Rip’s Newsletter
September 7, 2026
Compiled and Edited
by
Jim Reynolds
Articles in This Issue
Kevin McCullough - The Pink People Problem
Marziyeh Amirizadeh - Mr. President, You Asked When the Iranian People Will Rise Up. They Never Stopped Fighting.
Scott Johnson - A word from Roger Kimball
Jim Reynolds - A Good Jobs Report. Let’s Leave It There.
Overview
This set turns on a familiar split between hope and hard reality: economic numbers that can be read as vindication, and political arguments that insist the deeper story is still unsettled.
I’m also struck by how much of it is about endurance, whether that means a magazine defending conservative judgment, Iranians persisting through decades of repression, or a courtroom wrestling with sympathy and responsibility.
Beneath the headlines, the common thread is a fight over how to interpret suffering, progress, and moral accountability.
And by the way, the jobs report was solid. But let’s not overdo it, Peter.
The Pink People Problem
By: Kevin McCullough Townhall
Date: 2026-09-06 · Words: 1,029
Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial followed a jury deadlock over criminal responsibility.
Prosecutors said she strangled her three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 2023.
Supporters in pink rallied outside court, framing Clancy as needing compassion.
The column argues the children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, are the real victims.
It rejects postpartum psychosis as a blanket excuse and demands adult accountability.
This story spotlights the clash between compassion, accountability, and the erasure of child victims.
🅱️ A cold splash of reality in a room full of rose-colored delusions. He takes the pink bows and turns them into a mirror, forcing the reader to look at the victims instead of the spectacle. Sharp, necessary, and hits like a hammer.
Reader Experience Minor clutter but easy reading.
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Mr. President, You Asked When the Iranian People Will Rise Up. They Never Stopped Fighting.
By: Marziyeh Amirizadeh Townhall
Date: 2026-09-06 · Words: 1,232
Trump asked when Iranians will rise; the author says they never stopped fighting.
She traces 47 years of uprisings, massacres, arrests, and regime brutality.
Key flashpoints include 1988 prison killings, 1999 students, 2009 Green Movement.
She argues Western silence and failed diplomacy repeatedly left protesters exposed.
Her message: support Iranians directly, or they will keep fighting alone.
Iran’s struggle is ongoing, and U.S. support could determine whether sacrifice becomes freedom.
🅱️ This isn’t a political op-ed; it’s a survivor’s ledger. It turns the President’s question on its head by showing that while leaders play games, people are paying in blood. A heavy, necessary reality check for anyone who thinks freedom is a spectator sport.
Reader Experience Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the full original article here
A word from Roger Kimball
By: Scott Johnson Power Line
Date: 2026-09-07 · Words: 1,340
The New Criterion marks its forty-fifth anniversary with a special expanded issue online.
Roger Kimball frames the magazine as a conservative cultural review inspired by T. S. Eliot.
He says its mission is clear criticism, judgment, and resistance to politicized culture.
Kimball argues the magazine has battled conformity, mediocrity, and cultural amnesia for decades.
The anniversary issue launches a yearlong “classical inheritance” series, beginning with Victor Davis Hanson.
This anniversary essay shows why serious cultural criticism still matters in an age of conformity and noise.
🅱️ An old-school defense of standards in an age of participation trophies. It’s a mission statement for the long war, reminding us that excellence isn’t a consensus—it’s a discipline.
Reader Experience Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the full original article here
A Good Jobs Report. Let’s Leave It There.
By: Jim Reynolds www.reynolds.com
Date: 2026-09-07 · Words: 1,049
Navarro credibly argues August’s jobs report supports optimism about Trump’s economic agenda.
Employers added 162,000 jobs; unemployment stayed low at 4.1 percent.
Lower immigration means fewer monthly jobs are needed to keep unemployment stable.
Manufacturing and construction improved, but one month does not prove an industrial renaissance.
The report is good, but it does not yet validate sweeping Trumpnomics claims.
The story matters because it separates real labor-market strength from overreaching political spin.
🅱️ A steady hand on the tiller. It separates the signal from the political noise without losing its spine. It’s not a victory lap, it’s an audit—and that’s exactly what the truth needs.
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You may also be interested in the following selected stories:
Datacenter Towns Hold All the Cards Before the Golden Shovel Hits Dirt — Alex Ashe, American Thinker
An Offer States Can’t Refuse — Jay Rogers, Townhall
A Young Immigrantâs Poem to America — Luis Gonzalez, American Thinker
California Still Needs Prop 39 — Kyle McClay, American Thinker
Our Broken Trust — Erick Erickson, FrontPage Magazine
Fraud frontwoman set for sentencing — Bill Glahn, Power Line
The ‘Trouble’ With Theory — Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Thanks. I have built a system that downloads over a hundred articles from the top conservative opinion sites. These are all ranked according to the criteria I believe our readership cares about. Then I select the top four and throw in another 6 for the more ambitious readers. If VDH has written anything lately, he will lead the mix — this is a Rip legacy.
The Pink Problem. When the DA came out in support of the three forgotten babies who were strangled to death by mommy! In the background was a Pink Lady frowning that the mother was not allowed to walk. God Bless those chidren and Pink Lady should seek help!