Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: USA Today
by Gene Marks

“In the 19th century, thousands of miles of railroad were built, and the opposition to them was intense. These weren’t organized environmental groups. They were conservationists, local residents, business owners, landowners, parents, farmers, Native American tribes and taxpayers enraged at how their elected leaders were spending their money. Many in the 19th century didn’t want trains rolling through their backyards. Many today don’t want data center complexes in theirs. You can’t blame them. Where would America be today without its railroads? … More than 150 years later, little has changed. Today’s data centers are yesterday’s railroads. They are the infrastructure behind everything that powers our economy. Railroads moved freight. Data centers move information and make modern commerce possible.” (07/28/26)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/28/ai-data-center-workforce-reductions-tech-innovation/91020896007/

Source: Fox News
by Liz Peek

“Socialism is metastasizing like a cancer throughout our country. Though collectivism will inevitably fail, because it always does, it is already causing significant damage to our nation’s political and social fabric. It must be stopped. It is not enough to defeat Socialism at the ballot box. The factories producing this infection — the far-left faculties of our colleges and universities — must be starved of taxpayer money. Thankfully, the Trump White House has taken measures to start that process.” (07/28/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-trump-starving-machine-creates-americas-socialist-revolutionaries

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Wanjiru Njoya

“As the New York Times finally begins to question whether progressives went ‘too far’ with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it is worth reiterating that DEI policies are based on false and destructive premises, and for that reason they should be abandoned altogether. Rather than debating whether DEI has gone ‘too far,’ we should continue to oppose this sinister ideology in its entirety.” (07/28/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/dei-any-other-name-still-just-sinister

Source: Law & Liberty
by Rachel Lu

“Postliberals seem determined to disprove the old adage that hindsight is 20/20.” (07/28/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/backing-a-losing-horse/

Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Tim Worstall

“It simply is true that if we concentrate power – of any kind – into one place then those who desire power over others will attempt to occupy that position. So as to have that power, d’ye see? The answer to the wrong people gaining such power is not to have the concentrations of power. We are not commenting upon whether Trump is good or bad as a person to have such power. Only upon the logic of the argument as presented. For one of the things we have observed over the decades is that The Guardian is very rarely happy with any occupant of such a position of power. There’s always something bad they’re doing, something good they’re not. That every powerful politician is such a disappointment is an obvious clue to the idea that power should not be so concentrated.” (07/28/26)

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/as-fine-an-argument-for-minarchy-as-youll-ever-see