Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

“The average voter, from personal experience or attempted avoidance thereof, is probably aware that excessive debt is bad, but he or she may be less clear about its deleterious national economic consequences. Even less obvious are the national security ramifications.” (08/25/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/08/25/exorbitant-and-rising-debt-is-a-national-security-threat/

Source: Liberal Currents
by Nicholas Grossman

“The president’s choices at home and abroad are boosting Democrats’ chances in November.” (08/26/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-trump-trainwreck/

Source: Los Angeles Times
by Erwin Chemerinsky

“The Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday allowing President Trump’s executive order on mail voting to go forward is stunningly insensitive to the context: Trump is trying to exercise control over elections when he has absolutely no authority to do so. In one sense, the justices decided nothing, simply saying it was too soon for federal courts to get involved. But in a more important way, the court could have and should have put an emphatic end to the president’s efforts to try to regulate voting operations that are legally the domain of state governments.” (08/25/26)

https://archive.is/JEKQl

Source: The Dispatch
by Jonah Goldberg

“Not all concerns about data centers are so crazy or even unreasonable. They do use a lot of water, though not nearly as much as some claim. They can cause electricity rates to go up. They’re ugly. And, if you’re freaking out about what AI will do to your job or to American society, taking it out on data centers makes a certain amount of sense. Politicians, as a class, tend to indulge moral panics. Which is why it’s no surprise that Republicans and Democrats alike are racing to get on the ‘right’ side of the issue.” (08/26/26)

https://thedispatch.com/article/data-centers-artificial-intelligence-moral-panic/

Source: Show-Me Institute
by Avery Frank

“A few weeks ago, the City of St. Louis issued a proposal that would require new data center developments to use renewable energy for their operations, among many other requirements. There is now a conditional waiver process to sidestep the renewable requirement if the developer can prove they and Ameren can’t meet it, which is a slight improvement. From a free-market perspective, the flaws of the proposal are clear. The city would be selecting certain types of energy (in this case solar and wind) in the name of ‘clean air’ while excluding from consideration not only energy from coal and natural gas, but even nuclear energy, which also has zero emissions.” (08/25/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/energy/government-intervention-in-the-energy-market/