I have never cheated on a test in my entire life. Except for that...err...ok let me rephrase that, I prefer to play by the rules when possible...which is seldom. Or as Nixon said, "I am not a crook". Princeton Changes Its 133-Year-Old Honor Code Over AI Cheating Fears Faculty voted to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing a policy set in place in 1893 By Douglas Belkin, WSJ May 12, 2026 6:51 pm ET Princeton University faculty voted to req

Right now the US does not need Middle East oil. We have plenty of our own plus were about to unleash the largest oil aquifer on the globe (Venezuela also under our control). Meanwhile China and the entire European Union is dependent on oil coming out of the straits. China in particular is f-cked. Not only aren't they getting Iranian crude, but they are also shut out of Saudi crude. Their factories are literally closing because they lack the energy to run them. At any time

Who was the largest donor to charitable causes in our State's history? The CEO of Citadel, Ken Griffen. Gov Fatso chased him out along with the majority of their employees. Claude AI Philanthropy (Illinois) — over $600M before leaving for Miami in 2022 $125 million to the University of Chicago's economics department (renamed the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics) in 2017, with cumulative giving to UChicago around $150M. WikipediaChicago Magazine $125 million to the

OMG, LA is catching up! American education is in crisis. By Sam Sifton, NY Times May 13, 2026 Almost everywhere in the country, students’ academic performance is worse than their peers’ was a decade ago, according to district-level test score data that came out this morning. The numbers are startling. Reading scores were down last year in 83 percent of school districts for which we have data. Math scores were down in 70 percent. The drops happened in rich districts as well as

I do not want Big Brother monitoring my bodily functions while I sleep. This is part of some government program to spy on my ass. This is not some crazy conspiracy theory...as far as I know. I'm spending next weekend at Belleview. Fitness Bands Are Losing Screens—and Gaining Fans No-display health trackers, including the Oura Ring, Whoop band and new Google Fitbit Air, offer more continuous monitoring than smartwatches By Nicole Nguyen, WSJ May 7, 2026 U.S. purchases of fit