Author: Thomas L. Knapp

From Fatal Conceit to the Friendly Skies: How Deregulation Made Flight Affordable

Source: The Daily Economy
by Jeffery L Degner

“For decades, federal regulators controlled airline prices and routes, limiting competition and keeping fares high. The Airline Deregulation Act changed everything.” (04/22/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/from-fatal-conceit-to-the-friendly-skies-how-deregulation-made-flight-affordable/

Thomas L. Knapp

Democrats put unions over families with public schools bill

Source: USA Today
by Ingrid Jacques

“The tax credit program does not draw from existing public school funding streams. Instead, it gives families access to privately funded scholarships they can use for a range of educational needs.” (04/22/26)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/22/democrats-trump-tax-credit-scholarship-program/89713286007/

Thomas L. Knapp

Rothbard Was Right: Libertarians Must Never Warm to the Warfare State

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe

“In 1977, Murray Rothbard wrote an article in response to an issue of Reason Magazine where the main feature of the month was a debate between interventionism and non-interventionism. The bulk of the 3,000-word article is spent tearing apart the two pieces by alleged libertarians who are advocating an interventionist foreign policy. But, before he dives in, Rothbard devotes some time to attacking the idea that this should even be up for debate within libertarian circles at all …” (04/22/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-was-right-libertarians-must-never-warm-warfare-state

Thomas L. Knapp

The Price of a Lost Russia: A Correspondent’s Eulogy

Source: Washington Monthly
by Markos Kounalakis

“More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the promise of a democratic Russia has given way to something much darker — and far more durable.” (04/22/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/22/the-price-of-a-lost-russia-a-correspondents-eulogy-bennetts/

Thomas L. Knapp

CO: Federal Immigration Thug Charged With Assaulting Protester

Source: New York Times

“An immigration officer in southwest Colorado who was caught on video grabbing a protester by the hair and hurling her down an embankment last October was charged with assault and criminal mischief on Tuesday, the local district attorney said. The case against the officer, Nicholas Rice, is one of a handful in which local prosecutors have filed criminal charges against federal agents carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown. It comes five days after local prosecutors in Minneapolis charged an immigration agent with assault after motorists said he had brandished a gun at them. Sean Murray, the district attorney in the mountain town of Durango, Colo., said he had charged Mr. Rice with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and criminal mischief. He said Mr. Rice was charged through a summons, not an arrest warrant.” (04/22/26)

https://archive.is/bXNkw

Thomas L. Knapp

Replacing student loans with sponsorship

Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Madsen Pirie

“Please excuse me for returning yet again to a solution to the UK student loans system. At present, graduates are burdened with debt that can climb, despite repayments, because of interest charges. It would be difficult for taxpayers to fund student costs, given that it would involve poorer people (for the most part) paying higher taxes so that those less poor could be given access to higher incomes in later life. The money has to come from somewhere, but if not from students themselves or taxpayers, then from whom? The obvious answer is business sponsorship of students.” (04/22/26)

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/replacing-student-loans-with-sponsorship

Thomas L. Knapp