Source: Cato Institute
by Nicholas Anthony

Former President Donald Trump has tried to position himself as the voice for financial freedom on the campaign trail, but his latest proposal to restrict credit card interest rates seems to be something out of left field. Last night in New York, Trump said, ‘While working Americans catch up we’re going to put a temporary cap on credit card interest rates we’re going to cap it at around 10 percent. We can’t let them make 25 and 30 percent.’ The proposal comes as a bit of a surprise. On one hand, it’s possible the proposal came from his running mate: Senator J.D. Vance (R‑OH). … Perhaps instead he borrowed the idea from Vice President Kamala Harris. But this would have been an odd choice because Harris came under considerable criticism for proposing price controls as part of her economic agenda.” (09/19/24)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-latest-credit-card-interest-rate-caps

Source: The Bulwark
by Kim Wehle

“Despite Donald Trump’s flop in last week’s debate against Kamala Harris, polls still have the race close. Naturally, most observers are trying to figure out who will win — meaning who will better persuade voters to register to vote, go to the polls, and vote for either candidate. But a better question to ask at this point is whether Trump and the Republican party machinery will succeed in their myriad efforts to cheat their way back into the White House. And this round, they are recruiting regular voters across the country to do the dirty work for them. A ‘mass voter challenge’ involves individual voters calling into question the eligibility of hundreds or thousands of voters all at once. Frivolous mass voter challenges picked up after the 2020 election and the viral spread of the Big Lie after Trump lost dozens of legal challenges and audits.” (09/19/24)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-scheme-mass-voter-challenges

Source: Law & Liberty
by Henry T Edmondson III

“She is the Princess of Asturias, Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera, and Lady of Balaguer — but you can call her Leonor — and she may be the Spanish constitutional monarchy’s best hope. She is an encouragement to the other major European constitutional monarchies, several of which are transitioning to a new generation of monarchs. At some point in the future she will inherit the throne, and, at least for now, she has captured the imagination of the Spanish public. If constitutional monarchies possess a unifying force, Spain may need the institution more than ever in light of the deepening political divisions that now threaten to drag Spain into political paralysis.” (09/19/24)

https://lawliberty.org/preserving-constitutional-monarchy/

Source: New York Post
by Adam Brodsky

“To avoid alienating voters, Kamala Harris is staying mum on the details of her presidential agenda. Yet she’s already left enough clues about her intentions toward Israel for its supporters to be highly alarmed. Her interview Tuesday at the National Association of Black Journalists made that clear yet again. Harris would stick 100% to her team’s current approach, which has dragged out the war by impeding Israeli military progress. She’s blasting Israel and pushing a ‘cease-fire’ that would set up another horrifying round of warfare. She’s proud of the Harris-Biden halt on US weapons to Israel: ‘I am entirely supportive of … the pause that we put on the 2,000-pound bombs,’ Harris boasted. ‘So, there is some leverage we have had and used.'” [editor’s note: So far as I can tell, the empty pantsuit is 1,000% in the tank for Israel – TLK] (09/18/24)

https://nypost.com/2024/09/18/opinion/harris-alarming-pro-hamas-stance-would-endanger-israel/

Source: Cobden Centre
by Dr. Frank Shostak

“Why do individuals pay higher prices for some goods versus other goods? The common reply to this is the law of supply and demand. But what is behind this law? To provide an answer to this question economists refer to the law of diminishing marginal utility. Mainstream economics explains this law in terms of the satisfaction that one derives from consuming a particular good. For instance, an individual may derive vast satisfaction from consuming one cone of ice cream. The satisfaction he will derive from consuming a second cone might also be large but not as large as the satisfaction derived from the first cone. The satisfaction from the consumption of a third cone is likely to diminish further, and so on.” (09/19/24)

https://www.cobdencentre.org/2024/09/why-people-pay-higher-prices-for-some-goods-versus-other-goods/