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Paul Graham is pushing back on AOC's claim that billionaires can't earn their wealth, citing two decades of data from evaluating thousands of founders at Y Combinator. Closer to home, SFUSD just voted 6-1 to adopt a new ethnic studies curriculum validated by a process critics say was rigged from the start — and litigation is already incoming. Meanwhile, federal data projects California will lose nearly one million public school students by 2031, the steepest decline of any major state, as Sacramento moves to gut Prop 209's K-12 protections through ACA-7 despite voters rejecting racial preferences twice.

The $75,000 Escape Hatch Rich Parents Will Use
Merit & Excellence New York City

The $75,000 Escape Hatch Rich Parents Will Use

February 10, 2026 · 4 min read

Mamdani's plan to kill gifted programs will crush working-class kids while wealthy families shrug and write tuition checks.

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SFUSD's "Equity" Lottery Backfired Spectacularly
Merit & Excellence San Francisco

SFUSD's "Equity" Lottery Backfired Spectacularly

February 04, 2026 · 4 min read

A policy failure wrapped in virtue signaling: more segregation, 4,000 students gone, a bankrupt district—and it all started with anti-Chinese racism.

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Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future
Merit & Excellence State Capacity

Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future

February 03, 2026 · 4 min read

When 38% of students at America's most elite university claim disability status, the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed.

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The New War on Asian American Excellence
Asian American Issues Merit & Excellence

The New War on Asian American Excellence

February 03, 2026 · 7 min read

Helen Andrews says Asian Americans are ruining education with 'grind culture.' The data says she's lying.

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When Liberalism Didn't Say No to Racism
Merit & Excellence San Francisco

When Liberalism Didn't Say No to Racism

February 01, 2026 · 5 min read

When illiberal ideas dressed up as progress demanded that equal rules are unjust, liberals had no answer. Now we do.

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America's Schools Are Lying About Failure
Merit & Excellence State Capacity

America's Schools Are Lying About Failure

January 31, 2026 · 5 min read

Film students can't finish movies. Professors curve the grades anyway. And states that 'lowered standards to be kind' betrayed their most vulnerable students.

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Neither Party Cares About Your Kids' Education
Merit & Excellence Media & Narrative

Neither Party Cares About Your Kids' Education

January 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Democrats chase equity theater while Republicans settle for culture war dunks. Here's the evidence-based path both ignore.

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Matt Mahan Just Blew Up the Governor's Race
State Politicians Homelessness & Drug Crisis

Matt Mahan Just Blew Up the Governor's Race

January 29, 2026 · 5 min read

A startup founder who actually delivers results vs. Sacramento's endless theater. California finally has a real choice.

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The Real Class War California Won't Talk About
Asset Seizure Taxes Merit & Excellence

The Real Class War California Won't Talk About

January 29, 2026 · 6 min read

Inherited wealth wants to destroy builders while protecting their own loopholes. The data exposes the fraud.

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