“President Donald Trump’s renewed escalation of the war on Iran is dangerous and needs to be immediately reversed. Investors in the stock market are often advised to admit they bought an investment lemon and cut their losses by selling, thus avoiding further disaster by riding the stock to the bottom and vainly hoping it will rebound. Given human nature, many investors struggle with the first part: admitting they made a mistake. Politicians involved in losing wars often exhibit similar behavior. And President Trump, never wanting to be labeled a ‘loser,’ is particularly prone to such psychological denial.” (07/24/26)
“ver the past week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has faced his biggest political crisis since this time last year. And just as they did back then, Western analysts and media outlets have concocted a pro-Zelensky narrative that downplays evident political dysfunction and misrepresents the struggles for power that are actually driving events.” (07/24/26)
“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to condition disaster relief grants on whether states change how they conduct elections. It’s another glaring constitutional overreach into an area where states have typically had control, unless otherwise specified by Congress. Earlier this month, DHS issued guidance as part of its funding opportunity for the Homeland Security Grant Program. DHS is requiring states that accept the grant funding to adopt a series of election administration measures.” (07/24/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Qamar CheemaMir & Ahmad Murtiza
“For decades, Iran has sought to diminish America’s military presence and political influence in the Middle East. Yet some ambitions carry within them the seeds of their own undoing. The very policies intended to push out the United States have instead strengthened the rationale for Washington’s continued engagement. Before the erosion of its regional axis, Iran based its security doctrine on forward defense, projecting influence beyond its borders to keep threats at bay. However, what Tehran regarded as a defensive strategy, the Persian Gulf states perceived as an expansionist bid for regional primacy. As a result, they deepened their security ties with Washington, making the U.S. military presence more indispensable to Gulf security rather than less.” (07/24/26)
“Montreal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – ‘If the state sends people, soldiers, for the honor of the state, and they kill people, is that permissible? It is plain murder. They [the government] incite murder. This is what they do. They wage wars not to save lives, but only for the honor of the state. Certainly, this is not new. So, is this permitted? Just to raise the status of the state or something else?’ These are not the words of a left-wing anti-Israeli activist from an Ivy League campus. They were spoken on July 19, 2026, by the 96-year-old Rabbi Dov Lando, a senior member of the Council of Torah Sages in Israel.” (07/24/26)
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“I got an email in my Inbox last night from Sen. Rick Scott, all proud that he’s introduced the ‘Safeguard Kids Act’ with the intention of protecting students K-12 from the evil risks of artificial intelligence (AI). I find his proposal preposterous for a few reasons, but much like my article last night on the SCOTUS reversal of Roe v. Wade, Washington has no place in our students’ local classrooms. While I agree with Scott that AI will likely be the greatest information innovation since Guttenberg’s printing press, his solution is misguided. The last thing AI needs is the stagnation of a federal government bureaucracy. I thought we were closing down the U.S. Dept of Education, anyway; what happened to that notion?” (07/24/26)
“Can a private company be worth more than Canada’s entire economy? Some people seem to think so. Every so often, a superstar company, usually in the tech sector, hits a record valuation, prompting comparisons to a country’s GDP. For example, NVIDIA’s market capitalization surpassed Canada’s GDP in 2025. By May 2026, the chip designer was worth more than the annual GDP of every country except the United States and China. The reason this comparison doesn’t give us much information beyond the emotional reaction is that the two numbers are measured in different units, so they are incomparable.” (07/24/26)
