EconTalk, 07/06/26
Source: EconTalk
“EconTalk Book Club on the Iliad (with Ido Hevroni).” (07/06/26)
https://www.econtalk.org/econtalk-book-club-on-the-iliad-with-ido-hevroni/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
What’s Trump’s Beef with Communism?
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“How can Trump condemn socialism and communism in the run-up to the mid-terms, given that he fell in love with the brutal communist dictator of North Korea and is now partnering with the brutal socialist-communist regime in Venezuela? Or is that Trump is only prejudiced against Democratic Party socialists and communists but has nothing against foreign socialists and communists?” (07/06/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/07/06/whats-trumps-beef-with-communism/
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 07/06/26
Source: The New Republic
“MAGA Wants to Force Women to Pee in Cups at Airports.” (07/06/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/212706/maga-wants-force-women-pee-cups-airports
Quantum Vibe, 07/06/26
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (07/06/26)
Make Political Parties Great Again
Source: Liberal Currents
by Dennis Lytton
“The answer to Eric Swalwell and the top-two debacle in California is multiparty electoral reform.” (07/06/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/make-political-parties-great-again/
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell to donate stock to Trump Accounts
Source: CNBC
“SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell announced she would donate to the Trump Accounts program on Monday, joining a growing list of companies and billionaires pledging to support the investment accounts for American children under 18. The gift, which includes shares of Shotwell’s and her husband’s SpaceX stock, will go to around 2 million Trump accounts, with a ‘bit more emphasis’ on children who live close to their home in central Texas, Shotwell wrote in a post on X. … Shotwell, who is also SpaceX’s chief operating officer, is one of its largest individual shareholders, with a stake worth roughly $2.4 billion following its record-breaking IPO last month.” (07/06/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/spacex-spcx-gwynne-shotwell-stock-trump-accounts.html
TechTank, season 5, episode 44
Source: Brookings Institution
“How robotics is reshaping manufacturing.” (07/06/26)
https://shows.acast.com/tech-tank/episodes/how-robotics-is-reshaping-manufacturing
Thinking twice about that US-China superwar
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Doug Bandow
“President Donald Trump has proved, yet again, why America’s founders wisely insisted that only Congress could declare war. The legislative branch must empower the government’s chief executive to, in the words of Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson, ‘involve us in such distress.’ Had Trump followed the law, he may never have launched his disastrous attack on Iran. Yet much worse would be a conflict between the U.S. and People’s Republic of China.” (07/06/26)
The Headache of Hospital Pricing
Source: Law & Liberty
by Jared Rhoads
“Cross-subsidization inside hospitals doesn’t just distort prices, it makes healthcare harder to fix.” (07/06/26)
Chasing Ghosts, episode 85
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Home is the High Ground: Reimagining a New Hermit Kingdom.” (07/06/26)