The best of the day from the Allies. Headlines link to the original; we add a line on each.
Texas Mayor Rolls Back ICE Cooperation After Blue Wave
The Daily Wire — Houston’s mayor has ordered city police to call ICE only when an arrest for a jailable offense coincides with an immigration warrant, calling it a model for Texas cities.
On Higher Ed, It’s Time for a Conservative Affordability Agenda
American Enterprise Institute — Preston Cooper argues the midterm rout should push Republicans to make college costs their higher-education priority, through price competition and cost control rather than new subsidies.
Classical Music’s Misguided Quest for “Relevance”
City Journal — Heather Mac Donald traces the Boston Symphony’s abrupt dismissal of its acclaimed conductor to an orchestra world preoccupied with identity politics over musicianship.
Gavin the Merciful: Newsom’s 548 Death Row Commutations of Infamous Child Murderers and Serial Killers Overshadow Biden’s Notorious Clemency Spree
Washington Free Beacon — By Andrew Kerr: “Over the past 50 years, 917 death row inmates in the United States have received clemency.”
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