Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: The Daily Economy
by Richard Menger

“CON laws give regulators — and incumbent providers — the power to block new competition, at the expense of access and affordability.” (04/17/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/certificate-of-need-laws-how-government-permission-slips-restrict-care-and-raise-costs/

Source: The American Conservative
by Bruce Fein

“Congress should not idle like Nero while the Constitution is in flames. Members should be inspired by the 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence who signed their death warrants to secure unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness promoted by government by consent of the governed. Trump must be impeached and removed from office immediately before it is too late.” (04/17/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-it-time-to-impeach-trump/

Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano

“In 2008, Congress added Section 702 to FISA permitting warrantless surveillance of foreign persons who communicate with Americans. The FISA court interpreted 702 to permit warrantless surveillance of Americans to whom foreign persons had spoken, out to the sixth degree. Thus, if you call or email a hotel in Rome to book a room, you are subject to warrantless surveillance under 702. If you call your mom, she is subject. If she calls her sister, your aunt is subject to warrantless surveillance, and so forth to the sixth degree. Behold the monstrosity that FISA has wrought. Can the data gathered by this warrantless surveillance be used by the FBI for prosecution purposes, as an end run around the Fourth Amendment? Congress said yes. That’s the American heresy, as it directly defies the history, values and plain meaning of the Fourth Amendment.” (04/16/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2026/04/15/american-heresy

Source: CounterPunch
by John W Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead

“[W]hat happens when the president appears unable to discharge the duties of his office in a rational, coherent, and responsible manner? In other words, what can we do when the president appears to be losing his mind? The Constitution provides a remedy. The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a process by which the government continues to function should the president be unable to carry out his duties. … while the president may be unraveling in plain sight, the machinery of the American Police State continues to expand—quietly, relentlessly, and with bipartisan support. Surveillance is expanding. Policing is becoming more militarized. Power is becoming more centralized and less accountable. And unlike the presidency, there is no 25th Amendment for the police state. No mechanism to declare it unfit. No procedure to remove it. Or is there?” (04/16/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/16/unfit-to-govern-we-need-a-25th-amendment-for-the-american-police-state/

Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

“The Trump administration believes that the US Navy will prevent Iran from earning revenue from oil exports, while allowing other nations’ shipments to pass through the strait, thus resuming the transport of oil, gas, fertilizer, and other important items for global markets. This surgical outcome, however, may be harder to achieve than it looks. … The IRGC organized its navy around a meticulously planned asymmetric model—that is, like guerrilla fighters on land, it employs hit-and-run tactics against commercial shipping using small, fast attack boats and missile boats. More than 60 percent of the fast attack boats have survived US and Israeli air strikes. These smaller boats emerge from concealed underground pens or from hiding places among civilian boats, making them difficult for satellite reconnaissance to detect. Also, the boats can lay sea mines much faster than the slow, dangerous process of finding and neutralizing them.” (04/16/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/04/16/why-donald-trumps-blockade-on-iran-wont-work/