Welcome back! Here are some highlights from the last week.

I have had two columns since our last newsletter. First, my weekly syndicated column argued against Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) unilateral decision to change the U.S. Senate rules to permit senators to wear effectively whichever clothes they want. This change was made for the sole and exclusive reason of appeasing Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), the physically and mentally addled slob whose typical sartorial "flair" consists of a hoodie, shorts, and sneakers. The Senate should be elevating standards—not debasing itself to meet a lowest-common denominator. To lower members' dress code like this in what was once referred to as the "world's greatest deliberative body" is the functional equivalent of handing out "participation trophies" in youth soccer leagues: Everyone is a winner, and mediocrity is rewarded. Second, for Newsweek, I sounded the alarm on some recent troubling trends in mass arbitration—and, specifically, warned how some major companies are now trying to evade any accountability to consumers whatsoever via manipulation of the mass arbitration "shell game." This is a lesser-discussed topic, but I think it is an area potentially ripe for bipartisan policy reform.

I have had two podcast episodes since our last newsletter. First, I recorded a solo episode about the Fetterman dress code kerfuffle and the troubling broader deterioration of objective standards of decorum and conduct that govern society, the beginning of a hopefully meaningful GOP pushback against unending U.S. taxpayer funding of the boondoggle (now over a year and a half old) in Ukraine, and the importance of apologizing and asking for forgiveness when necessary (a topic sparked by the recent Yom Kippur Jewish holiday, but which is relevant to everyone). You can listen to that episode on Apple, Spotify or here. Second, I interviewed my friend Liz Wheeler, host of her popular eponymous show, about the exciting launch this week of her brand-new (and very impressive) book, Hide Your Children: Exposing the Marxists Behind the Attack on America's Kids. You can listen to that episode on Apple, Spotify or here.

In terms of other media hits and appearances since our last newsletter, I recorded a handful of CenterClip audio op-eds (on media titan Rupert Murdoch's legacy, last week's political winners and losers, and President Joe Biden's utter fakeness as a would-be avatar of the working class); joined "Tipping Point with Kara McKinney" on One America News Network to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's recent visit to the U.S. and the future of American involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war; guest-hosted "The Jason Rantz Show" on AM 770 KTTH (Seattle) on Tuesday, September 26 (you can listen here to hour 1, hour 2, and hour 3 of the program); and (as mentioned last week) spoke for the Cornell Law School Federalist Society on "Fighting the Big Tech Menace"—there is now a video of the event available.

Our additional highlighted right-leaning Newsweek op-eds from the past week include selections from Jim Daly, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rabbi Yaakov Menken, and Ericka Andersen.

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