Source: Washington Monthly
by Garrett Epps
“Our constitutional system is being torn asunder. Enter an intriguing idea from a great legal mind.” (09/17/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/17/the-case-for-a-shadow-court/
Source: The Kyle Anzalone Show
“America’s Middle East Crisis Has Become a Catastrophe.” (09/16/26)
Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul McDonnold
“Rainer Zitelmann’s ‘Space Capitalism’ argues that property rights and free markets — not government control — will determine whether humanity’s next great frontier becomes a thriving commercial enterprise.” (09/17/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-battle-for-the-future-of-space/
Source: The Moynihan Report
“Pod Save Us: Jon Lovett on the Left’s Identity Crisis.” (09/16/26)
https://www.themoynihan.report/p/pod-save-us-jon-lovett-on-the-lefts
Source: Independent Institute
by Craig Eyermann
“Trillions in deficits have pushed US national debt interest payments to record highs.” (09/16/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/16/living-fiscal-fantasyland/
Source: The New Arab [UK]
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party on Wednesday petitioned the electoral commission to block initiatives aimed at helping Israelis who live abroad return to vote in upcoming close-fought elections. Israel’s electoral law does not allow citizens residing outside the country to vote abroad, except for diplomats and emissaries sent by certain organisations. The Central Bureau of Statistics estimates there are 600,000 Israelis living abroad. Government opponents have been working for several weeks to encourage voters to come home to cast their ballots, hoping to strengthen the anti-Netanyahu camp in elections scheduled for 27 October. Initiatives include offering discounted plane tickets, assisting expatriates with the administrative procedures required to vote and organising their transport from the airport. Attorney Ilan Bombach, representing Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, filed an appeal on Wednesday with the chairman of the Central Elections Committee demanding an end to these practices.” (09/17/26)
https://www.newarab.com/news/netanyahus-likud-party-seeks-impede-israeli-expat-voting
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Charlie Robinson (Macroaggressions Podcast; Activist Post) on his newest book, The Octopus of Population Control, which deals with Eugenics.” (09/17/26)
Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Tim Worstall
“As is usual when someone details the vileness of slavery we get the claim that, well, it financed the current richness of the world: ‘That complicity helped shape modern Britain, Lester said. Plantation profits helped fuel the Industrial Revolution, railways, public health, welfare, universities, schools, church building and the public finances.’ Therefore everyone who benefits from the current richness of the world must cough up trillions to compensate. We do not agree with the base claim, obviously. Everywhere had slavery and only the one place had that first Industrial Revolution. It’s therefore not slavery that was the special spark that triggered the IR: QED. But, OK, let us accept the point in order to be able to explore it. Slavery did lead to the richness of the modern world. That means that anyone in this modern world benefitted from slavery.” (09/17/26)
https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/a-logical-point-about-the-slavery-reparations-movement
Source: Show-Me Institute
by Avery Frank
“Missouri has a teacher shortage. Just ask anyone. Except the actual teacher shortage problem is different from what many people assume. In our new paper on Missouri’s teacher pipeline, James Shuls and I show that the state’s teacher labor market does not indicate a broad shortage of teachers. Since 2013, Missouri has hired 4,000 teachers while public school enrollment has fallen by almost 30,000 students. The shortage pressure appears to be coming from specific high-need subject areas and schools.” (09/16/26)
Source: Antiwar.com
“Report Says US Held Meeting With Ansar Allah, House Pushes Back Hegseth Impeachment Vote, and More.” (09/16/26)