Rip’s Newsletter
September 14, 2026
Compiled and Edited
by
Jim Reynolds
Articles in This Issue
Joseph Varon - Medicine Has Forgotten How to Touch the Patient
Roger Kimball - The Madness of the Anti-AI Crowd
Brian C Joondeph - The Transgender Mirage Is Cracking
Jim Reynolds - The Coalition That Hates Trump
Overview
I’m seeing the same pattern across these pieces: institutions that were supposed to tell the truth are selling fantasies instead.
Medicine has traded bedside judgment for screens and templates, the anti-AI crowd is pushing another moral panic, and the human-rights industry keeps choosing the politically useful victim over the real one.
The transgender craze is cracking because biology does not bend to slogans, and that matters because every one of these fights is really about whether reality still has a vote.
Medicine Has Forgotten How to Touch the Patient
By: Joseph Varon Brownstone
Date: 2026-09-13 · Words: 3,600
Medicine increasingly substitutes tests and documentation for direct bedside examination.
Experienced clinicians often detect deterioration before labs or imaging confirm it.
Electronic records and screens consume attention, reducing meaningful patient face time.
Physical examination remains an evidence-based diagnostic tool, not obsolete ritual.
Touch and examination also build trust, reassurance, and therapeutic connection.
Medicine matters most when technology serves bedside judgment, not replaces it.
🅱️ This isn’t just a lecture on bedside manner; it’s a warning about the slow death of human intuition. It captures that hollow feeling when you realize your doctor spent more time with a screen than with your actual life. A vital reminder that data isn’t the same thing as truth.
Read the full original article here
The Madness of the Anti-AI Crowd
By: Roger Kimball American Greatness
Date: 2026-09-13 · Words: 1,263
The essay frames anti-AI panic as another recurring mass delusion, akin to historical moral epidemics.
It argues modern panics are often amplified by foreign actors and domestic enforcers.
Sanders and Casar’s proposed AI moratorium is mocked as draconian, politically useful theater.
A former Anthropic employee’s AI-doom warnings are presented as overblown and media-fueled hysteria.
The author says AI is an extension of technological progress, and regulation should not cripple American innovation.
This story matters because it argues AI fear is being weaponized to slow U.S. technological leadership.
🅱️ Kimball connects the dots between old-school hysteria and modern power grabs. It’s a sharp reminder that when the state starts preaching ‘safety’ through regulation, they’re usually just looking for a way to grab the steering wheel. A solid reality check for anyone still buying the latest panic-peddlers.
Read the full original article here
The Transgender Mirage Is Cracking
By: Brian C Joondeph American Thinker
Date: 2026-09-14 · Words: 1,054
The article argues transgender ideology has overridden biology, science, and common sense for years.
It says the greatest scandal involves children, especially medicalizing normal adolescent distress.
The author criticizes puberty blockers and hormones as harmful, irreversible, and insufficiently evidence-based.
He notes several European countries have restricted pediatric gender medicine and favored psychotherapy.
The piece frames the issue as ideology silencing dissent, while reality is forcing reconsideration.
This story matters because it challenges a powerful medical and cultural consensus shaping children’s lives and irreversible decisions.
🅱️ This isn’t just an op-ed; it’s a post-mortem of a delusion. It hits the hard truths that the professional class is too terrified to touch, delivered with the steady hand of someone who actually knows what a doctor’s oath means.
Read the full original article here
The Coalition That Hates Trump
By: Jim Reynolds www.reynolds.com
Date: 2026-09-14 · Words: 1,648
Reynolds argues Democrats are united mainly by hatred of Trump, not shared governing principles.
El-Sayed’s evasive interview is presented as a model of coalition maintenance through ambiguity.
The coalition spans incompatible factions: progressives, unions, activists, donors, and religious groups.
Reynolds compares this dynamic to Iran’s anti-Shah revolution, where enemy-first unity masked future conflict.
He warns Trump’s exit will expose unresolved Democratic battles over Israel, gender, speech, and capitalism.
This story matters because it argues Trump’s absence could reveal the Democratic coalition’s deepest contradictions.
🅱️ This isn’t just a political takedown; it’s a post-mortem of a coalition that hasn’t realized it’s already dead. It uses the Iranian revolution like a scalpel to show that when you build a house solely to burn down your neighbor’s, you shouldn’t be surprised when the arsonists start fighting over the ashes.
Read the full original article here
You may also be interested in the following selected stories:
The Human Rights Industry Has a Favorite Kind of Victim — Pierre Rehov, The Gatestone Institute
Betty Friedan’s Warning: What She Understood—and What We Got Wrong — Spyridon Andrews, American Greatness
Red States Are Replacing Woke Colleges With Real Education — Mark Bauerlein, The Federalist
12/11, Like 9/11, Was A Disaster For The West — Steven Tucker, The Federalist
The Carney Rowboat Versus the Trump Aircraft Carrier — Peter Navarro, peternavarro.substack.com
☕️ BREAD AND CIRCUITS ☙ Saturday, September 12, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠 — Jeff Childers, www.coffeeandcovid.com
