Boots may be on the ground in Iran, but not American boots.
A horrible story comes out of Miami and there are some big questions we should ask.
And football loses one of its greatest coaches.
News
Here is some news:
- Legendary Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz has died at the age of 89, the university announced on Wednesday.
- Holtz was considered one of the most influential coaches in college football history, winning 249 games as a collegiate head coach. He began his coaching career at William & Mary in 1969 and spent one season in the NFL before returning to college football.
- One hundred of those wins happened at Notre Dame, where he served as head coach from 1986 until 1996.
- Holtz was also a close friend and longtime supporter of Donald Trump. The president honored Holtz with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in December of 2020 for his contributions to the nation.
- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that federal appeals courts must defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions.
- The court’s ruling, written by Biden-appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, stated that immigration laws require federal courts to use a “substantial-evidence standard” when reviewing immigration judges’ decisions regarding whether an asylum seeker would face “persecution” if deported from the country.
- Jackson noted that courts must meet a high bar before overturning an immigration judge’s findings. “the agency’s determination whether a given set of undisputed facts rises to the level of persecution under §1101(a)(42)(A) is generally ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.’”
- The Senate voted against a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking further military action in Iran.
- Boot are on the ground in Iran. The Kurds, a group located in the western portion of Iran and have been contained by the IGRC have joined the fight.
- Britain and France may have to join the fight in Iran because of an attack of a British base in Cyprus and attacking French bases.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/beloved-notre-dame-football-coach-lou-holtz-dies-at-89?author=Amanda+Harding&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Beloved+Notre+Dame+Football+Coach+Lou+Holtz+Dies+At+89
https://thepostmillennial.com/scotus-unanimously-rules-courts-must-defer-to-immigration-judges-in-asylum-cases
https://thepostmillennial.com/senate-rejects-resolution-requiring-trump-to-seek-congressional-approval-for-further-action-in-iran
Sick
According to Perplexity:
A Georgia father, Colin Gray, was just convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter over his teenage son’s 2024 high school shooting, and a Michigan father, James Crumbley, was earlier convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his son’s 2021 school shooting.
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/father-gets-convicted-of-mansl-K.9st21JRvSyRH5l4bUteg
The Padres Have Enough Problems
According to the New York Post:
Once California tax laws entered the equation, two was greater than three for Merrill Kelly.
The math was done by the veteran pitcher at some point this offseason, when he was a free agent deciding between two options for his MLB future.
No. 1 was a two-year, $40 million contract with the Diamondbacks. No. 2, at least on paper, seemed better.
It was a three-year, fully guaranteed deal with the Padres that appeared to have a similar average annual value.
Kelly, though, chose the former — and during a sitdown interview with Foul Territory’s Scott Braun and A.J. Pierzynski this week, he explained the decision was almost entirely due to the Golden State’s tax system.
“I don’t think it’s any secret on how much money you get taken out of your pocket when you go to California,” the 37-year-old right-hander said.
There were, of course, other factors that pulled Kelly toward Arizona. He went to high school at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale and played collegiately at Arizona State.
And, the father of two young kids has called the Phoenix area home while logging innings for the Snakes in each of the past seven seasons.
“Coming back here,” he admitted, “it was always the priority.”
But after Pierzynski jokingly told him he was “the first person ever that’s been offered a bunch of money to go live in San Diego and said no,” Kelly made it crystal clear that giving away a significant portion of his income to a state government was ultimately a dealbreaker for him.
“I love San Diego,” Kelly said. “It’s just, like I said, they take too much money out of my pocket, man. The taxes over there are a different level.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/27/sports/merrill-kelly-turned-down-padres-contract-due-to-california-taxes/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
What A Shock
According to the New York Post:
The number of properties sold in California over the past three years was 24% lower than the same time period before the Great Recession, sparking fears of a statewide crash.
The Golden State had 954,423 property sales in 2023-25, down from 1.25 million in 2007-2009, according to figures from real estate data provider Attom.
That means homebuying in California was 24% slower over the past three years than it was in the run-up to the apocalyptic housing crash that triggered the Great Recession.
California’s sales pace over the past three years is down 31% compared to the previous 18 years, while the nationwide drop was 6%.
But while the statewide median property price plummeted 55% — from nearly $600,000 in 2007 to roughly $275,000 in 2009 — prices have actually increased over the past three years, the Orange County Register’s business columnist Jon Lansner reported.
California’s median home price rose 9% from December 2022 to December 2025, reaching $710,000, just 5% below its all-time high.
