Democratic socialists say they’ll save the workers, but their “rescues” ALWAYS fail

Source: New York Post
by John Stossel

“Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving, and many more. Lots of people like gig work. It’s flexible; you work when you want to work. But ‘workers’ rights’ activists and governing socialists don’t like that. Gig workers rarely join unions. They don’t get a minimum wage. ‘Uber and Lyft exploit their workers.’ is a headline at MS NOW. ‘We can’t ignore it.’ The democratic socialists said they had a solution. Seattle’s City Council imposed a $26 delivery-driver minimum wage. What could go wrong? Two years later, we know the answer: Gig workers make no more money, but prices go up. Apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats added a $5 fee for consumers ‘to help cover the costs of these … regulations.’ Now Seattle residents complain about prices.” (06/24/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/opinion/democratic-socialists-say-theyll-save-workers-but-always-fail/

Steve Trinward

IBM hails new “block of flats” design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips

Source: BBC News [UK State Media]

“IBM has unveiled a new chip design which it says could enable manufacturers to cram 100 billion transistors on a silicon chip the size of a fingernail. The current industry-standard size for chips, measured in a the unit of nanometres – a billionth of a metre and the size of a few atoms – is around two nanometres (nm). But IBM claims its new chip tech is the equivalent of around 0.7nm, which may make it the world’s first known chip technology below 1nm. However, it will be several years before the chip tech could be ready to go into production. The firm claims in tests, its prototype performed 50% better than its own 2nm chip and was 70% more energy efficient. It claimed similar boosts in performance when it debuted its 2nm chip tech back in 2021 – saying at the time its tests of those, slightly larger, chips produced similar leaps in performance and energy efficiency.” (06/25/26)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg7vpyn5pxo

Steve Trinward

Thomas Jefferson: The Lost Founding Father of American Conservation

Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by Jonathan Wood

“Two years before he authored the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set out to conserve Virginia’s Natural Bridge—and pioneered a uniquely American model of voluntary stewardship.” (06/24/26)

https://www.perc.org/2026/06/24/thomas-jefferson-the-lost-founding-father-of-american-conservation/

Thomas L. Knapp

Technology – overcoming challenges

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“Today, too many people think of ‘technology’ as having only to do with information technology. Others (rightly) speak of the evils of ‘technocracy’ as a form of increased government control by a self-chosen elite. But there is much more, and technology offers solutions to many problems we face today. Just as it has in the past. However, it is also just as dangerous and wrong to think that every problem can be solved with technology or that any problem can be solved only with application of technology.” (06/24/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/06/24/technology-overcoming-challenges/

Thomas L. Knapp

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Raise Taxes and Give All the Money to Senior Citizens

Source: Reason
by Eric Boehm

“Her plan to fix Social Security’s fiscal flaws would ask workers to cover the full cost. Some Republicans are supporting it too.” (06/24/26)

https://reason.com/2026/06/24/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-raise-taxes-and-give-all-the-money-to-senior-citizens/

Thomas L. Knapp

Cambodia: Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of two journalists held political prisoner

Source: ABC News

“Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence of two journalists who posted photographs on Facebook last year related to border clashes with Thailand, prompting new accusations from rights groups that Prime Minister Hun Manet ‘s government is influencing the courts to quash press freedoms. … ‘The bogus prosecution and draconian prison sentences handed down to these two journalists shows the Cambodian authorities’ disdain for media freedom,’ Bryony Lau, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, told The Associated Press.” (06/24/26)

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/cambodias-supreme-court-rule-treason-appeal-2-journalists-134192048

Thomas L. Knapp