Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
“AI regulation failures bolster case for states to use the tools they already have.” (03/28/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/ai-new-laws-govern-it-dont-have-be
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“Soon before Claudia Sheinbaum became Mexico’s first female president last October, a clergyman pleaded with her to listen to the mothers of thousands of ‘disappeared’ Mexicans. Such a step, said Catholic Bishop Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, would help mend the country’s ‘broken social fabric’. His request came after Dr. Sheinbaum stated she did not share the church’s ‘pessimistic evaluation’ of violence by organized crime in the country. In March, the new administration finally did show a readiness to act – after news broke of an ‘extermination center’ run by a drug cartel at a ranch and reportedly used for mass killings. President Sheinbaum and her attorney general have now announced reforms to deal with the estimated 120,000 missing persons in Mexico.” (03/28/25)
Source: CounterPunch
by Nicholas Levis
“Leading politicians of the Democratic opposition, and the U.S. corporate media covering the Signal text leak, have not condemned or showed concern about the sudden surprise acts of war that involve civilian murder and that are illegal under international law. Because military action in Yemen has not been declared or authorized by a vote of the Congress, the operations also represent an unconstitutional use of the military. Rather, the opponents and critics of Trump consider it a scandal and a kind of national emergency that the exchange was accidentally leaked to an unauthorized participant, in a clumsy and incompetent fashion.” (03/28/25)
Source: New York Post
by staff
“As President Donald Trump continues to toy (troll?) with the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state, he should consider a better option: Build a common market with our neighbors to the north. That’s a lot more in line with the statehood idea than hitting the country with a barrage of tariffs. A deal to let labor, goods and capital flow freely both ways would be a boon to both economies, similar to the early days of European economic integration, before European Union bureaucrats started regulating industries within an inch of their lives. And it would avoid the drawbacks of the statehood approach — two more senators for the Democrats and the yoke of absorbing a relatively sluggish economy.” (03/29/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/03/29/opinion/trump-should-consider-a-common-market-with-canada/
Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Mike Maharrey
“Luther Martin warned that the Constitution would create a centralized national government with few real restraints – one that would steadily erode state sovereignty, override local control, and impose its will under the guise of law. In his essay Genuine Information, he outlined the many ways he believed the proposed system would accelerate the consolidation of power. Among these dangers, he singled out three provisions as particularly alarming: an all-powerful federal judiciary, the ability to suspend habeas corpus, and the continuation of slavery. Together, Martin saw these provisions as a dangerous trifecta – key pillars of a broader system of unchecked national power. He feared this system would reduce the states to mere administrative units, make justice unattainable, and embed moral contradiction into the very foundation of the new republic.” (03/29/25)
Source: Econlog
by Kevin Corcoran
“In order for a contract to be validly binding, it needs to be clear exactly what the contract contains. Yet even among social contract theorists, there is surprisingly little agreement here. They’ll all agree that a social contract exists, but wildly disagree about what that contract actually entails. People on the left and the right will both object that some law or institution ‘violates the social contract’ but disagree about which laws or institutions do so, and what the violated terms are. Note, this can’t be resolved by something as simple as pointing to the existing set of laws (or the Constitution, perhaps) and declaring that those laws are what represent the social contract.” (03/28/25)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Sina Toossi
“In recent weeks, many of the same neoconservative voices who pushed the U.S. into Iraq are calling for strikes on Iran. Groups like the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy are once again promoting confrontation, claiming there may never be a better time to act. But this is a dangerous illusion that risks derailing what Donald Trump himself says he wants: a deal, not another disastrous war in the Middle East. A war with Iran wouldn’t just risk another endless conflict. It would blow up Trump’s broader agenda at home and abroad.” (03/28/25)
Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco Den Ouden
“As noted in yesterday’s post, Stephen Marche argues that America is sitting on a powder keg and that a second Civil War is a very real possibility. But he also suggests that there is an alternative way of resolving the polarization of American politics, a politics characterized not by mere factionalism, not by mere disagreement, but by a virulent hatred of the other side. That alternative is disunion. We’ll get to that shortly, but first a digression on America’s Second Most Dangerous Job.” (03/28/25)
https://jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-fracturing-of-america.html
Source: Aaron Ross Powell
by Aaron Ross Powell
“I used to work with a guy who would throw temper tantrums in meetings. This happened often, because he found even minor challenges to his opinions enraging — and found controlling his rage so it wouldn’t lead to a tantrum impossible. He’d shout, stamp his feet, storm out of the room, and slam the door behind him. The thing is, he also told himself — and definitely told the rest of us — that he was principled and moral. ‘Principle and morality’ were primary features of his self-identity. He’s who came to mind when a friend recently commented that, ‘Having moral ideals is not an excuse to be an asshole in your day to day life.'” (03/28/25)
https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/the-necessary-virtue-of-not-being-an-asshole
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“When you sit down to write a column and the first word you write nearly breaks the ‘F’ key, then you have to continually erase it, well, it’s a way to tell you’re in a mood. And nothing deserves a ‘mood’ like dealing with the worst creatures on the planet since life crawled out of the primordial ooze: Democrats. How depraved must a group of people be to have Hillary Clinton step forward as the person to speak out on this so-called ‘Signal scandal?’ That’s like hiring OJ Simpson to be the spokesmodel for your battered women’s shelter or Bill Clinton to be your marriage counselor.” (03/30/25)