Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Eldar Mamedov

“Despite rampant human rights violations, European elites refuse to break pact giving Israelis access to business and over a billion euros through 2027.” (04/23/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/eu-israel-relations/

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“When Americans sign up to serve the nation under arms, they agree to temporarily forego many of the freedoms of civilian life. They must wear uniforms, not street fashion. They must eat Army or Navy food. They must salute officers and obey orders. They must, in other words, adhere to military discipline. It won’t surprise you to learn that Hegseth is completely hypocritical on this subject. He says that your body, your faith, and your convictions are not negotiable. But he has banned most beards from the U.S. military and cracked down on religious exemptions.” (04/23/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cultifying-the-us-military

Source: Law & Liberty
by John O McGinnis

“In an AI age, wealth taxes are not merely bad tax policy. They are downright dangerous.” (04/23/26)

https://lawliberty.org/taxing-ownership/

Source: Persuasion
by Quico Toro

“When I talk to climate people in rich countries, I find a lot of concern about capitalism, about our alienation from nature and the way capitalist consumption unbalances our relationship with the natural world. Which figures: when you talk to first-world people, you hear a lot about first-world problems. Most climate activists don’t seem very worked up about poverty in the developing world, probably because they just haven’t spent a lot of time with poor people in poor countries, and they just don’t think about them very often. The results are unsurprising. First-world climate activists tend to favor policies that risk making poverty in the developing world worse, and they don’t seem much troubled by this.” (04/23/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-kind-of-climate-activism-that

Source: The Daily Economy
by Iain Murray

“Credit is not an artificial construct imposed by financiers or states. It arises because modern commercial life cannot function without it.” (04/23/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/from-shakespeare-to-smith-why-credit-exists-in-every-western-society/