Source: Wired
by Alexandra Talty

“With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.” (12/11/25)

https://archive.is/hjSEC

Source: Liberal Currents
by Adam Gurri

“Let’s say the unlikely happens and Democrats take both houses in 2026. Surely that means nothing for removing people from office, right? You’ll never get two-thirds of the Senate no matter how big your majority. And if we get a majority at all, it is likely to be a slim one. No, that’s quitter talk. We can do this.” (12/11/25)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-remove-the-bastards/

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin

“‘A monarchy, or a corrupt tyrannical aristocracy.’ That, George Mason warned, is what the Constitution would produce. His objections to ratification became the foundation for some of the most influential Anti-Federalist arguments. Born 300 years ago today, December 11, 1725, Mason was one of the most influential political thinkers and leaders of the American Revolution. It would be hard to exaggerate the impact of his Virginia Declaration of Rights, which served as the foundation for the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights – and other constitutional documents around the world. But today, on the 300th anniversary of his birth, we are exploring his forgotten warnings about the Constitution during the ratification debates. They focus almost completely on his core fear that the new system would centralize power in a national government and destroy liberty.” (12/11/25)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/12/11/consolidation-george-masons-core-anti-federalist-warning/

source: EconLog
by JP Bastos

“Any book that intends to provide a complete account of a chapter covering almost 70 years in the history of ideas is an ambitious achievement by itself, especially when it is centered around a fuzzy concept like neoliberalism. If such a book also attempts to cover decades of economic history, discussing the evolution of policymaking and the intellectual and political debates that shaped it, one would probably worry that the author is trying to accomplish too much. Now, add that the author will try to do so while navigating murky waters, surrounded by the history of a violent dictatorship and the overall context of Latin American politics of the Cold War era. It seems like a recipe for failure. Yet, to the great benefit of his readers, Sebástian Edwards accomplishes all this brilliantly. The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism is nothing short of a monumental achievement.” (12/11/25)

https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2025/bastoschileproject

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Alan Mosley

“On December 5, 1886, on a windswept homestead near De Smet in Dakota Territory, Rose Wilder Lane entered a world of adversity. She was the only surviving child of Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder. Within a few short years her family’s cabin burned, her parents were stricken with diphtheria, her father suffered a crippling stroke, and severe winters forced them to leave the prairie. Those early calamities impressed on Lane two lessons that would define her life: that individual fortitude matters more than fate, and that no external authority can substitute for self‑discipline. … By age sixteen she was supporting herself as a Western Union operator, moving from town to town and reading voraciously after her night shifts. The hardships of her youth fostered a fierce independence that would blossom into a philosophy.” (12/11/25)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/rose-wilder-lane-frontier-prophet-of-freedom

Source: Reason
by Veronique de Rugy

“The strange new alliance between democratic socialists and nationalist populists isn’t a sign of political healing. It’s a sign that people have lost their grip on basic economics.” (12/11/25)

https://reason.com/2025/12/11/the-bipartisan-war-on-prices-is-coming-for-your-credit-card/