Source: Antiwar.com
by John Mearsheimer

“The Trump administration and its supporters – including the Wall Street Journal editorial page – are working overtime these days to spin the news around the Iran war to make it appear that the US is winning and Tehran had better submit to Washington’s demands before it is wrecked, maybe even ‘annihilated.’ Indeed, Trump is preparing the option of bringing the military hammer down on Iran after the midterm elections if Tehran has not surrendered by then. In effect, Trump and his supporters are waging a ‘maximum pressure campaign’ against Iran in the mainstream media. This campaign is sure to fail.” (10/06/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/john-mearsheimer/2026/10/05/trumps-big-bluff-on-iran

Source: The Daily Economy
by Patrick Carroll

“Capping property taxes isn’t all upside, but California’s Proposition 13 shows how tax limits can protect property owners from sudden increases and provide greater predictability.” (10/06/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/californias-prop-13-solved-one-property-tax-problem-and-created-others/

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Wojciech Wyszomierski

“Since the start of the 21st century, Poland has seemed like a textbook example of sustainable development. The break from a centrally planned economy in the late 1980s, the opening of the market, and relatively low labor costs attracted substantial foreign capital. GDP began to grow rapidly, and for the first time, money appeared in Poles’ pockets. While Western Europe focused on developing the welfare state, Poland consistently reinvested its earnings …. While in 1990, Poland’s GDP per capita did not exceed $2,000, 20 years later it had risen to over $12,000. However, not everyone was pleased with this. Poorer residents, bombarded with reports of an improving economic situation, began to voice their belief more and more boldly that they were entitled to a slice of the state’s pie.” (10/06/26)

https://fee.org/articles/private-companies-will-finance-the-welfare-state/

Source: New York Post
by Daniel McCarthy

“Latin America is turning right, and it’s a vindication for President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In some ways, the Cold War never really ended in the Western Hemisphere: socialism has haunted the nations of Central and South America long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the same Cuban regime the Soviet Union propped up for decades remains in power to this day. The hard left thought it had cemented control over Venezuela, too, thanks to Hugo Chavez and Nicolàs Maduro — until American forces snatched Maduro right out of his bed back in January and took him to New York to stand trial.” (10/05/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/opinion/brazils-right-turn-reflects-the-global-appeal-of-trumps-american-pride/

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“Until now, discussions of the potential economic problems created by the AI boom have mostly focused on the future. Will it destroy millions of jobs? Is there a bubble and will it cause a severe recession if it bursts? Will it destroy humanity? While these are doubtless very important questions, attempts to answer them are at best educated guesses. We don’t have to guess, however, about one major effect of the AI boom, because it’s happening right now: Massive spending on data centers is crowding out investment in everything else in the economy.” (10/06/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-versus-everything-else