Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Washington Post
by Bruce E Yannett

“As President Donald Trump embarks on his promised campaign of ‘retribution’ against his political enemies, there’s little reason to hope that the leadership of the Justice Department will curb his worst impulses — just consider the specious dismissal of the case against New York Mayor Eric Adams. But those willing to do the president’s bidding might have forgotten one important protection built into the justice system: Lawyers are governed by ethical rules regulated by state bar associations and state courts. And those authorities can and do discipline — and even disbar — lawyers who order, assist or engage in unlawful conduct.” (02/26/25)

https://archive.is/v4PKe

Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider

“Normally, it is the country that defeated you in war, and not the country that defended you, that pillages you after the war. Unfortunately for Ukraine, its biggest military defender is set to pillage its resources as the two countries have now signed a minerals agreement after Trump warned that a refusal to sign would have led to ‘a lot of problems’ for Ukraine. Many mistakes have been made in the war over Ukraine’s minerals: Zelensky may have made a mistake in his strategy, and Trump may be mistaken in facts.” (02/26/25)

https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2025/02/25/trumps-mineral-deal-and-pillaging-ukraine/

Source: The Atlantic
by Jill Filipovic

“Much has been written about Trump’s widening appeal to men, and to young men in particular. MAGA, the story goes, is making masculinity great again. But the version of manhood on display not just from Trump but from many of his closest advisers and appointees isn’t the kind of traditional manhood championed by his vice president, J. D. Vance; it’s a manhood imagined by adolescent boys. (Although of course, plenty of adolescent boys do not look up to Trump.) And at his core, Trump is an adolescent president, surrounded by adolescent flunkies, cheered into office by adolescent men.” (02/26/25)

https://archive.is/pn15L

Source: Law & Liberty
by Michael Lucchese

“Triumphant illiberal forces on the left and right alike have little use for constitutions, free government, or even the American tradition itself. The growing strength of these forces is evidence, as [Samuel] Gregg rightly warns, that ‘the habit of free association is weak in America, and so are the institutions of civil society to which this habit gives rise.’ It certainly seems like Alexis de Tocqueville’s darkest prophecies are coming true. But why are American institutions so weak in the face of illiberalism? In no small measure, it is because of our inability to connect the case for liberty to a larger, transcendent vision of life’s ultimate purpose.” (02/26/25)

https://lawliberty.org/forum/conserving-a-virtuous-liberty/