Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Liberalism.org
by Keith Taylor

“I can assure you, speaking as a midwestern transplant to California, that Lake Tahoe is every bit as majestic as you’ve heard. The impossible Mediterranean blue clarity and its blinding reflection, the redwooded Sierra Nevadas rimming the basin, and not least the scrappy, outdoorsy, work-a-day people who are part of the Tahoe tapestry. Lake Tahoe’s people understand the treasure that is theirs to nurture—and for the world to experience. And we should reward them for stewarding one of the wonders of the world. Alas, American systems of rural community governance, contrary to popular belief, are not well structured for their tasks. They fail to reward either labor or entrepreneurship.” (11/02/26)

https://www.liberalism.org/p/the-lake-tahoe-paradox

Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard

“In an era of clueless voters and profoundly dishonest candidates, cynicism is one of the last best checks on political power run amok. Regardless of the final vote count in Tuesday’s mid-term congressional elections, both Republicans and Democrats have earned all the distrust they will reap.” (11/02/26)

https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/11/02/cynicism-should-win-the-mid-term-elections/

Source: Semafor
by David Weigel

“Four years ago, when longtime Pittsburgh Democrat Mike Doyle retired from Congress, a left-wing legislator named Summer Lee won the primary to replace him. Republicans nominated a local politician from the suburbs to face her who had a fortuitous name: Mike Doyle. … There was no federal investigation of the Doyle scheme; no demands not to seat Doyle if he won; no statement from the governor saying that he might not certify the election. All of that has unfolded in Alaska this cycle.” (11/02/26)

https://www.semafor.com/article/11/02/2026/see-you-in-court

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Joe Wolverton, II

“On Tuesday, November 3, Americans will file into school gymnasiums and church fellowship halls and choose the men and women who will next stand before a flag, raise a right hand, and swear before Almighty God that they will support the Constitution of the United States. Many of them will be lying. Some of them already know it. That is not hyperbole. It is the record.” (11/02/26)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/11/02/so-help-me-god-the-oath-the-blasphemer-and-your-ballot/

Source: Checks & Balances
by Edward J Larson

“Madison’s first principle of representative government highlights the importance of November 3. Voters are the first and last line in the defense of liberty. Voting stand as the ultimate check in our constitutional system. We should trust ourselves, not our leaders. The only assurance of their virtue lies in our choice of members of the House of Representatives and Senate who will preserve the internal checks inscribed in the Constitution and not be complicit in abusing power.” (11/02/26)

https://chkbal.substack.com/p/american-founders-words-help-us-understand

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
by Colleen J Shogan

“In November 1894, President Grover Cleveland suffered one of the most devastating midterm defeats in American history. His Democratic Party lost 125 seats in the House of Representatives, surrendering its majority to the Republicans. Democrats also lost control of the Senate. The election severely curtailed Cleveland’s ability to lead his party, and foreshadowed a major transformation in American politics, as Democrats moved to abandon his conservative economic policies in favor of populism. More than 130 years later, there is reason to revisit 1894.” (11/02/26)

https://archive.is/JYrEQ