Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille

“The Washington, D.C. area has long had a reputation for being both wealthy and recession-proof, based on money forcibly extracted in the form of taxes from people living productive lives elsewhere in the United States. That may no longer be the case. Downsizing of the federal workforce concentrated in the DMV area—the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland and Virginia—has hit many residents hard, and some are considering leaving or have already done so. While it’s not nice to wish troubles on anybody, there’s nothing wrong with introducing government employees to the same risks and uncertainty that participants in the private sector face every day.” (09/28/26)

https://reason.com/2026/09/28/once-recession-proof-d-c-area-feels-pain-from-federal-workforce-reductions/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul Mueller

‘The global trillionaire count returned to zero not long after SpaceX’s IPO. Market fluctuations show the danger of imposing cash tax bills on stock-price wealth.” (09/28/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/elon-musks-paper-billions-are-vanishing/

Source: Washington Monthly
by Charlie Cook

“People in a president’s party might be satisfied, complacent, a little disappointed, or deeply disillusioned, but they are rarely pumped up and energized, thinking, ‘I can’t wait to go vote.’ Conversely, people in the opposition party, particularly in this era of hyperpartisanship, hate anything the president is doing. They hate everything he might even think about doing. Everything. They want to relitigate the last election. They can’t wait to vote. And then you’ve got this little slice of pure independents, and I’m not talking about the 45 percent of all adults or the third of all registered voters who claim to be independents but consistently lean toward and vote for one party. I’m talking about the three to six percent who don’t lean toward either party and are legitimate independents. They tend to be very fickle.” (09/28/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/28/the-red-undertow-in-the-midterms/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Patrick T Brown

“Neighborhoods must find a balance between ‘voice’ and ‘veto.'” (09/28/26)

https://lawliberty.org/forum/threading-the-development-needle/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Barry Brownstein

‘A Canadian shop mailed me the hard-to-find part to save my wife’s old blender. How do prices help strangers cooperate on a scale no one can engineer?” (09/28/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/humility-is-civilizations-price-of-admission/