Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“We are far from the first to point out that for a truly free people, schools and the state are not compatible. Part of the reason is that state schools do not accept nor truly support the idea of religious liberty. At least any religion except the worship of the omnipotent state. What goes on in Colorado is an example of that. Looking back with 20-20 hindsight, we see that promoting the necessity and acceptance of the power of governments as a primary purpose for ‘public schools’ – government-run, tax-funded institutions. To promote servitude to the state: to governments. Part of that is brainwashing even (and especially) children to see government as the primary (if not only) provider of all good things.” (10/14/25)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/10/14/government-run-schools-and-religious-liberty/

Source: The Intercept
by Alain Stephens

“They keep carving out calendar space for Charlie Kirk — days of remembrance, resolutions, flag orders — demanding the hush and reverence reserved for real moral witnesses. Congress moved to mark today as a ‘National Day of Remembrance;’ the White House ordered flags at half-staff after his death; towns are issuing local proclamations like it’s a civic sacrament. … The goal of the far right, Christian nationalists, and white supremacists in this moment is clear: to fix Kirk in the public imagination where Dr. King once stood. But the point isn’t to honor a tradition of justice — it’s to replace it entirely.” (10/14/25)

https://theintercept.com/2025/10/14/charlie-kirk-remembrance-mlk/

Source: Cato Institute
by Norbert Michel

“Populists from both major U.S. political parties have ditched the founding American principles that are integral to the nation’s economic and social development. … These principles, though imperfectly implemented, have proven invaluable to Americans. Tragically, the populists’ positions have been based on myths and deceit from the beginning. They insist that somewhere around the 1970s, the American middle class was hollowed out. As this story goes, policy makers’ blind adherence to free-market ideology triggered the catastrophe by killing the U.S. manufacturing sector. Those lucky few Americans who could find new jobs took low-paying ones in the service sector, and personal-income growth flatlined for the next five decades. It’s difficult to explain just how much is wrong with this story. For starters, Americans’ income growth over the past five decades has not been stagnant. It’s been great — and not just for the rich.” (10/14/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-middle-class-has-not-been-hollowed-out-far-it

Source: Niskanen Center
by Rachel Levine & Liza Reed

“Permitting reform has reemerged as a priority in the 119th Congress as lawmakers seek to address the gap between stagnant energy supply and surging demand that is pushing prices higher. Today’s permitting processes are not streamlined, and reform has long eluded lawmakers seeking to cut red tape for new critical infrastructure builds. Negotiations on the Energy Permitting Reform Act (EPRA) got close to a deal, but collapsed toward the end of the 118th Congress. Despite the deepening partisan divisions that have led to a shutdown of the federal government, lawmakers still have an opportunity to score a trifecta of energy-related reforms that would promote clean-firm generation, common sense updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and streamline permitting for nationally significant transmission lines.” (10/14/25)

https://www.niskanencenter.org/permitting-reform-is-back-and-heres-how-congress-can-get-it-done-this-time

Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan

“How to make parenting much easier even if phones are dangerously different.” (10/14/25)

https://www.betonit.ai/p/lets-do-the-time-warp-again