Sunday Reads...
- Greg McNeilly
- Nov 9, 2025
- 5 min read
An irregular roundup of thought-provoking reads. Most made me go “hmm…”
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We Americans like to put our culture into disposable containers. Nowhere is this more evident than in the way we treat our past. We discard villages, towns, even cities, when they grow old, and we are now in the process of discarding our recorded history, not in a shearer, but by rewriting it as romance.” - Harper Lee
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN:
Democrat Senator calls upon Democrats to own the shutdown and open the government back up, after the GOP votes 14 times to keep government open.
Another Democrat admits the shut down must continue to protect the Democrat brand.
Study suggests MSM media is hustling to carry the Democrat’s message on their government shut down.
Congress people who play together: Shutdown governments less research suggests.
Government does it again: In 2010, the Department of Education planned the elimination of paper, pencil and pens from the classroom - replaced with screens and keypads.
Meanwhile, the science catches up and apparently no one could have predicted reading on screens is bad for kids and would contribute to a reduction in reading time.
The failure of EdTech is well-documented unless you’re a Tech Company shareholder.
Watch: “The Most Compelling Argument” against EdTech.
Meanwhile: Tech Leaders send their kids to tech-free schools. What do they know?
Should boys wait longer - per the science - to start school?
Experience teaches: Data suggests that young people exposed to leader experiences in youth, are more prone to future leadership accomplishments.
Visualizing the U.S. National Debt. Simply put, we cannot afford any government at this point.
MSM raise concerns regarding the authoritarian tactics of Ukraine’s Zelenskyss.
Gratitude from Nicki Minaj to President Trump for standing-up for prosecuted Christians.
Vast Majority: Of Americans oppose further federal control of universities per new research.
Flashback: Remember when only 34% of the nation supported the Apollo moon mission. Divided then, divided now.
Pessimistic: Americans fear more political violence ahead.
Remembering FSM: The founding father of modern American conservatism, who was of course, an ex-Communist.
Coddling Children: The harm done by schools that seek to remove uncomfortable debate.
Diversity Died: And it was apparently killed by college professors who hate academic freedom.
Are you ready for the Internet to collapse? Some people are.
Sleepier: The science behind the need for more sleep in the fall and winter.
Longevity: To live longer, get social.
More tips.
Michigan cleric tied to terror plot.
Data on U.S. D.I.N.K.S.
Mirroring: More research noting that we can change people simply by smiling at them.
Fleeing capital: Millionaire migration charted.
Unpacking the Simpsons are Prophets narrative.
Watch: What determines your dog’s personality?
Charting how differently men and women spend their time throughout a day.
Unpacking the lesson of KPop Demon Hunters lesson: Harmony beats Evil.
Misandry afoot: Having a boyfriend is now apparently uncool.
Top baby names for 2025 listed.
A reflection on the evidence of our being equal in the context of law.
Another violent transexual creates headlines.
A final journey: Band Journey announces farewell tour.
A deep-dive into Hollywood’s obsession with uncreative biopics of muiscians.
Another word-of-the-year: Vibe-coding.
A round-up of 2025 ballot proposals approved by various states.
109-Cent. Adjusting rapper 50-Cent for inflation.
Cool-Skool: Having ZERO followers on Social Media per this vibe-maker.
Morbid-luck: You could win a lottery allowing you to be buried in the same cemetery as Jim Morrison or Oscar Wilde.
For the first time in 35 years, no hip-hop song charts in the Top 40.
“Off for the ditch.” Remembering the first international Presidential tour.
Giddy-up! Why don’t we ride Zebras?
Like-seeks-Like: Research notes that similar neural wiring leads to connection.
AI:
WSJ: AI tech will contribute to prosperity.
Billboard: First AI “artist” charts on Billboard radio.
A Kardashian blames ChatGPT for failing at law school.
CHINA:
CCCP made electric busses can be remotely shut off notes media.
University of Michigan is apparently hosting more Chinese spies.
Reverse-enginering fueling China’s surge towards micro-chip domination.
COURTS:
NYT unpacks a Justice Jackson versus Justice Kagan narrative.
Kennedy pleas: Stop attacking the Courts!
WSJ: Say Nyet to a Tariff King an ed board tells SCOTUS.
Take-aways from an interview with Justice Barrett.
The government’s lawyer at SCOTUS quotes a letter from James Madison that admits Tariffs are a tax.
ECONOMY:
POLS BEHAVING BADLY:
Dems:
Brand for the Democrat Party? Garbage according to CNN’s number’s expert.
Awkward. Democrats toss-out women in favor of men.
“Woke” and “Weak” are the ways that working class voters see the Democrat brand.
NYP lists 20 insane things about Mamdani.
Michigan Democrats embrace anti-Semetic platform and candidates in bid for power.
Sanders: Democrats are now the anti-working class party of billionaires.
State Democrats engage in sexual blackmail to silence critics media reports.
James Comey allegedly lied to Congress.
Arctic Frost misconduct, leads to Articles of Impeachment against a Federal Judge.
Out-of-touch: NY Mag profiles the next generation of radical Democrats they pine for.
Per one felon, another Democrat prosecutor behaved badly.
Reps:
TRAVEL:
Ranking nations by quality of life, visualized.
380,000 steps one person took to walk across a state is chronicled.
Mean at the Museum. Only in Germany would one find a market for a tour guide intentionally hired to be grumpy.
The best Christinas Markets around the globe.
Some of the best
Code Nast: The best 2026 destinations according to this wanna-be tastemaker.
The best Cinnamon Rolls in America and where to get them.
Reflecting on the Motel.
Best domestic Airports for a boozy layover, rated here.
Film: 15 Days 2020 a documentary by Restore Childhood, trailer is here. Full movie, here.
