Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: CounterPunch
by Beverly Gologorsky

“Power is felt, attributed, invisible, all-important, descriptive, without shape, and so much more. There is personal power, governmental power, and the collective power of the people. Power can be bought, sold, traded, bestowed, even rescinded. It can be good or bad, positive or corrupt. However you might wish to describe power, one thing is clear: how it’s used depends on the society in which we live. At present, of course, our society is one in which President Donald J. Trump is the quintessential seeker of power, a man who needs power the way most of us need food. And as it happens, he has at his beck and call not just the entire military establishment, but ICE (and so much more). With him in the White House, power is distinctly in fashion.” (03/04/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/04/from-personal-power-to-autocracy-in-donald-trumps-america/

Source: Mindset Shifts
by Barry Brownstein

“In short, there are experts, and they want to make health decisions for you. And no matter how many times they are wrong, their ignorance and arrogance are inexhaustible. How dispiriting it is to have to defend basic freedoms against these medical .bullies. Read on and see what is true about decision-making by experts.” (03/04/26)

https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-tyranny-of-alleged-experts

Source: Law & Liberty
by Philip K Howard

“America’s moral culture has been torn apart by ideology. To revive it, we need a society capable of passing judgment.” (03/04/26)

https://lawliberty.org/the-need-for-judgment/

Source: The American Conservative
by Lauren Smith

“‘When you have lost your inns,’ warned writer Hilaire Belloc over 100 years ago, ‘drown your empty selves. For you have lost the heart of England.’ A century later, his message could not be more pertinent. Since the beginning of this year, roughly four pubs have permanently closed their doors every day. By the end of 2026, something like 540 pubs could shut for good. For this British institution, no help can be expected to come from the current Labour government.” (03/04/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/labours-war-on-uk-pubs/

Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Tim Worstall

“Some infrastructure spending undoubtedly increases productivity, creates economic growth. Say, a functioning commercial law system. Or something more than a rutted track as the pathway from Bristol to London. Just to offer a wide expanse of things that could be beneficial. But other forms, types and pieces of infrastructure perhaps don’t. Better housing certainly makes lives better but it’s not an increase in productivity nor a cause of economic growth other than the process of building the better housing itself. It’s even possible for infrastructure to be productivity reducing. Say, the Humber Bridge, which cost a great deal in real resources and never has reached anything like the traffic levels to justify it. … the answer to ‘infrastructure?’ is like so much in economics, the answer is ‘It depends.'” (03/04/26)

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/its-which-infrastructure-not-how-much

Source: International Guild of Professional Anarchists
by Alexander Snitker

“Trump’s Iran policy isn’t ‘tough;’ it’s just the usual government cosplay: ‘I’m strong because I can make strangers halfway around the world suffer for my approval rating.’ We, the card-carrying, dues-paying members of the International Guild of Professional Anarchists are here to say: congratulations, you absolute clowns in suits. You’ve once again proven that the only thing governments are good at is inventing enemies so they can charge taxpayers for the fireworks.” (03/03/26)

https://alexandersnitker.substack.com/p/trumps-iran-tantrum-because-nothing