Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jackie Calmes

“Both Dolly and Donald are American originals. But to say ‘there will never be another Dolly’ is to do so with regret. To say the same about Trump is, for many Americans, to do so with hope for the country and Constitution. She was a fairy tale version of the American dream, born in a one-room mountain cabin, ever humble and true to her roots yet serenaded after her death by royal troops playing ‘9 to 5’ outside Buckingham Palace. He was born entitled and rich, yet embodies that old American saying ‘born on third base and thinks he hit a home run.’ Safe to say Trump won’t be honored abroad with serenades on his passing, given how fully he has alienated allies. Dolly’s philanthropy was real and global; the Trump Foundation was fraudulent and forced to shut down. She was no dumb blond; about him you’ll get an argument.” (08/27/26)

https://archive.is/XuguP

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“When a crime consists of nothing but handing a police officer or an informant something in exchange for money, the evidence often consists of nothing but that purported buyer’s word, along with drugs that easily could have been obtained through other means. This situation invites dishonest cops to invent drug offenses and take credit for the resulting arrests, as [Gerald] Goines did for years with impunity. When your job is to create crimes by arranging illegal drug sales, it is not such a big leap to create crimes out of whole cloth, especially if you are convinced that your target is a drug dealer.” (08/27/26)

https://reason.com/2026/08/27/he-spent-nearly-6-years-in-prison-based-on-the-word-of-a-notoriously-dishonest-houston-drug-cop/

Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco den Ouden

“Much of the self-help movement is focused on improving self-image. Ayn Rand’s former acolyte Nathaniel Branden developed his whole philosophy of psychology around the idea of self-esteem. And for many years he gave a three day intensive workshop, a group therapy event called Self-Esteem and the Art of Being. I took these Intensives twice, gaining additional insights into my own psyche both times. But Ayn Rand is naive to believe that simply studying and adopting a new philosophy will change the subconscious.” (08/27/26)

https://jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-self-help-book-resolved_0973168350.html

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Mark Nayler

“Following Britain’s vote to leave the EU, both easyJet and Ryanair were told by Brussels that they needed to relocate their headquarters and/or sell the majority of their shares to EU citizens in order to keep operating across the continent. easyJet solved the problem by opening a European office in Vienna, although its overall base of operations has remained in Luton, 30 miles north of London. New York-based Apollo has revealed few details about how it proposes to adhere to Europe’s airline ownership regulations, under which its stake is capped at 49.9%. Some aviation experts have noted that Apollo could satisfy Brussels by leaving majority voting rights with EU stakeholders, but still restructure or break up the airline to gain overall economic control.” (08/27/26)

https://fee.org/articles/a-hostile-takeover/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Matthew T Cantirino

“The first—and typically journalistic—answer defaults to his biography. Intellectually, in terms of his influences, Kendall was not simply the disciple of one single thinker or the product of any one single school of thought. He counted among his influences Aristotle, Rousseau, and the Mayflower Compact. He became, in middle age, a devoted student of both Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin, both of whom reached the apogees of their own careers during his life. Kendall showed an admirable openness—exceedingly rare in tenured academics—to re-evaluate the fundamentals of his own intellectual outlook. Yet that—and his admittedly captivating personal story—sometimes gets him written off as brilliant but unsettled …” (08/27/26)

https://lawliberty.org/the-eclectic-genius-of-willmoore-kendall/