Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Washington Monthly
by Matt Watkins

“A federal judge sided with the artificial intelligence company’s argument that the government violated its right to free speech, but the dispute is far from over.” (04/02/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/02/the-pentagons-orwellian-case-against-anthropic/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Daniel J Mahoney

“[Harvey] Mansfield is a political scientist as much as a political philosopher, an Aristotelian who never disparages moral virtue, political nobility, or patriotic attachment to a decent and free political order such as the United States. As one, he has repeatedly instructed fellow political scientists to care more about politics as the distinctively human realm than about narrow ‘methodological’ concerns that risk obscuring the reality and true stakes of human and political life. Mansfield has never been remotely tempted to identify the theoretical life with Epicurean disdain for the dignity and grandeur of the political vocation. At the same time, he is perfectly immune to the moralism that animates so many academics and intellectuals today.” (04/02/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/liberty-beyond-rational-control/

Source: The Dispatch
by Jessica Riedl

“For the past four years, inflation has consistently polled as voters’ top economic concern—and often top concern overall. Nevertheless, President Joe Biden steadfastly ignored those concerns and pursued an inflationary agenda until it cost his party the White House. Then, after Trump campaigned on ending ‘Bidenflation,’ he re-entered the White House and immediately unleashed his own aggressively inflationary agenda — tariffs, tax cuts, spending expansions, immigration deportations, and demands for Federal Reserve rate cuts. … presidents invariably decide to focus on offering tangible benefits and roll the dice on any macroeconomic consequences.” (04/02/26)

https://archive.is/3qqKk

Source: The Daily Economy
by Barry Brownstein

“A viral mental habit about burnt toast echoes Stoic philosophy: adversity — no matter how small — is an opportunity to practice discipline, perspective, and self-mastery.” (04/02/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/burnt-toast-stoics-and-finding-growth-in-small-frustrations/

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin

“You are being ripped off. When it comes to fiat paper ‘money,’ Richard Sherman didn’t hold back. He saw it as an unjust and totally immoral weapon that turns government into a legalized protection racket for fraud. He made that case in his incredibly important, but almost completely unknown pamphlet A Caveat Against Injustice, where he called for criminal punishment for the perpetrators.” (04/01/26)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/04/01/the-evils-of-paper-money-roger-sherman-and-a-caveat-against-injustice/