Source: The Daily Economy
by Alexander W Salter
“Central banks face pressure to absorb oil shortages and other shocks, but tightening money risks compounding the damage.” (03/05/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/central-banks-cant-stop-wars/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Why is the U.S. at war with Iran?” (03/05/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737328/why-is-the-u-s-at-war-with-iran
Source: Law & Liberty
by Daniel Pitt
“Since the present Labour government won a landslide victory on July 4, 2024, numerous English liberties of constitutional significance have eroded. Labour is influenced, I argue, by a type of rationalist blueprint theory of politics and by what Edmund Burke called ‘political geometry.’ This approach to politics has led them to undermine established English liberties in the name of efficiency, saving money, and improving local governmental systems. Furthermore, it has led them to postpone local elections in the name of these goals. Despite its promises, Labour has not achieved any of these goals due to its own incompetence and attachment to rationalist plans for local government modification, and the greatest victim in this mess is the British constitution.” (03/05/26)
https://lawliberty.org/the-labour-partys-political-geometry/
Source: The Atlantic
“A War Begun on Instinct.” (03/05/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/03/iran-war-trump-jeanne-shaheen-congress/686233
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Eldar Mamedov
“While most European leaders have responded to the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran with condemnations of the Iranian regime and tepid calls for “de-escalation” designed not to offend Washington, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has unequivocally condemned the war on Iran as a breach of international law. Contrast that with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz who chose to insist at the war’s outset that ‘this is not the time to lecture our partners and allies’ about potential violations of international law. Meanwhile the the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer went to considerable lengths trying to have it both ways …” (03/05/26)
Source: Seattle Times
“The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week was unchanged from the week before, a sign that layoffs remain at historically low levels. U.S. filings for jobless aid for the week ending Feb. 28 matched the previous week’s 213,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 215,000 new benefit applications. Filings for unemployment benefits are viewed as a proxy for U.S. layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the job market.” (03/05/26)
Source: Underthrow
“The Economy, the Fed, and the Coming AI Renaissance.” (03/05/26)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/the-economy-the-fed-and-the-coming
Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke
“So it turns out Americans don’t love widespread cruelty. For the first time ever in YouGov polling, 50% of Americans now strongly or somewhat support abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Only 39% of respondents strongly or somewhat oppose abolishing ICE and, in a remarkable twist, nearly a quarter of Republicans want ICE gone. That’s a mighty big shift from the not-too-long-ago days when Democrats were warned that ‘Abolish ICE’ was an electorally risky slogan best avoided.” (03/05/26)
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Mark Nayler
“The global debate surrounding age restrictions on social media is now focused on one issue: whether interventionist governments or omnipotent tech barons pose the biggest threat to freedom and democracy. There’s exaggeration on both sides, but the vague scope of Spain’s social media ban is cause for concern, as is the culture of impunity that seems to envelop tech billionaires — although there are signs that that’s changing.” (03/05/26)
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Joseph Varon
“Procedures are essential and life-saving. Interventional medicine has markedly improved outcomes in cardiology, oncology, critical care, trauma, and other specialties. With decades of experience in resuscitation medicine, I fully support decisive intervention when clinically indicated. However, the prevailing challenge is not under-treatment, but the normalization of reflexive intervention. Medicine has shifted from a discipline rooted in thoughtful clinical reasoning to one increasingly driven by algorithmic escalation, often to the detriment of patients.” (03/05/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-quiet-crisis-of-procedural-medicine/