SolutionsWatch, 05/19/26
Source: The Corbett Report
“The AI uprising has begun. But what kind of uprising will it be? Will it be a Butlerian Jihad? A neo-Luddite movement? Or something else entirely? Let’s find out …” (05/19/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Christianity and the Founders’ Liberalism
Source: Law & Liberty
by Alexander William Salter
“If the American founding was radical, it was in the literal sense of the word: proceeding from the root.” (05/19/26)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/christianity-and-the-founders-liberalism/
NYC: Federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“A federal judge in New York has banned US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan, where vigorous confrontations have played out since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency. Under an order issued on Monday by P Kevin Castel, a US district judge, federal agents are no longer allowed to make arrests of immigrants except under exceptional circumstances at the sites where hearings are held before immigration judges. Castel’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union, Make the Road NY and other groups.” (05/19/26)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/ice-arrests-ban-manhattan-courts-immigration
Cato Podcast, 05/19/26
Source: Cato Institute
“Kicking the Can to Xi’s September Visit.” (05/19/26)
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/kicking-can-xis-september-visit
The Noble Savage
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Sofia Karstens
“Eisenhower warned us: ‘Beware the military-industrial complex.’ Those words are widely remembered. Less so the companion warning: ‘Holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.’ That second warning may prove the more prophetic. The convergence of those two forces – the industrial machinery of power and the technological elite capable of shaping reality itself – is where we now find ourselves.” (05/19/26)
Fear and Loathing in Palo Alto
Source: Washington Monthly
by Alex Bronzini-Vender
“Theo Baker’s debut book is a film-worthy investigation of Stanford’s culture of fraud. But his disdain for the tech bros keeps him from understanding them.” (05/19/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/19/fear-and-loathing-in-palo-alto/
Pod Save America, episode 1163
Source: Crooked Media
“The Bruised Hand in the Cookie Jar.” (05/19/26)
https://audioboom.com/posts/8905222-the-bruised-hand-in-the-cookie-jar
Advisory Opinions, 05/19/26
Source: The Dispatch
“Let’s Sue the Government.” (05/19/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/lets-sue-the-government/
Ibn Khaldun and the Original Case Against Big Government
Source: Students For Liberty
by Ilia Zhuzhunashvili
“When the state keeps taking more, it often ends up with less. The idea is usually treated as a modern insight, associated with tax curves, supply and demand, and other economic buzzwords. But Ibn Khaldun, the 14th-century North African historian and thinker, laid out the logic long before any of that language existed.” (05/19/26)
https://studentsforliberty.org/blog/ibn-khaldun-and-the-original-case-against-big-government/
Spain: Former PM Zapatero faces corruption probe
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is under investigation over alleged influence peddling and related crimes in the bailout of an airline during the COVID-19 pandemic. The High Court said on Tuesday that Zapatero’s office in Madrid was searched along with three other premises. The socialist, who governed Spain from 2004 to 2011, was summoned to testify on June 2. The investigation is tied to the 2021 state rescue of Plus Ultra, which received 53 million euros ($62m) through the state holding company SEPI during the pandemic. The case escalated in late December after several arrests, including businessman Julio Martinez Martinez, known as Julito, who is considered key to understanding the links between Plus Ultra and Zapatero.” (05/19/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/spains-former-pm-zapatero-faces-corruption-probe