Category: Opinion

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“Big talk, but he carries a very small stick.” (09/10/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bessent-and-the-bonds

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by William L Anderson

“In a recent Mises article, Tho Bishop declared that the institution of college sports is currently under the grip of anarcho-tyranny, which he defined as ‘the state-driven phenomenon of criminalizing the enforcement of basic civic norms while increasingly restricting the liberties of law-abiding citizens.’ The latest outrage comes from Louisiana State University in which its enfant terrible football coach, Lane Kiffin, has done what he always has done: push the boundaries of the rules of college athletics well beyond where they should be.” (09/10/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/college-sports-lsu-and-judge-shopping-anarcho-tyranny-continues

Source: Washington Post
by Francis Fukuyama

“There are in fact two types of realism, a ‘realism of means’ and a ‘realism of ends.’ … In the realism of ends, all states are said to pursue national interest, defined in terms of power and security. They may dress up this drive in the elevated language of democracy or human rights, but ultimately they all seek the same thing: maximization of their power. … I subscribe instead to a realism of means. I believe that liberal values and power shape the United States’ role in the world, while being realistic about both the extent to which the U.S. can prioritize democracy and the means by which such a goal could be achieved.” (09/10/26)

https://archive.is/k5PPZ

Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano

‘A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure.” (09/10/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2026/09/09/when-war-comes-home-a-constitutional-warning/

Source: Law & Liberty
by John O McGinnis

“We need answers for a postindustrial society, but that does not mean we should abandon the fundamental tenets of the free market.” (09/10/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-economist-who-forgot-economics/

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Michael Corbin

“The conflict has divided members of the bloc, but India is determined to find areas of cooperation.” (09/10/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/brics-summit-2026/

Source: Common Dreams
by Tom Engelhardt

“Honestly, I don’t think we really get it yet. Let’s face it. It’s going to be hot, hot, hot. Or do I mean hotter, hotter, hotter, or even hottest, hottest, hottest, or someday, for all we know, beyond any words we might now have to describe it. Though it seldom seems that way in the daily news, we’re talking about a genuinely apocalyptic possibility. Give us human beings full credit. Somehow, we’ve managed to come up with not one but two distinctly apocalyptic ways to potentially destroy ourselves and this planet—one a relatively speedy way to go and the other already operating in world-destroying slow motion—and that, believe me, is no small thing. Here are just a few examples of that slow-motion version of our self-destruction on this increasingly extreme planet of… well, can I really say ‘ours’ anymore, or should I say theirs?” (09/10/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-profit-climate-crisis

Source: The Daily Economy
by Richard Menger

“Abdul El-Sayed and his wife prosper by treating their medical credentials as private goods. Now he campaigns against the system that made it possible.” (09/10/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/abdul-el-sayed-has-a-socialist-platform-and-a-capitalist-life/

Source: Foreign Policy
by Stephen M Walt

“In a world where great-power competition is intensifying, a revealing test of foreign-policy acumen is a country’s ability to avoid costly conflicts or other endeavors that waste resources, divert attention, and ultimately leave them weaker rather than stronger. In other words: staying out of quagmires. Great powers are often happy to see their rivals stumble into strategic quicksand and may even try to encourage such developments, but wise leaders try to stay out of this kind of trouble. In recent decades, China has done a far better job of avoiding quagmires than either the United States or Russia.” (09/10/26)

https://archive.is/LV2MW

Source: Liberal Currents
by Samantha Hancox-Li

“Liberalism’s problem isn’t structural. Liberalism’s problem is that we got out-hustled.” (09/10/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-mass-party-of-the-future/