in the pages of The Free Press. Yesterday, the school welcomed the class of 2028. This is what University of Austin President Pano Kanelos told them: thefp.com/p/a-revolution…

Wild #atx

About time for that Brother Churchill moment on the Right

Eden Yerushalmi, the young woman slaughtered by Hamas, weighed 79 lbs when her body was recovered from Gaza. She was purposefully starved as part of the torture inflicted on her - in an area with plenty of well-fed people.

I understand copyright as well as the next guy, but this is an enormous loss for me personally, on an intellectual level. I have gained so much knowledge from borrowing otherwise inaccessible and wildly expensive books from the Internet Archive's library.

Saturday afternoon: Central Texas will feel like an entirely different planet. Our cold front sweeps through with a quick and hefty drop in humidity. Give it another ~12 hours, and that dry air will help temps drop into the 50s/60s by Sunday morning. We earned this #atxwx

College accreditation often fails at quality assurance, exhibits cartel-like behavior, focuses on recipes rather than outcomes, and drives up costs. What's more, accreditors abuse their arm-twisting powers. Can the system be fixed? [Andrew Gillen] cato.org/commentary/acc…

Yeah this was bad idea.

God Announces He Will Now Be Voiced By James Earl Jones buff.ly/3ZhnYvO

When we support families, we create stronger communities 👏 Find out how family mitigation and diversion programs help children and families thrive from ROC Texas Director Nikki Pressley To read more on mitigation and diversion click here: rightoncrime.com/caregiver-miti…

To my knowledge, no clear or consistent relationship has been demonstrated between teacher certification and student achievement. “Certified” is not a synonym for “effective.”

Houston Chronicle Fortunately research has repeatedly demonstrated that certification has nothing to do with student learning gains.