This Land Is Your Land? This Land Is My Land.
Source: The Bulwark
by Michael Albertus
“The American Revolution began as a land grab. Our politics still revolve around the same hunger.” (06/17/26)
Source: The Bulwark
by Michael Albertus
“The American Revolution began as a land grab. Our politics still revolve around the same hunger.” (06/17/26)
Source: The UnPopulist
by Stan Veuger
“A fascinating book by a political scientist says yes — but, in fact, there is strong evidence for the opposite case, too.” (06/16/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/does-immigration-lead-to-democratic
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has undergone a successful lung transplant and is recovering from the procedure, the royal household said in a statement on Wednesday. The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake. … Oslo University Hospital on June 5 said Mette-Marit had been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health that likely gave her only a year to live without the surgery.” (06/17/26)
Source: LP Alliance
“[W]e go LIVE with Iowa House candidate Marco Battaglia to talk about his contested campaign, why Republicans are running scared, and the phone call from RFK Jr. asking him to drop out.” (06/16/26)
Source: Independent Institute
by Raymond J March
“Private companies—whether making medical goods or anything else — flourish or fail by assessing risk well. The FDA doesn’t face that discipline. The agency’s only real power is to remove products from the market or stop them from entering it. That is a blunt instrument applied to an incredibly dynamic market for medical goods. More importantly, accepting risk is a matter of personal preference and available alternatives — circumstances that differ for every patient and cannot be aggregated into a one-size-fits-all standard without discarding what makes medical treatment effective in the first place.” (06/16/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/06/16/fda-risk-problem/
Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Sasha Putilin
“The results of my ACX Grants 2024 project are in. The project attempted to replicate the 2023 study ‘Learning at your brain’s rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for perceptual decisions.’ It claimed that if you read a person’s brain waves, figured out an individual peak alpha frequency, and flashed a bright white light at that frequency, then they learned a certain perceptual task faster. Why bother? The result hinted that learning may depend in part on how well the brain keeps its rhythms coordinated.” (06/16/26)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/never-cross-a-river-four-feet-deep
Source: The Dispatch
“Abraham Lincoln, the First American | Interview: Allen Guelzo.” (06/17/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/abraham-lincoln-the-first-american-interview-allen-guelzo/
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
by Sarah McLaughlin
“The United Kingdom is unveiling a grand new policy it claims will protect children on social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and X. The exact rules governing the ban will be released before its launch next year, but it will use age verification tools to restrict youth access to social media and other programs. But this new ‘under-16’ policy, like many others before it, is a misnomer. Because whether you’re 15 or 55, it will affect people regardless of age — and drain away all UK citizens’ ability to speak freely and anonymously online.” (06/16/26)
Source: United Press International
“Oklahoma voters have rejected raising the state’s nation-lowest minimum wage as several states held primaries on Tuesday. The Sooner State sets its minimum at $7.25, the federal minimum wage floor, tying it with 19 other mostly Republican-led or -leaning states for the nation’s lowest. Oklahoma raised its minimum wage to $7.25 in 2009 to comply with federal law. Voters were asked in State Question 832 whether Oklahoma employers must pay employees at least $15 per hour by 2029, putting the state above the median of $11.63 an hour but still below the highest-wage states. However, voters rejected the move. … Oklahoma voters also heavily backed Rep. Kevin Hern for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat held by Markwayne Mullin until March, when he was sworn in as secretary of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem. … Meanwhile, the GOP gubernatorial primary appears to be heading to a runoff.” (06/17/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/06/17/Oklahoma-minimum-wage/8631781670598/
Source: Law & Liberty
“Tinfoil Hats in the White House.” (06/16/26)
https://lawliberty.org/podcast/tinfoil-hats-in-the-white-house/