Source: Independent Institute
by Benjamin Powell
“The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are negotiating a new housing bill as Americans have become increasingly concerned with affordability. Unfortunately, any federal housing bill would do little to make housing more affordable and could even worsen the situation.” (05/27/26)
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“It is now unlawful, upheld by a judge and jury, in Northern Ireland, to preach a sermon about God’s love within earshot of a hospital. Over the centuries, English kings, queens, nobles, and lower classes have arrested, tried, convicted, imprisoned, fined, and even executed men (and women) for preaching something that the powers that be, including the established Church, didn’t want preached. The 78-year-old Cleve Johnstone was not killed: merely jailed and fined. Most folks believed that sort of nonsense went about a good 200 years (or more) ago.” (05/27/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/05/27/liberty-and-freedom-so-easily-lost/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“An Israeli air raid in northern Gaza has killed at least 10 people, including four children, health officials said, as Israel continues with its near-daily attacks despite a nominal ‘ceasefire’ being in place. More than 20 others were injured in the attack on a residential building in Gaza City late on Wednesday, officials said. … The air raid came hours after dozens of Palestinians attended the funeral of Mohammad Odeh, the head of Hamas’s armed wing, who was killed in an Israeli attack on Tuesday, as Israel continues its campaign to eliminate what remains of the group’s senior leadership. Odeh’s wife and son were also killed in the attack in Gaza City.” (05/28/26)
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“How the War on Terror Created the Age of Trump (W/ Matt Kennard).” (05/27/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-the-war-on-terror-created-the
Source: Libertarian Institute
“The Serenity of Christ and the Horrors of War w/Dave DeCamp.” (05/27/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/blog/the-serenity-of-christ-and-the-horrors-of-war-w-dave-decamp
Source: Pierre Lemieux
by Pierre Lemieux
“It was an error three centuries ago. Knowledge of the workings of society has progressed, but some did not get the memo.” (05/27/26)
https://pierrelemieux.substack.com/p/the-troubling-persistence-of-luddism
Source: Shawn Huckaby
by Shawn Huckaby
“I was raised in a rural Virginia family that, despite what that might lead you to believe, was not particularly religious. My mom was nominally a Christian but church service was not a regular part of our life. My dad was an atheist influenced by Ayn Rand. The latter went on to influence me, and as a consequence, I spent roughly the first 30 years of my life as a very garden-variety atheist. … I left Ayn Rand behind at some point in my mid-20s and developed an interest in broader philosophy. … This exploration eventually led me into religion but outside of the typical Abrahamic context.” (05/27/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Trump Has Lost in Iran, What Will He Do Next?” (05/27/26)
Source: Niskanen Center
“Are the Courts contributing to democratic backsliding?” (05/27/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/are-the-courts-contributing-to-democratic-backsliding
Source: Reason
by Ari Shtein
“When President Donald Trump announced broad and arbitrary import taxes last April — tariffs that the Supreme Court would later determine were illegal — he said they would uplift domestic producers, even though many economists predicted the opposite. More than a year later, Americans can safely say that the economists were right. Trump’s tariffs have not only failed in their central aim — to bring manufacturing jobs back to America — they’ve also hurt Americans across a range of economic sectors, including agriculture. That’s the latest analysis from the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Agricultural Trade Monitor, which recently found that between March 2025 and February 2026, annualized U.S. agricultural exports to China dropped by nearly $15 billion. This is almost $5 billion more in lost trade to China than what American farmers saw during the first Trump administration.” (05/27/26)