Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“China shouldn’t worry — Trump is too weak and unfocused to be a threat.” (05/18/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-thucydides

Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser

Cartoon. (05/18/26)

https://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2589

Source: Reason
by Jeff Luse

“A streamlined process for environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act gives the government broader discretion to approve projects.” (for publication 06/26)

https://reason.com/2026/05/18/less-green-tape-for-more-clean-energy/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Jeffery Degner

“Forty years ago, the one-hit wonder, Timbuk 3 harmonized, ‘the future’s so bright, I’ve gotta wear shades.’ In the four decades since, the long-run trends in consumer sentiment cast a decidedly darker outlook. Consumer sentiment measures Americans’ views on their economic future, and it’s been getting consistently more dire over time. When that demoralization becomes ingrained in a generation’s psyche, ‘eat and drink, tomorrow we die’ becomes more than a slogan; it becomes a way of life. One of the institutions most dramatically undermined by this persistent gloom is the family.” (05/18/26)

https://lawliberty.org/boomers-vs-doomers/

Source: Washington Post
by Matthew Lynn

“A Rose Garden announcement triggers panic on Wall Street; then a post on Truth Social sends stock prices soaring. A promise of upcoming news launches a market rally, which slumps when the actual news is delivered that evening. Anyone who follows the stock market is familiar with the phenomenon. In President Donald Trump’s second term — particularly its first few months — his abrupt announcements have driven the stock market in a way that past presidents’ moves have seldom done. And that’s troubling.” (05/18/26)

https://archive.is/tTZjj

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Christine E Black

“Distract and minimize, confuse and deny, justify and excuse, become angry or enraged, and call crazy those who speak what others do not want to see or hear. In the throes of cognitive dissonance, people resort to all these ploys to relieve their internal discomfort. These horrible events could not possibly be true; the abuse could not possibly have been this widespread, some insist. Governments could not possibly have covered up this sex criminal’s harms, over decades, regardless of which political party was in power while people investigating are connected to those being investigated, as reported by Whitney Webb.” (05/18/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/our-own-cognitive-dissonance-is-concealing-the-epstein-network/