Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker

“It may be too early to start the celebration, but some of the AI stocks took a big hit last week. But not all companies were hit equally. The biggest hits by far went to the neo-clouds, with several of the large chip makers also getting seriously whacked. The hyperscalers seemed little affected.” (11/12/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/11/12/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-ai-bubble/

Source: Expression
by Sarah McLaughlin

“Most people probably don’t recall all of the things they said last week, let alone four years ago. But for widely-read French writer Michel Houellebecq, comments he made in a 2022 magazine interview may spell legal trouble for him today. Houellebecq is now formally facing a judge-led investigation in a Paris suburb for ‘complicity in incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence against a group of people on account of their origin or their belonging or not belonging to a particular ethnicity, nation, race or religion.’ … Should authorities pursue charges and find him guilty, Houellebecq could face large fines and up to a year in prison. Even if they ultimately drop the investigation, the message is clear to both Houellebecq and everyone else: If you speak your mind on a controversial issue in France, you might get wrapped up in a lengthy and chilling investigation. You might even end up in jail.” (11/12/26)

https://expression.fire.org/p/prosecuting-michel-houellebecq-will

Source: Law & Liberty
by Daniel Klein

“To resolve the paradox of the poor man’s son, we must extend the story to the next generation.” (11/12/26)

https://lawliberty.org/adam-smiths-hidden-parable/

Source: The American Conservative
by Eldar Mamedov

“ne consequence of last week’s midterm elections—which brought a historic rout of President Donald Trump’s Republican Party—has been the emboldening of European leaders who have spent much of his second presidency reluctantly appeasing him. This shift comes just as the Trump administration revives an ambitious effort to end the war in Ukraine. The question for Europeans now is whether to use Trump’s weakness to merely resist his diplomacy or to develop a diplomatic initiative of their own.” (11/12/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/can-trumps-weakness-be-europes-opportunity-for-peace/