Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz

“Basically, I’m opposed to AI regulations because I agree with the public that we can’t trust our government. Voters expect our elected representatives from both parties to pass regulations that benefit current power players while hurting everyone else. So why let them loose on AI? If people want us to trust our government to regulate AI, they need to fix this problem or explain to us why we’re wrong to believe it’s a problem.” (12/18/25)

https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/ai-regulation-stans-should-fix-corporatism

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Denise Lever

“My first career was not in education; for me, it began on the fireline. As a young woman fighting wildland fires, I quickly learned that courage, clarity under pressure, and teamwork could mean the difference between containment and catastrophe. I was trained to work with confidence while structures were consumed and wildlands burned around me. That experience shaped my conviction that the people closest to the problem are often the best equipped to act. It also showed me how systems sometimes fail to support individuals who don’t quite fit the mold. This realization became the catalyst for the work I do today.” (12/18/25)

https://fee.org/articles/from-the-fireline-to-the-frontline-of-education-freedom/

Source: Cobden Centre
by Damien Phillips

“For those of us who think central banks are a destabilising blight on the economy, responsible for encouraging malinvestment and engines of inflation, it’s tempting to lump them all into the same boat. But just as in George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.’ This is particularly apparent when it comes to keeping inflation down. Putting aside the inherent problems with inflation targeting, price stability is typically the primary objective for most modern central banks. But as the UK endures a further round of above-target inflation at 3.8% for yet another gruelling month, when you pit the Bank of England against its contemporaries around the world it has a terrible track record that goes beyond the basic problem of knowledge that faces all central banks.” (12/18/25)

https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/12/not-all-central-banks-are-created-equal/

Source: Independent Institute
by Craig Eyermann

“At any given time, the U.S. government is spending taxpayer dollars that are being wasted. Today’s example is being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). That’s a shame, because with around 533,000 career employees and another 106,000 non-career employees, the Postal Service accounts for about one out of every five of the U.S. government’s three million civilian employees. From post offices to stamp machines, mailboxes, and mail trucks, they represent the most visible connection Americans have with the federal government in their daily lives. But that connection doesn’t prevent them from squandering the resources of the taxpayers whose interests they are supposed to serve.” (12/18/25)

https://www.independent.org/article/2025/12/18/billions-usps-electric-vehicle/

Source: Cato Institute
by Scott Lincicome

“Readers might assume that, if forced to choose which U.S. policy shift was the year’s most important, I’d quickly blurt out ‘tariffs’ (before collapsing into a quivering heap), and—given the radical changes Trump has unilaterally and chaotically implemented in 2025—there are certainly good reasons for that choice. Yet there’s another, less-discussed policy change that could very well be more consequential over the long term—and one that, unlike tariffs, represents a truly radical break from how the United States has done business for a century: the Trump administration’s repeated efforts to give Uncle Sam a direct and permanent financial stake in numerous private, commercial companies.” (12/17/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/year-america-went-kinda-socialist