Source: The Daily Economy
by Liza Claire
“Property rights are an excellent way to ensure wise stewardship of natural resources.” (04/08/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-lesson-of-the-lorax-isnt-what-you-think/
Source: Mindset Shifts
by Barry Brownstein
“Years ago, an MBA student of mine had immigrated from Albania after growing up under Communism. She shared with her classmates what she observed to be the most unexpected mindset difference between Americans and Albanians. She got emotional as she explained how in Albania, charity was rare—caring for anyone other than yourself and your family was uncommon. In contrast, she experienced Americans as generous and caring. My student described how exasperated she felt upon hearing the claim that capitalism leads to a survival-of-the-fittest mentality. In her experience, the opposite was true: under communism, the mindset was not to care for others.” (04/08/26)
https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-system-nobody-credits-for-making
Sourcxe: CBS News
“Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing seven women between 1993 and 2011 and admitted he killed an eighth, in a series of murders that came to be known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. … The ultimate break in the case when a car registered to Heuermann matched the description a witness gave of the one that picked up victim Amber Costello before she disappeared. Once police made that connection, they started checking cell phone records. Cell phone tower pings connected Heuermann to the victims, prosecutors said. … investigators collected pizza crust Heuermann allegedly tossed in a Manhattan trash can, resulting in what they said was a DNA match.” (04/08/26)
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Ex-Allies Suddenly Join Call for His Removal: ‘He’s Gone Insane.'” (04/08/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/208757/finally-trump-ex-allies-call-25th-amendment-he-gone-insane
Source: Popular Information
by Judd Legum
“In March 1968, during the Vietnam War, members of the military killed hundreds of civilians in an incident known as the My Lai massacre. In a subsequent court-martial, Lt. William Calley argued that he was simply following orders from superior officers. Calley was convicted, and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals found that conformity with an illegal order is not a valid legal defense. Therefore, any members of the military who help destroy power plants or assist Trump in killing the entire Iranian civilization could be liable for war crimes.” (04/08/26)
https://popular.info/p/just-following-orders-is-not-a-defense
Source: Cato Institute
by Johan Norberg
“A 16-year experiment has yielded none of Viktor Orban’s stated goals.” (04/08/26)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/hungary-laboratory-illiberal-nationalism-results-are
Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Caleb O Brown
“A court ordering the legislature to dismiss a duly passed impeachment resolution is not the judiciary defending co-equality. It is the judiciary subordinating a co-equal branch.” (04/08/26)
https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/supreme-court-senators-oaths-of-office/
Source: Washington Post
“Biggest TACO yet? Trump backtracks from ‘Living Hell’ threat.” (04/08/26)
Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“Unlike most pride-having, mentally well individuals, I wrote about my anxieties around taking a service-sector job. (Security clearances are a big thing in Huntsville. Recently my dad joked to me that I have at least one qualification: ‘You’re impossible to blackmail!’ he laughed. This is not a challenge.) Among other things, I worried a shit job would somehow preclude me from office work. I imagined a hiring manager smelling the stench of low-skill labor on me before I even walked in.” (04/08/26)
Source: Mother Jones
by Kiera Butler
“Once allies opposing abortion, gay marriage, and supporting Trump, the war broke them.” (04/08/26)