Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Liberal Currents
by Alan Elrod

“The SAVE Act would make it harder for married women in particular to vote, and that is just one part of the MAGA right’s misogynist project.” (02/19/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-talk-about-the-rights-new-voter-suppression-target-women/

Source: Law & LIberty
by Max Skjönsberg

“Josiah Tucker (1713–99), dean of Gloucester Cathedral in England, is best known in the history of political thought as a proto-conservative who had the audacity to question the Lockean natural rights school in the age of the American Revolution. The rebellious spirit of the American Revolution, and even more so its supporters in Britain, made him suspicious of Locke’s theory of government based on the social contract and consent. As a consequence, Tucker is a neglected and underrated thinker who contributed to both the conservative and liberal traditions; his Political and Economic Writings repay careful study.” (02/19/26)

https://lawliberty.org/classic/a-very-liberal-conservative/

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Lawrence W Reed

“Whether free or slave, did black Americans play a role in the fight for liberty during the American Revolutionary era? Yes indeed, they did. It’s a story that didn’t earn much attention in history books until recent decades. When I was in school in the 1950s and 1960s, I think I heard of just one of them, Crispus Attucks, a black sailor who was the first person killed by British soldiers in the March 1770 Boston Massacre. Black people were to be found among both patriots and loyalists, depending in large part on which side seemed more likely to advance their prospects for freedom.” (02/19/26)

https://fee.org/articles/phillis-wheatley-and-black-heroes-of-the-revolution/

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Thomas Harrington

“Today, Barcelona is today one of the great tourist destinations of the Western world. Fifty years ago, however, it was a somewhat dusty backwater still smarting from the punishments inflicted on it by the Franco regime (1939-1975) for its citizens’ stubborn refusal to abandon their attachment to the Catalan language and culture, and for having served as the nerve center of the defeated Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939) during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) eventually won by the Nationalist general. The city’s dramatic transformation is rooted in actions taken under the leadership of Mayor Pasqual Maragall in the six or so years leading to the city’s hosting of the 1992 Summer Olympics. While the mayor of every Olympic venue promises that the Games will enduringly change his city for the better, this actually occurred in Maragall’s Barcelona, especially in the realm of public infrastructure.” (02/19/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/you-cannot-beat-nihilism-with-nihilism/

Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by Sophie Gilbert

“A roadmap for making rangelands work better for livestock and wildlife.” (02/19/26)

https://www.perc.org/2026/02/19/virtual-fencing-for-conservation/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Samuel Gregg

“Kevin Rudd’s book provides a masterful analysis of Xi Jinping’s ideological springs and what they mean for China.” (02/19/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/beijings-leninist-nationalist/