GA: Race to replace MTG heads to runoff

Source: BBC News [UK state media]

“The special election to replace former Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is projected to head to a runoff after none of the candidates secured a majority of the votes on Tuesday night. Republican Clay Fuller, who received President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is projected to face Democrat Shawn Harris to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS. The two candidates beat out a crowded field of 17 candidates for the runoff slots. … Harris, the Democrat, received the most votes on Tuesday night, likely due to the fact that the Republican base splintered among many candidates.” (03/11/26)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wknrz3exo

Prostitution Should Be Decriminalized

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Laurence M Vance

“A bill (SB26-097) was introduced in the second regular session of the Colorado General Assembly last month to decriminalize adult commercial sexual activity. … This is a bill that libertarians can unequivocally support. But not because libertarians think that prostitution is wholesome, good, and harmless, or because they don’t think that prostitution is immoral, shameful, and potentially dangerous. Libertarians simply believe that what consenting adults do on their own property, or on the property of others with permission, is none of the government’s business, none of the church’s business, and none of any individual’s business as long as their actions don’t infringe upon the personal or property rights of others. This is still true even if what consenting adults do is immoral, and even if the majority of Americans don’t approve of what they are doing.” (03/10/26)

https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/prostitution-should-be-decriminalized/

Russia: Ukrainian missile strike hits Bryansk military factory

Source: Yahoo! News

“Ukraine hit a ‘key’ military factory in a missile strike Tuesday on Russia’s western city of Bryansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after Moscow gave a toll of six dead in the attack. … In a video posted on social media by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine purportedly showing the attack, a building is rocked by multiple explosions, with plumes of black smoke rising from the site. Zelensky called the strike ‘a completely justified response to the aggressor.’ Russia earlier accused Kyiv of a “terrorist” attack in Bryansk that it said killed six civilians and wounded at least 37 people. It did not say what the target was.” (03/10/26)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ukraine-says-hit-key-russian-193414037.html

I Think I Can Explain Trump’s Theory of Trade

Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan

“Donald Trump likes exports and foreign investment, and laments imports and trade deficits. Most economists find this a baffling bundle of preferences — and the more they know about international trade, the more baffled they are. Never mind the truism that the whole point of exports is to buy imports. Doesn’t Trump know that getting more foreign investment raises trade deficits by definition? How confused can you get? While I agree that Trump is terribly wrong about international trade, there’s a big difference between being wrong and being confused. While I doubt I’m ready to pass an Ideological Turing Test for Trumpian trade theory, I recently had a weird epiphany on the topic. After said epiphany, I feel capable of articulating roughly what Trump is thinking.” (03/10/26)

https://www.betonit.ai/p/i-think-i-can-explain-trumps-theory

AL: Ivey commutes death sentence of man who didn’t kill anyone

Source: NBC News

“Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted on Tuesday the death sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton to life without parole, saying his execution, which was set for Thursday, would be ‘unjust.’ In 1991, Burton was one of six men involved in the robbery of an AutoZone store in Talladega that ended with the murder of a customer, Doug Battle; Burton did not pull the trigger in the killing. ‘Doug Battle was brutally murdered by Derrick DeBruce while shopping in an auto parts store. But DeBruce was ultimately sentenced to life without parole. Charles Burton did not shoot the victim, did not direct the triggerman to shoot the victim and had already left the store by the time the shooting occurred. Yet Mr. Burton was set to be executed while DeBruce was allowed to live out his life in prison,’ Ivey said in a statement.” (03/10/26)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sentence-commuted-man-alabama-was-set-execute-didnt-kill-anyone-rcna262738

Hungary: Orban orders regime to hold some $82 million in stole Ukrainian cash and gold

Source: ABC News

“Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold [stolen] last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigates the case. The gold and the money was being transported through Hungary by road when Hungary [stole] it last Thursday. Authorities said they suspected money laundering. The shipment included $40 million and 35 million euros in cash, as well as 9 kilograms (19.8 pounds) of gold — worth, based on the current exchange rates, about $82 million. The [theft] has outraged Ukrainian authorities who accused Hungary’s Russia-friendly government of acting illegally.” (03/10/26)

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/hungarys-orbn-orders-authorities-hold-82-million-seized-130927247

The return-to-the-office trend backfires

Source: The Hill
by Gleb Tsipursky

“Many business leaders think that a stricter return-to-office policy will cause a surge in productivity. But in reality, the data tell a different story. Across practitioner reports and peer-reviewed research, including a new report from the Institute for Corporate Productivity, organizations that commit to highly flexible models, including remote-first, report strong output, healthier engagement, and faster growth than mandate-driven peers. The newest practitioner evidence should give leaders confidence. In the institute’s Remote-First Organizations report, most leaders in remote-first firms say productivity remains high. A sizable share report that it is very high, even though the majority of these companies avoid invasive monitoring of employees. The research frames remote-first as a deliberate operating model anchored in trust, clarity and well-designed touchpoints, not a stopgap. Independent national data aligns with these practitioner insights.” (03/10/26)

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5775420-remote-first-productivity-growth/

The Urgent Search for an Alternative World Order

Source: The Nation
by Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Nation opposes Trump’s latest war, as do most Americans. But we are concerned that the response of many commentators to the Trump catastrophe is to hope for a return to a failed old order — a system of ‘rules’ and strategies so unpopular that voters have already rejected them. That naïve longing ignores the need for this country to take a new look at its place in the world.” (03/10/26)

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/alternative-foreign-policy-trump-wars/