Source: Reason
by Stephen Davies
“From trade to migration to personal freedom, the conservatives of the global New Right hold a philosophy incompatible with individualism.” (04/09/26)
https://reason.com/2026/04/09/what-does-the-new-right-believe/
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Elisabeth Bennink
“Recently, like millions of others around the world, I listened to a conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience between Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., aired on February 27, 2026. In the discussion, HHS Secretary Kennedy spoke at length about promoting healthy nutrition and tackling health insurance fraud. While nutrition is undoubtedly an important subject, my attention was drawn instead to another topic — one that lies close to my heart: the use of psychedelics in medical and therapeutic settings, and what I perceive as the implicit threat this poses to our freedom. … while I share their enthusiasm for psychedelics, I, both as a physician and an ayahuasqueira, see a profound threat to our (religious) freedom when authority over these substances is placed exclusively in the hands of what might be called the ‘church of medicine.'” (04/09/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/medicalization-of-our-spiritual-life/
Source: CBS News
“The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday. Its change of status from ‘near threatened’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) underscores the existential threat to ice-dependent species as global warming profoundly reshapes the frozen continent. Emperor penguins rely on sea ice to live, hunt and breed. The early break-up and loss of these platforms of frozen ocean water has caused their numbers to plummet.” (04/09/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emperor-penguins-endangered-species/
Source: The Political Orphanage
“The Travails of Afroman and Lindy West (WSPN).” (04/09/26)
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/the-travails-of-afroman-and-lindy-west-wspn
Source: The Daily Economy
by Jeffery L Degner
“Internal combustion engines empowered millions to participate in the modern economy. Restrictions on their use hit the poor hardest.” (04/09/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/internal-combustion-engines-the-great-economic-equalizer/
Source: Mother Jones
by Alex Nguyen
“Sam Altman wants you to know that he’s just fine. Sure, his company, OpenAI, is reportedly building technology that it fears and some of his former colleagues think he’s a pathological liar, but really? It’s no big deal.” (04/09/26)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/sam-altman-ronan-farrow-open-ai-report/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“JD Vance stumps for Hungary’s Orbán.” (04/09/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5779235/jd-vance-stumps-for-hungarys-orban
Source: New York Times
“A ‘Messy’ Cease-Fire, and a 15-Year Sentence for the ‘Ketamine Queen.’” (04/09/26)
Source: The Dispatch
“Trump’s ‘War Crimes.’” (04/09/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/trumps-war-crimes/
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“Armageddon may (or may not) be on hold for a little while, so let’s talk about other issues, like the state of the economy — in particular, what’s going on with job growth, where important things are happening. Are they good things or bad? Well, it’s a bad news/good news/but the good news is really bad news situation.” (04/09/26)