Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“The continued existence of ‘public radio’ and ‘public television’ is out of place in these United States. Not because it’s partisan — all news vendors tend to toe some partisan line — but because it’s partisan and taxpayer subsidized. Though NPR aficionados tend to downplay the subsidies to NPR and PBS, what public media boosters have more consistently done is deny the partisanship. They have no standing any longer — if the evidence of our senses weren’t enough.” (07/18/25)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/07/18/propaganda-shoved-where/

Source: Antiwar.com
by Christopher Leonard

“In the months since October 7, when Hamas carried out a brutal and inexcusable attack on Israeli civilians, the world has watched in growing horror as the Israeli government — led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — has unleashed a campaign of destruction across the Gaza Strip that has few modern parallels. Entire families wiped out. Schools and hospitals reduced to rubble. Aid convoys bombed. Journalists silenced. Over 65,000 Palestinians killed, the vast majority of them women and children, according to the United Nations and humanitarian groups. And yet, as calls for accountability and restraint rise, Netanyahu’s response has been consistent and cynical: any criticism of Israel is labeled ‘anti-Semitism.’ This is not only intellectually dishonest — it’s dangerous. It cheapens the real, rising threat of anti-Semitism globally by weaponizing it as a political shield for a government engaging in what many experts now consider war crimes.” (07/18/25)

https://original.antiwar.com/christopher_leonard/2025/07/17/criticizing-netanyahu-isnt-anti-semitism-its-a-moral-obligation/

Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan

“Although Hillsdale was founded in the mid-19th century, the U.S. government waited until the 1970s to start suing them for non-compliance with federal anti-discrimination rules. Remarkably, the government did not even accuse Hillsdale of actually discriminating against anyone; they sued Hillsdale merely for refusing to document their compliance with federal discrimination law. After many years of litigation, the courts finally ruled that Hillsdale could ignore government regulation if they refused government funding. … Given the Hillsdale precedent, I say two things with confidence. First, since Hillsdale is not legally entitled to government funding, neither is any other notable college in America. Why? Because unlike Hillsdale, virtually every college in the United States has been flagrantly discriminating on the basis of race and sex for decades. … Second, every college in America that wishes to continue discriminating has a legally straightforward way to do so: be Hillsdale.” (07/17/25)

https://www.betonit.ai/p/let-them-be-hillsdale

Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp

“Tax preparation costs are really taxes themselves — government just has you pay them to its ‘public-private partners’ instead of to the IRS. Therefore they should be deducted from the total bill, right?” (07/17/25)

https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/19804