Source: Quillette
by Henry I Miller
“Earth Day once helped focus public attention on real environmental problems. Today it is a festival of alarmism, misanthropy, technophobia, and moral theatrics.” (04/22/26)
https://quillette.com/2026/04/22/apocalypse-soon-earth-day-2026-rachel-carson/
Source: Politico
“Maps, midterms and another Trump plan for Iran.” (04/22/26)
Source: Cato Institute
“The Surveillance Program Congress Can’t Quit.” (04/21/26)
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/surveillance-program-congress-cant-quit
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“President Donald Trump’s doubts about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) date back at least to the 1980s, when he took out full-page newspaper ads questioning the value of defending prosperous allies capable of paying for their own security. So, when he voices frustration with the alliance and the lack of support among its members for the U.S. and Israeli campaign against Iran’s theocratic regime, it’s not a new development. What’s new is growing disenchantment with NATO among Americans, led by the president’s Republican supporters.” (04/22/26)
https://reason.com/2026/04/22/led-by-republicans-americans-support-for-nato-fades/
Source: Semafor
“Nigerian President Bola Tinubu replaced his finance minister, the architect of a radical economic policy overhaul, less than a year before elections in a surprise reshuffle. Wale Edun, a former World Bank official and investment banker, was replaced by Taiwo Oyedele, a junior finance minister who oversaw a revamp of the country’s tax system, in Tinubu’s most high-profile cabinet reshuffle since taking office three years ago. It was not immediately clear, however, if the move marked a change of direction at the finance ministry. Edun’s tenure has been marked by an aggressive push to overhaul sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest economy after two recessions within a decade, leading to an uptick in foreign direct investment inflows. However, Nigeria’s debt burden has shot up thanks to increased government spending.” (04/22/26)
Source: New York Times
“Democrats Win Big in Election Map Fight, and Influencers Push Nicotine as a Health Hack.” (04/22/26)
Source: Fountain Forum
“Jason Sorens on why housing is expensive.” (04/22/26)
https://rumble.com/v78toow-ff-439-jason-sorens-on-why-housing-is-expensive.html
Source: Liberal Currents
by Holly Berkley Fletcher
“Around the country, Mainline Protestant churches are stepping up to help organizing the resistance to ICE’s incursions into their communities.” (04/22/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-untapped-potential-of-organized-mainline-american-protestantism/
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Alan Mosley
“Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s book, The Technological Republic, is a clarion call for Silicon Valley to abandon its consumer trinkets and rush headlong into the arms of the military-industrial complex. According to Karp, America’s future depends on wielding hard power through technology — arming soldiers, AI-weaponry, and mass surveillance systems — rather than on the ‘soft’ influence demonstrated by free markets and liberty-first principles. The book claims that ‘the survival of the American experiment depends on the technological revitalization of the military-industrial complex’ and urges the country’s engineering talent to focus on national defense. … This techno-militarism dressed up as patriotic duty presumes that concentration of power in the state and its corporate allies (isn’t there a word for this?) is not only desirable, but morally required.” (04/22/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/a-palantir-manifesto
Source: The Bulwark
by Mona Charen
“It’s time for sincere believers to pull the wool from their eyes and see the truth about the president and his followers.” (04/22/26)