Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul Mueller
‘The global trillionaire count returned to zero not long after SpaceX’s IPO. Market fluctuations show the danger of imposing cash tax bills on stock-price wealth.” (09/28/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/elon-musks-paper-billions-are-vanishing/
Source: Washington Monthly
by Charlie Cook
“People in a president’s party might be satisfied, complacent, a little disappointed, or deeply disillusioned, but they are rarely pumped up and energized, thinking, ‘I can’t wait to go vote.’ Conversely, people in the opposition party, particularly in this era of hyperpartisanship, hate anything the president is doing. They hate everything he might even think about doing. Everything. They want to relitigate the last election. They can’t wait to vote. And then you’ve got this little slice of pure independents, and I’m not talking about the 45 percent of all adults or the third of all registered voters who claim to be independents but consistently lean toward and vote for one party. I’m talking about the three to six percent who don’t lean toward either party and are legitimate independents. They tend to be very fickle.” (09/28/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/28/the-red-undertow-in-the-midterms/
Source: New York Times
“Possible Terror Plot Thwarted at U.K. Base, and Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Town.” (09/28/26)
Source: Law & Liberty
by Patrick T Brown
“Neighborhoods must find a balance between ‘voice’ and ‘veto.'” (09/28/26)
https://lawliberty.org/forum/threading-the-development-needle/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Barry Brownstein
‘A Canadian shop mailed me the hard-to-find part to save my wife’s old blender. How do prices help strangers cooperate on a scale no one can engineer?” (09/28/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/humility-is-civilizations-price-of-admission/
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“France prosecutors on Monday sought two years with an electronic tag and a five-year ban on public office for ex-culture minister Rachida Dati in a trial on corruption charges linked to dealings with the Renault-Nissan group. They sought a four-year jail term for Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former Renault-Nissan chief now living in Lebanon, who is being tried in absentia as part of the same trial in Paris. … [Dati] stands charged with corruption and influence peddling over alleged lobbying for Renault-Nissan between October 2009 and February 2013 while she was a member of the European Parliament.” (09/28/260
Source: Free Talk Live
“Clavicular innocent? :: Garbage trucks spy on houses for the government :: Why Austin, TX sucks :: To Entrap A Predator :: Trump TV is awful :: Hog hunting in northern MI :: Elephants save rhinos from hunting :: 2026-09-27 :: Hosts: Bonnie, Lori, Rich E Rich.” (09/27/26)
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Lucio Saverio Eastman
“In-group or out-group. Clean or unclean. With us or against us. The post-pandemic world seems dominated by themes of a society corrupted by political hatreds, born of hostile emotions constantly on the hunt for targets. Remember the masked and the unmasked, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, the essential workers and the nonessential? This wasn’t just a national issue. It burrowed deep into our personal lives and into our own hometowns.” (09/28/26)
Source: The Dispatch
“Inside Israel’s War Room | Interview: Elliot Kaufman and Yonah Jeremy Bob.” (09/28/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
by José Niño
“The tone shifts from one administration to the next. The premise never does. Every president treats European defense budgets as figures for Washington to set, audit, and enforce. That premise collapses on its own terms. Europe’s security belongs to Europeans. The continent commands an economy many times larger than Russia’s and fields two nuclear powers of its own. If Poland wants to pour 5% of its GDP into its army, Warsaw should make that call. If Spain values its welfare state more, Madrid should make that call. … As long as Washington sits at the head of the table, NATO serves as a vehicle for schemes hatched in the Pentagon, in think tanks, and among the oligarchs and defense contractors who profit from every new benchmark.” (09/28/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/let-europe-defend-europe/