The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?

Source: Grist
by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

“There are no wind turbines on the Great Lakes — and it isn’t for lack of wind. This titanic network of interconnected freshwater lakes with a surface area larger than New England, New York, and New Jersey combined is theoretically ideal for wind farms. Winds sweeping across the lakes are stronger, more consistent, and less turbulent than those over land. The National Laboratory of the Rockies has estimated that the Great Lakes states have enough offshore wind potential to generate more than three times their combined annual electricity consumption. … the vast inland lakes remain untapped largely due to a lack of streamlined permitting processes at the state level and economic hurdles.” (03/19/26)

https://grist.org/energy/the-great-lakes-are-ideal-for-wind-energy-so-where-is-it/

Not One Dime for Aggression

Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison

“The Iran war is a betrayal of both U.S. interests and constitutional principles. This is a war initiated on the president’s whim. The people do not support it, Congress never authorized it, and our treaty commitments prohibit it. It should never have been allowed to start, but we can end our part in it by refusing to fund it.” (03/19/26)

https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/not-one-dime-for-aggression

Asymmetric War in Iran: How Trump and the US Are Being Played

Source: Washington Monthly
by Mike Lofgren

“We’re depleting our big, expensive, Cold War-inspired defensive weapons on Iran’s cheap drones, and if Tehran expands its underwater drone program, look out.” (03/19/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/19/asymmetric-drone-war-in-iran-how-trump-and-the-u-s-are-being-played/

Arguing Against the State Without Hesitation

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen

“In 2008, a book appeared called Deleting the State: An Argument About Government. It was a trim volume, barely a hundred pages of actual text, but it hit me with the force of a hundred pounds from the very first page. As an undergraduate political science student, I had by that point read Robert Nozick, but I had yet to encounter Murray Rothbard or the broader Austrian and anarcho-capitalist tradition. Aeon Skoble’s book was therefore the first work I encountered that seriously challenged the legitimacy of the state itself. Now the Independent Institute has done a new generation of readers a service by issuing a second edition of this compact but provocative anarcho-capitalist work.” (03/19/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/arguing-against-the-state-without-hesitation

The Quietest Government Shutdown

Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen

“We’re in the midst of the quietest government shutdown in American history. For 34 days, funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been blocked in a standoff over the Trump administration’s deeply unpopular immigration enforcement, something the White House has finally realized is such a public opinion disaster that they’ve stopped calling it mass deportation. The biggest public-facing side of this shutdown is Transportation Security Administration workers, who have now worked without a paycheck for a month. But aside from frustration about longer airport security lines, there’s been little pressure on Washington to end the impasse. On Wednesday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) had his confirmation hearing to run the department that currently has no funding. While his rhetoric was softer, he didn’t really offer many thoughts about the issues in the dispute.” (03/19/26)

https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/government-shutdown-trump-dhs-ice-cbp-funding-congress/

It’s Official: Trump’s Tariffs Have Failed

Source: Foreign Policy
by Agathe Demarais

“All eyes are set on U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating war against Iran, but on the home front, things are not going well. Nearly one year after he launched a barrage of steep tariffs on what he called ‘Liberation Day,’ economists have crunched the numbers for 2025 — and they are not looking good for the White House. By Trump’s own yardstick — his three goals of making foreigners pay for doing business with the United States, narrowing the U.S. trade deficit, and punishing China — tariffs have clearly failed.” (03/19/26)

https://archive.is/zWigq

Interest Rate Caps Keep Coming Back — Bastiat Explained Why They Fail

Source: The Daily Economy
by Nikolai G Wenzel

“Capital loaned out can’t be invested or consumed. Interest compensating the lender is merely ‘the price of time.'” (03/19/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/interest-rate-caps-keep-coming-back-bastiat-explained-why-they-fail/