HOW ABOUT INSTEAD LETTING THE KIDS GET JOBS AND FULFILL USEFUL ROLES?  Reclaiming Adolescent Resilience—Beyond the Chemical Solution.

Because they were medicating the kids when my kids were little, and that was well before cell phones. This is not the problem. None of this is the problem. The problem is that we keep kids locked in childhood until 18 and then suddenly expect them to be adults.

UNPOSSIBLE. WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO TALK ABOUT?   Not about Tariffs.

OPEN THREAD: Hang on baby, Friday’s coming.

THE TRUTH HURTS: A friend writes: “The Left tries to portray their support for college Hamasniks as being the 1970s ACLU defending the Nazis, except they actually like the Hamasniks. So, it’s more like the 1970s Nazis defending the Nazis.”

I HEAR FROM PEOPLE SERVING ABOUT HOW MANY POLITICIZED LOSERS WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICER CORPS. APPARENTLY WE DO:

THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Whiff of InEVitability: Looks Like We’re Over EVs.

Right now they’re cool, but a niche product. In a few years, with a new generation of batteries, they may be a plausible replacement for internal combustion cars. Right now they’re not. If you want something electric but generally useful, a plug-in hybrid is the way to go since it lets you putter around town on electricity but make long drives without worry about charging.