Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Persuasion
by Quico Toro

“How development economics forgot the most important thing.” (03/25/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/growth-is-all-you-need

Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Ari Cohn

“An Instagram post isn’t a cigarette. A YouTube short isn’t a shot of whiskey. Social media platforms and the information, ideas, and entertainment they connect people to aren’t tangible items that inherently and invariably have physical impacts on the human body. No matter how you feel about social media, the minute we start treating speech as if it were just another physical product is the minute we hand the government the power to decide what we can read, watch, and say. That’s dangerous — and the First Amendment forbids it.” (03/25/26)

https://www.fire.org/news/big-tech-verdicts-youre-cheering-are-actually-terrible-free-speech

Source: Reason
by Tyler Curtis

“Are young boys everywhere on the verge of being pulled down into the abyss of online gambling? If you’ve been reading the news lately, you might be tempted to think so. Young men are all addicted to sports betting, and now the industry’s incessant advertising is luring in kids, so say some media outlets. If something isn’t done to limit ads for gambling apps, some argue, kids will continue to be taken advantage of. … In reality, gambling ads pose very little threat to children.” (03/25/26)

https://reason.com/2026/03/25/politicians-want-to-ban-gambling-ads-to-stop-youth-addiction-what-do-the-data-say-about-teens-and-betting/

Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi

“Four years after the Twitter Files, the Missouri v. Biden case ends in a consent decree barring government from threatening protected speech – a belated but important victory.” (03/25/26)

https://www.racket.news/p/finally-good-news-free-speech-wins

Source: Show-Me Institute
by David Stokes

“The city of Herculaneum in Jefferson County is showing how use taxes can be properly added into the municipal revenue mix. A use tax is simply a sales tax on goods you purchase online (or through catalogs) and have delivered to your home. Many cities and counties have added them in recent years as online shopping has grown. Voters often approve them, but sometimes they say ‘“no, thank you.’ Supporters of use taxes say they level the playing field between online purchases and actual stores from a cost perspective, along with raising revenue for local services. That is true, and I have generally been supportive of use tax expansion in recent years. Broadening the sales tax base is a good thing. However, I have also called for cities and counties to offset the increased revenues from use taxes with cuts to other taxes (at least partly).” (03/25/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/economy/herculaneum-is-doing-use-taxes-right/