Category: Opinion

Source: The Realist Review
by James W Carden

“Mark Levin is a fool, but he is hardly the only one.” (04/09/26)

https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/nuclear-myths-continue-to-fuel-neocon

Source: Glenn Greenwald
by Jeremy Loffredo

“There is a version of the Democratic Party that exists only in the imagination: the peace party, the anti-war party, the party that marched against the Iraq War and howled at its neocon designers. As Donald Trump (reportedly) accepted Iran’s ceasefire terms this week, some of the most pointed attacks coming his way from Democrats are not about the thousands of civilians killed, the weeks of brutal bombardments against medical centers and universities, or the global economic damage the war has caused. They are about the war ending before the U.S. and Israel finished the job. And this is not a fringe phenomenon. It is a pattern coming from Democratic senators, the Democratic House Foreign Affairs Committee, ranking members of the Armed Services Committee, and some of the party’s most prominent voices. The liberal opposition party wants more war.” (04/09/26)

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-opposition-party-has-done-nothing

Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz

“In my studies, I keep hearing about an ‘AI arms race’ between the US and China. At first, here’s what I thought I wanted to know: 1. How do the experts define ‘winning’ in this context? 2. What are the actual stakes? What I found was that this framing kinda sucks. It’s useful as shorthand in conversations about AI safety vs AI progress. But it doesn’t really describe reality.” (04/09/26)

https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/invent-god-or-lose-to-china

Source: Reason
by Stephen Davies

“From trade to migration to personal freedom, the conservatives of the global New Right hold a philosophy incompatible with individualism.” (04/09/26)

https://reason.com/2026/04/09/what-does-the-new-right-believe/

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Elisabeth Bennink

“Recently, like millions of others around the world, I listened to a conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience between Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., aired on February 27, 2026. In the discussion, HHS Secretary Kennedy spoke at length about promoting healthy nutrition and tackling health insurance fraud. While nutrition is undoubtedly an important subject, my attention was drawn instead to another topic — one that lies close to my heart: the use of psychedelics in medical and therapeutic settings, and what I perceive as the implicit threat this poses to our freedom. … while I share their enthusiasm for psychedelics, I, both as a physician and an ayahuasqueira, see a profound threat to our (religious) freedom when authority over these substances is placed exclusively in the hands of what might be called the ‘church of medicine.'” (04/09/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/medicalization-of-our-spiritual-life/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Jeffery L Degner

“Internal combustion engines empowered millions to participate in the modern economy. Restrictions on their use hit the poor hardest.” (04/09/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/internal-combustion-engines-the-great-economic-equalizer/

Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine

“Anonymously sourced hit pieces have hammered Tulsi Gabbard the past few months in the Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Republic, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, you name it. They are part of a relentless campaign to undermine President Trump’s director of national intelligence because she is almost single-handedly revealing the dirty secrets of the Deep State. Rumors swirl around Washington that the president is displeased with her and she will soon follow Pam Bondi out the door. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.” (04/08/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/opinion/miranda-devine-tulsi-gabbard-keeps-her-focus-on-revealing-deep-states-dirty-secrets-even-as-they-try-to-take-her-down/

Source: Mother Jones
by Alex Nguyen

“Sam Altman wants you to know that he’s just fine. Sure, his company, OpenAI, is reportedly building technology that it fears and some of his former colleagues think he’s a pathological liar, but really? It’s no big deal.” (04/09/26)

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/sam-altman-ronan-farrow-open-ai-report/

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“Armageddon may (or may not) be on hold for a little while, so let’s talk about other issues, like the state of the economy — in particular, what’s going on with job growth, where important things are happening. Are they good things or bad? Well, it’s a bad news/good news/but the good news is really bad news situation.” (04/09/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/job-growth-on-ice

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by James R Webb

“Despite the challenges ahead for the U.S. in securing a durable peace, there is perhaps a massive potential political opportunity for President Trump to fulfill a campaign promise. A core promise that attracted independents and conservatives, and arguably was the single biggest driver of both of his electoral victories, was the removal of American troops from the Middle East. Preventing the continuation of, or yet another war with the U.S. is arguably Iran’s most meaningful demand, and perhaps the most valuable for the U.S. at the bargaining table. At this juncture, American basing across the region only serves to pressure and threaten Iran, whose existence is not and never has been an existential threat to the U.S. homeland. Further, what better way for President Trump to demonstrate victory than to publicly declare that our objectives have been met and that the troops are coming home, thus making a splash heading into midterms?” (04/09/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-ceasefire/