CIB lands with a plus-sized thud atop your podcast feed this week with some observations about over-leveraged parents and their kids, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and her highly credentialed gal pals, the Shohei Ohtani contract, and our usual games and silliness. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — 22 is a bottom-five birthday
4:11 — Parents over-extending their children for success!
27:27 — Stefanik vs. The Presidents of the Fancy Colleges of the North Eastern United States of America
1:11:15 — Jack Smith takes his latest Trump case straight to SCOTUS
1:18:55 — Trying to come to terms with the Ohtani contract
1:36:18 — Mark Strassmann Good One’ing with the Gullah Geechee
1:40:26 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:54:10 — Wrap-up! Thanksgiving (movie), Godzilla Minus One, Family Switch, Leave the World Behind

Relevant Linkage

Mises Institute: GRADE INFLATION AT HARVARD AND YALE: 80% OF STUDENTS GET AS

Inside Higher Ed: Yale Report Shows Grade Inflation is Real

WaPo: There’s nothing wrong with grade inflation

NYT: Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still Trails Other Countries

Reuters: Mathematics, reading skills in unprecedented decline in teenagers

The Hill: American IQs rose 30 points in the last century. Now, they may be falling.

CBS News: Special counsel asks Supreme Court to decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution

FanGraphs: Shohei Ohtani Is Deferring 97% of His Contract