Data Centers and the Liberal State
Source: Law & Liberty
by John O McGinnis
“Politics without limits is not the answer to discontent over the technological revolution.” (09/24/26)
Category: Opinion
Tariff Exemptions are Big Business for Big Business
Source: The Daily Economy
by David Hebert
“A tariff may look like a uniform tax. In practice, exemptions give politically connected firms an advantage.” (09/24/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/tariff-exemptions-are-big-business-for-big-business/
The $46 Trillion Price of Avoiding Social Security Reform
Source: The Daily Economy
by Romina Boccia
“Delaying Social Security reform would spare politicians difficult choices today while leaving taxpayers with a much larger bill tomorrow.” (09/24/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-46-trillion-price-of-avoiding-social-security-reform/
Desperate Republicans are jumping Trump’s Iran war ship
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter
‘Candidates in tight midterm races are trying to distance themselves from the president and his Middle East mess, citing — you guessed it — the economy.” (09/24/26)
Judges Reject ICE Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals
Source: The American Prospect
by Gillian Brockell
“A Peruvian man threatened with removal to the Central African Republic is safe for now after an appeals court reiterated late Wednesday night that its decision last week overturning the Trump administration’s third-country removal policy was effective immediately. But hours after that decision came down, flight data shows an ICE charter jet landed in two known third-country removal ‘host’ countries in Africa, while another appeared to be heading toward the continent, raising the possibility that other immigrants may have been or are about to be removed unlawfully. The Peruvian man, identified in court filings as ‘John Doe,’ has judicial protections from deportation to Peru and has been held in ICE custody in Massachusetts since July, one of his attorneys previously told the Prospect.” (09/24/26)
Media ban, flying furries: GOP’s midterm messaging is a mess
Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke
“In America right now, the people are shouting, ‘Gas prices! Food prices! Health care costs!’ And the Republican Party, six weeks out from the midterm elections, is responding: ‘What’s that? You want us to fight with the media? Or how about we get mad about this issue nobody has ever heard of because it’s something we made up?’ It’s as if the words ‘read the room’ never entered the GOP’s lexicon.” (09/24/26)
The President’s Irresponsible Power
Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow
“If Trump wants the credit, he must also take the blame.” (09/24/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-presidents-irresponsible-power/
Trump’s lost his star power, at home and abroad
Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jackie Calmes
“President Trump might not look smaller, but he is. At home and abroad, among a significant majority of Americans that includes increasing numbers of Republicans, as well as in the eyes of foreign leaders, the president of the United States is shrinking by the day into a hapless peacock, a cartoon figure posting comic word balloons at all hours on the falsely labeled Truth Social network or bloviating for the (fewer and fewer) cameras by day. Consider Trump’s losses and humiliations just over the past week …” (09/24/26)
A light of learning glows in Gaza
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“This week, thousands of excited children in Gaza took part in a ritual seen as normal in much of the world: going back to school. Instead of being in classrooms with whiteboards and desks, however, most sat on the floor in makeshift structures or tents. School supplies were scarce and costly. Teachers were few. Nearly three years of a war between Hamas and Israel have devastated most school buildings and staff. Nevertheless, to many in Gaza, the fact that the schools even opened was testament to every child’s desire to be inspired, curious, and skilled for a life of progress. An estimated 540,000 children – the most since the war began – returned to in-person schooling. Working together, Gaza’s residents and international aid agencies upheld the ideal of maintaining a decent life for children, in part because they are the most innocent in any war.” (09/23/26)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0923/A-light-of-learning-glows-in-Gaza
The Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical Perversity
Source: Washington Monthly
by Jack Rakove
“Among the many theories of constitutional interpretation that swirl through American politics, the Unitary Executive Theory (UET) is the most important one circulating today. … To be taken seriously—in an era when the original meaning of the Constitution is the ostensible lodestar of interpretation—a theory of executive power this robust should be strongly grounded in historical sources. In fact, the advocates of the UET presume what they need to prove: that the adopters of the Constitution held a coherent and consensual view of presidential power that could be stretched so far. The more closely one surveys this historical foundation, the more tenuous the theory becomes.” (09/24/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/24/unitary-executive-theory-history/