Source: Washington Monthly
by Merrill Goozner
“Horror stories about private equity-owned hospitals are part of a deeper trend, a new book argues.” (09/29/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/29/is-neoliberalism-to-blame-for-americas-health-care-woes/
Source: euronews [EU]
“A UK probe into a suspected bomb plot at an airbase used by the United States was mired in confusion on Tuesday, after media reported no explosives were detected in the vehicles seized nearby. … Police have said officers conducted an extensive examination of the vehicles with the help of ‘military assets’ and forensic experts. They did not disclose their findings. But The Times newspaper and several other UK media outlets have reported that police found no traces of explosives, easing fears that an attack had been foiled but leaving many questions unanswered. A resident in the neighbouring village of Kempsford, Patricia told the AFP news agency it was ‘very embarrassing that people around the world thought it was a terrorist attack but in the end no, it’s a lot of noise for nothing.'” (09/29/26)
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Frank Furedi on the Case for Populism.” (09/29/26)
Source: USA Today
by Sara Pequeño
“President Donald Trump isn’t trying to hide the propaganda arm of his administration. In fact, he’s using taxpayer dollars to do it. In two new ads funded by the government, the president has rallied against the perceived communist takeover of the United States. The first ad literally uses a song with a choir in the background reciting the verse ‘Love me.’ ‘Together we will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America,’ Trump says in a voiceover as the words flash across the screen. In the second ad, Trump declares that we are in the midst of the ‘final battle’ against the ‘deep state.’ Both ads almost certainly violate the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from politicking, as well as other federal laws.” (09/29/26)
Source: Law & Liberty
by Josh Appel
“Romanticism has its attractions, but it is unsuited for the political moment in which we find ourselves.” (09/29/26)
Source: CNBC
“A consortium led by British oil giant Shell is moving forward with expansion plans on its flagship liquefied natural gas project (LNG) in Canada, in a major boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ambition to make the country an ‘energy superpower.’ Shell said in a statement on Tuesday that it had reached a final investment decision to double production capacity at the LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia, to roughly 28 million metric tons per annum (mtpa), up from 14 mtpa. Shell leads the LNG Canada project with a 40% stake. The joint venture also has the backing of Malaysia’s Petronas, China’s PetroChina, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp and South Korea’s state-owned Korea Gas Corp.” (09/29/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/shell-canada-lng-carney-oil-gas-energy.html
Source: The Corbett Report
“In The Conversation—the 1974 conspiracy thriller/psychodrama from writer/director Francis Ford Coppola—we follow the story of Harry Caul, the greatest surveillance technician in the world.” (09/29/26)
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Alan Cassels
“What is the Healthy User Bias? It’s embarrassingly simple. In observational studies—where researchers merely watch what people do in the real world rather than running an experiment—the people who voluntarily take preventive drugs or pop daily supplements are fundamentally different from those who don’t. No surprise there, right? On average, ‘healthy users’ are wealthier, better educated, and more health-obsessed. They are seriously more obedient when it comes to vaccines (including the Covid vaccine). These sorts of people want to do the best they can within their powers, which includes things that involve some friction: they eat organic kale, jog at dawn, wear seatbelts, don’t smoke, and visit their doctors regularly. They love tests of all kinds. A 2006 meta-analysis quantified the healthy user effect (which they called the healthy adherer effect) across 21 studies. What they found is mind-blowing in its implications.” (09/29/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/why-observational-studies-lie-to-you/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Peter Jacobsen
‘Mahmood Mamdani’s research showed why people often don’t behave the way central planners wish they would. His son faces a similar test in New York.” (09/29/260
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/what-zohran-mamdani-could-learn-from-his-father/
Source: The Atlantic
“Republican Candidates Are Running From Trump. Will It Work?” (09/29/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/09/ra-midterm-mess/688810