Category: Opinion

Source: Law & Liberty
by Michael Lucchese

“Even as we love the past, the future is not something to be feared—it is something to be redeemed.” (06/24/26)

https://lawliberty.org/forum/new-modes-and-orders/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Stefan Bartl

“Once entrepreneurial success arrives, few recall the risks, ridicule, failed ventures, sleepless nights, and near-disasters that came before.” (06/24/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/trillionaire-entrepreneurs-forgotten-risks-and-the-politics-of-envy/

Source: The Progressive
by Stephen Zunes

“Many of the criticisms being leveled against the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran (namely, that it is not that great a deal) are accurate and worthy of attention. But under the disastrous set of circumstances resulting from the US-Israeli war on Iran, it is probably the best deal that can be realistically hoped for, given that Iran clearly has the upper hand. Unfortunately, that has not stopped some Washington politicians, including many prominent Democrats, from attempting to undermine it.” (06/23/26)

https://progressive.org/latest/trumps-deal-with-iran-is-good-enough-zunes-20260623/

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe

“On Monday, Alan Greenspan died at age 100. The former Federal Reserve Chair spent eighteen and a half years at the helm of the central bank from 1987 to 2006—a total of five terms under four presidents. As with any death of a prominent figure, the news led many to reflect on Greenspan’s legacy and, in this case, debate how he stacks up with other Federal Reserve chairs. … this entire discussion is flawed. Because it rests on the false assumption that the Federal Reserve and all its intellectual backers in the political class can be taken at their word: that the Fed is an institution that is genuinely capable of and interested in bringing about a stable, growing economy, and, therefore, that a good Fed Chair is someone who simply manages the economy well. That is all a lie.” (06/24/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/greenspan-was-perfect-fed-chair-not-compliment

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Arman Sidhu

“There is a contradiction at the heart of the G7’s new approach to critical minerals. When the Group of Seven closed its summit in Évian-les-Bains on June 17, it issued a statement insisting that these supply chains should be ‘governed by market principles.’ Yet almost every measure the alliance endorsed would put governments in charge instead.” (06/24/26)

https://fee.org/articles/undermining-the-market/

Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz

“The man accused of killing several in Montreal before being shot dead by police wrote a manifesto. Somewhat unfortunately, it wasn’t completely insane. I cannot, of course, endorse his ultimate conclusion. He takes Jordan B Peterson a step further. Rather than leaving vague how we’re going to enforce monogamy, our shooter asks his fellow men to follow his lead in taking up arms and doing enough terrorism to overthrow capitalism and replace it with a semi-Marxist state that will force women into lifelong monogamy with losers at gunpoint. That plan has a few problems. Among them (not even near the top) is that the vast majority of men who have the ability to plan and execute a successful terrorist attack do not have anywhere near enough trouble getting laid to seriously consider it.” (06/24/26)

https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/on-hypergamy-and-what-the-montreal

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker

“The closest thing we have in this country to a pandemic plan is called the Pandemic Action Crisis Plan or PanCap. It remains the prevailing unclassified document. It posits stay-at-home orders, school closures, business shutdowns, office closures, travel restrictions, testing, track-and-trace, and the creation and distribution of countermeasures called vaccines. … This approach has no precedent in the long history of public health. The old way was to keep calm, understand the illness, treat those affected, and use rational approaches to mitigate the impacts. The new way invented in 2005 is about command and control, pretending to manage the microbial kingdom like an engineering project.” (06/24/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-pandemic-plan-needs-to-be-torn-up/

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Ian Proud

“Sir Keir Starmer bowed to the inevitable Monday and resigned from leadership of the Labour Party and, therefore, from his role as prime minister. The resignation had been brewing for some time. While Starmer led the Labour Party to an astounding landslide election victory in July 2024, by September 2025, he was already being labeled the most unpopular prime minister since polling began; this followed a series of U-turns and poorly handled crises. After heavy losses of council seats in local elections in May, the Labour Party moved quickly to remove him. Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is expected to become prime minister after an internal Labour Party leadership contest. (Labour maintains a majority in parliament, so it maintains the right to form a government.) Burnham will quickly find that he doesn’t have the money to fix public services, double defense spending, and continue to fund an unwinnable war in Ukraine.” (06/24/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/uk-burnham-starmer-ukraine/

Source: Liberal Currents
by Steve Kennedy

“Most attention surrounding Callais has focused on congressional maps, particularly in Louisiana and other Southern states where Black voters have successfully challenged racially discriminatory district lines since the passage of the VRA. But the decision will have effects up and down the ballot, including for races as consequential as for state supreme courts.” (06/24/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/callais-affects-more-than-just-congress/

Source: Los Angeles Times
by David Helvarg

“The Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington has turned pea green with algal growth — as shallow bodies of still water tend to do in summer when temperatures rise. President Trump’s $14-million no-bid ‘American flag blue’ paint job was never going to stop that. It may in fact have contributed, as being darker than the previous pool bottom it absorbs heat more readily.” (06/24/26)

https://archive.is/Yd6Zn