Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Matthew Blackburn
“Prudence has been replaced by confidence that conflict can be precisely managed. Nowhere is that more evident than in the European approach to Russia.” (06/25/26)
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“One of the puzzling things about certain political and cultural conflicts is how strongly people feel about them. I can understand why some people would prefer that homosexuals not be permitted to marry, find it harder to understand why they care so much about it. Similarly for same sex couples adopting. Similarly for polygamy. And similarly — I think the most interesting case — for attitudes towards transsexuals, individuals who have undergone a sex change operation. In each case, the question is why A cares so much about what B, or B and C, or even B, C, D, and E are doing. I have a conjecture about part of the answer. The world is a complicated place. One way in which we deal with that complication, in law and thought, is by representing a complicated reality with a much simpler model.” (06/25/26)
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
“The Lost Founder (with Jesse Wegman).” (06/25/26)
Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Dr. Edward W Younkins
“Randy E. Barnett is one of our most important contemporary defenders of a free society. Trained as a legal scholar but working at the intersection of law, political philosophy, constitutional theory, and economics, Barnett has developed a comprehensive moral and institutional justification for liberty that draws upon natural law, natural rights, individual sovereignty, and the evolutionary benefits of social order. Unlike many economists who defend capitalism primarily on grounds of efficiency, or philosophers who rely exclusively on consequentialist arguments, Barnett seeks to demonstrate that a free society is both morally justified and practically necessary because it provides the legal and institutional framework within which persons can pursue flourishing lives according to their own judgments.” (06/25/26)
https://www.freedomandflourishing.com/2026/06/the-architecture-of-freedom-randy.html
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“Fighting the Corporate Duopoly at the Ballot Box (w/ Kshama Sawant).” (06/24/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/fighting-the-corporate-duopoly-at
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“Half the problem with Trumpism is Trumpism. And the other half of the problem with Trumpism is Trump. Trump will always betray those who trust him. And he will always force his underlings to go out in public and defend indefensibly stupid things. Ask Larry Kudlow or Kevin Hassett. And, contra National Review’s social-media intern, Trump will reliably make everything he gets his hands on ugly: His Caligula-by-way-of-Liberace aesthetic is not only—or even mainly—the result of bad taste but the result of bad character. There is a reason vanity is numbered among the seven deadly sins. To assume that the reflecting pool work would be done incompetently and corruptly is far from absurd. If you happen to be among those who believe that character is destiny, then it is, at the very least, a reasonable assumption even if it is something short of an existential certainty.” (06/25/26)
https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-vandalism-claims/
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Marcos Giansante
“Long before economics became a discipline—before universities, statistical models, or debates over monetary policy—a more fundamental question emerged on the shores of the Aegean Sea: Why does order exist at all? The question did not arise in a royal court, a military academy, or a government bureau. It emerged among merchants, sailors, craftsmen, and philosophers living in the bustling Greek cities of Ionia.” (06/25/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-greek-merchants-and-philosophers-discovered-economics
Source: US News & World Report
“Dozens of Kenyans took to the streets on Thursday under heavy security in memory of protesters killed two years ago when massive anti-government demonstrations erupted in Nairobi over proposed tax hikes and the surging cost of living. Organisers had planned remembrance marches in the coastal city of Mombasa and the capital Nairobi to mark the anniversary of the June 25, 2024 unrest, when protests escalated dramatically and protesters breached parliament grounds before a security crackdown left dozens dead. … Dozens of marchers turned up in Mombasa escorted by security forces while Nairobi’s streets appeared largely deserted as police set up roadblocks with water cannons and mounted a razor wire barricade outside parliament.” (06/25/26)
Source: Freedom Works
“Chris Edwards, CATO Institute ‘Federal Government Spending is a Leaky Bucket.’” (06/25/26)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2026-06-25_zfw006242026.mp3
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“LNC Email CENSORSHIP???” (06/24/26)