Merit & Excellence

Sacramento is moving to gut Prop 209's K-12 protections through ACA-7, which would open gifted programs and school admissions to race-based preferences after California voters rejected racial preference schemes twice. Meanwhile, a Hartford student who graduated with honors can't read a sentence, illustrating what happens when systems prioritize credentials over actual learning. From Chomsky's Epstein ties to Princeton professors whitewashing Khomeini, the posts here also track a broader pattern Thomas Sowell identified: elite institutions never hold their own accountable for being catastrophically wrong.

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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Merit & Excellence Media & Narrative

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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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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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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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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Public Safety & Policing 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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Merit & Excellence CA Ballot Measures

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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Merit & Excellence Skilled Immigration

Blanket Visa Bans Punish America's Best Immigrants

January 28, 2026 · 3 min read

A family that literally fights crime in their SF neighborhood can't get grandma a visitor visa to meet her newborn grandson.

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Merit & Excellence Federal Politicians

Ro Khanna's 96% Problem

January 26, 2026 · 4 min read

When nearly all your campaign cash comes from outside your district, who are you really representing?

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Merit & Excellence SF Bay Area

UC Regents Knew SAT Ban Was Wrong—Voted for It Anyway

January 24, 2026 · 5 min read

Archival footage reveals the 2020 board meeting where Regents admitted they were ignoring faculty data to appease one woman.

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