When the subprime mortgage market collapsed, many homeowners couldn’t find a buyer and walked away from their houses after foreclosures, as the Fed lowered interest rates.
As people were forced out of homes they couldn’t afford, the resulting oversupply tanked property values.
But the current Mexican standoff in California stems from the lock-in effect: owners with 3% mortgage rates refuse to sell and move into a new 7% rate, keeping the market frozen.
Sellers reluctant to lose their low rates and buyers unable to afford high ones result in today’s stagnant market, keeping prices high because inventory is scarce.
On top of that, the first-time buyer affordability index shows less than a third of California households could qualify for a starter home in 2023-25.
Only 30% of households in the state qualified, down from 49% in 2007-09, according to figures from the California Association of Realtors.
Earlier this year, 30-year mortgage rates dipped below 6% for the first time since 2022, offering potential relief to would-be homeowners.
But Lansner warned that no rapid price correction is likely.
In the three years after the Great Recession, California housing sales grew by just 8% while home prices recovered by 15% through the end of 2012, according to official figures.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/02/us-news/california-housing-crash-fears-as-buying-rates-plummet/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
He Shouldn’t Be Running
According to the California Post:
An elementary school in Fresno was forced to file a police report after a child sex offender running for city council held a press conference just steps away.
Rene Campos, 41, a candidate in Fresno City Council‘s District 7 race, spoke Friday on a street outside St. John’s Cathedral to address outrage over his past, the Fresno Bee reported.
He was about 10 feet away from Big Picture Elementary School, a public charter school, which later contacted local cops.
Until 2015, under Jessica’s Law, California prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 2,000ft of any school or park in the state.
The law was later declared unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court, which ruled that residency restrictions must be applied on a case-by-case basis.
It remains unclear whether Campos is subject to any specific court orders, restraining orders or individualized restrictions related to his offense, or whether his limitations fall solely under California’s general sex offender registration requirements.
Campos, who is running to unseat incumbent Nelson Esparza, has not publicly clarified the scope of any conditions that may apply to him. The Post reached out for comment.
Esparza said the council is considering legislation to prevent people like Campos from seeking office. Other city leaders were also furious.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/us-news/registered-sex-offender-holds-press-conference-near-school/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=capost
A Hero!
According to the New York Post:
A Nashville elementary school has cleared the record of a first-grade teacher who was disciplined for refusing to read a book about same-sex marriage to his young students, according to a report.
KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary issued a “final warning letter” to teacher Eric Rivera in January after he declined to read an LGBTQ book to his class that was included in the language arts curriculum.
Due to his Christian beliefs, Rivera said he could not in good conscience read the book to his class, according to legal group First Liberty Institute, and he asked a colleague to read the book instead.
The next day, Rivera was summoned to the principal’s office and threatened with termination. He was told he must maintain “fidelity” to the curriculum, and a discipline letter was placed in his personnel file.
First Liberty said Rivera had received no prior warnings and had no discipline history. Afterward, he asked for a religious accommodation but was instead reassigned to a lab and technology position and then to a kindergarten position, according to the legal group.
After facing a warning letter from First Liberty in February, KIPP Antioch agreed to clear the incident from Rivera’s record, according to a press release Monday from the legal group.
The school will now also allow “all teachers to ask another employee to read materials objectionable to their faith.”
https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/nashville-teacher-eric-rivera-gets-record-cleared-after-being-disciplined-for-not-reading-lgbtq-book/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social
This Probably Is Not Going to Fix Anything
According to the California Post:
The effort to breathe boozy life back into the state’s struggling downtown comes courtesy of a pair of San Francisco lawmakers who want to let cities create special zones where bars and restaurants can serve drinks until 4 a.m., two hours past the legal closing time.
“The nightlife economy is responsible in our state without a doubt for tens of billions of dollars in revenue, hundreds of thousands of jobs,” Matt Haney, a Democratic state assemblyman who introduced the bill, told CBS News.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the number of people visiting businesses in downtowns across the Golden State. California cities are recovering at different rates, but none have reached the levels saw in 2019.
“Getting people back out in the streets is key to the economic recovery of cities across California,” said Wiener, a Democratic state senator who introduced the bill along with Haney.
“By creating Entertainment Zones, we’re giving people a reason to go back to areas where recovery has been slow while creating a vital new revenue stream for bars and restaurants.”
Should the bill pass, bars would need to pay an extra $2,500 each year for a permit to sell alcohol until 4 a.m.
“When the sun goes down, there is so much that is economic and culturally important,” Haney told CBS News.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/california-lawmakers-push-bill-to-extend-last-call-to-4-a-m/?utm_campaign=capost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
