Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“Primary care physicians—internists, general practitioners, family doctors, and pediatricians—are the key point of patient contact with the medical system. They have been leaving the medical profession in droves because their conditions of practice have become intolerable. These doctors are being pressured to see more patients in shorter appointments despite ever more complex cases and treatment options, even as they are required to spend more time at computer terminals entering patient data. One recent paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine calculates that primary care doctors, to meet all of their clinical and clerical obligations, would literally need to work 26.7 hours a day.” (06/01/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/06/01/corporations-and-crisis-of-care-primary-doctors-corporations/
Source: Associated Press
“A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports. About 70 other people were injured in the explosion that took place around noon in the village of Kaungtup, in Namhkam township. The area, located about 3 kilometers (2 miles) south of the Chinese border, is under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, an ethnic armed group which has engaged in sporadic fighting against Myanmar’s [junta].” (05/31/26)
https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-deadly-explosion-5946c95f92ca91472fb30a57438234ec
Source: Libertarian Institute
“‘The Mad Dream of Conquest,’ Pt I.” (05/31/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/dangerous-history-podcast/dhp287/
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Steven Kritz
“My dad died suddenly in 1969 at age 42 from what was found on autopsy to be his third myocardial infarction. While he was known to have severe hypertension, based on the few times that he allowed his blood pressure to be taken, he was never treated; the irony being that while he wanted me to become a doctor, he never trusted them. His mom, who was known to have severe hypertension, may have been on a diuretic when she died suddenly in 1954 at age 56 from a hemorrhagic stroke. I will turn 75 in a few months, and while I have evidence of heart disease, I have no physical disability from it. I have no doubt that good blood pressure control has been an important factor in that outcome, as it has for millions upon millions of people over the past 30-40 years.” (05/31/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/detours-and-missteps-on-the-road-to-medical-advances/
Source: NBC News
“The U.S. military said it carried out what it called self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend, while Iran said it targeted an air base used in the U.S. attack as the two countries continued to trade strikes amid talks to end their war. On Monday morning, the Kuwaiti army said in a post on X that it was ‘currently responding to hostile missile and drone threats’ and that any sounds of explosions were the result of air defense systems intercepting attacks. It did not say where the attack was coming from or what was being targeted, but Kuwait hosts a U.S. air base that has previously been attacked by Iran and its proxies.” (06/01/26)
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/us-says-struck-iranian-drone-radar-sites-iran-claims-attack-air-base-rcna347809
Source: Independent Institute
by Jim Bovard
“For more than a decade, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents have plundered passengers at airport security checkpoints on the flimsiest or most shameless pretexts. If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, TSA agents can fleece you. More than 10,000 travelers have been stripped of their money by TSA agents since 2014. But the feds almost never bother filing criminal charges against the victims of asset forfeiture. TSA considers itself generous when it ‘permits the passenger to continue on to their destination’ — after taking away their money.” (05/29/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/we-must-end-the-tsa-license-to-loot
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“LNC Convention Discussion.” (05/30/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8zYxakGxU
Source: CNN
“In a surprisingly strong performance, right-wing outsider candidate Abelardo de la Espriella will face leftist candidate senator Iván Cepeda in a June runoff election to decide Colombia’s presidency, setting the stage for a battle over the country’s political future and the direction of its relationships with key international partners, including the United States. With more than 99% of the votes counted in Sunday’s first round of the presidential election, de la Espriella won the most ballots with 43.74% of the vote, falling short of the absolute majority required to win outright in the contest. Cepeda, representing the left-wing Historic Pact coalition, was in second place with 40.90%. The left Democratic Center candidate Paloma Valencia was trailing well behind with 6.92%, according to preliminary results released by the National Civil Registry.” (05/31/26)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/31/americas/colombia-runoff-espriella-cepeda-latam-intl
Source: Washington Post
by Megan McArdle
“If the proliferation of AI writing is a problem, it’s not because it’s terrible slop unfit for human consumption; it’s a problem because in some specific ways, it’s too good. It is the literary equivalent of fast food: convenient, cheap, hyper-consistent and relentlessly optimized to tickle our pleasure centers. Sure, AI produces some crazy metaphors and weird hallucinations, because the models have all of our text and none of our context. On the other hand, AI is really good at optimizing for readability, both stylistically and structurally. … as with fast food, what people want now isn’t necessarily good for them in the long run.” (05/31/26)
https://archive.is/Oe1zp
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“The nostalgia for a 1950s ‘mom, dad, two kids, Chevy four-door, well-manicured lawn around a tidy cottage’ way of life is not nostalgia for ‘the old days,’ let alone for the days shortly after ‘the creation of the world.’ It’s nostalgia for post-World-War-2 Pasadena, California.” (05/31/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20637
