The Tom Woods Show, episode 2744
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Neocons Want to Jail Tucker?” (03/18/26)
The Science of Politics, 03/18/26
Source: Niskanen Center
“The intellectual support for Trumpism.” (03/18/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-intellectual-support-for-trumpism/
Trading Green
Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by Annalise Helm, Dominic Parker, & Garrett Shost
“How transferable tax credits supercharge conservation easements.” (03/18/26)
FBI’s repeated non-answers on US terrorism attacks raise alarming red flags
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“The official response to my column Monday about the FBI’s failure to prevent four recent Islamic terror attacks has been unsatisfactory, to say the least, and the personal attacks by FBI Director Kash Patel’s private PR operatives have been downright deranged. None of which is reassuring when it comes to the FBI’s preparedness to handle a heightened terror threat on home soil. It’s not Patel’s fault that our foremost domestic counterterrorism agency has been degraded and politicized under his predecessors, but it’s his job to fix it fast and his defensiveness suggests a problem. The most alarming case involves Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a convicted ISIS terrorist who was on supervised federal release when he yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ and opened fire on an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., last Thursday, killing the instructor before being killed himself.” (03/19/26)
Italy: Justice Referendum Tests Meloni and Divided Opposition
Source: US News & World Report
“A forthcoming Italian referendum on judicial reform will test right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s political strength and could give the fragmented opposition the impetus to forge a broad alliance ahead of next year’s general election. Italians will vote on March 22-23 on a proposal to separate the careers of judges and public prosecutors, splitting the self-ruling High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) into two bodies whose members would be chosen by lot rather than elected. Though centred on the governance of the judiciary, the referendum has become a political showdown between the government-backed ‘Yes’ camp and the opposition, which supports ‘No.’ There is no turnout quorum required to validate the vote.” (03/19/26)
California leaders react to Cesar Chavez abuse allegations
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“US civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, who was known for advocating for the rights of farm workers, has been accused of sexual abuse. Dolores Huerta said in the 1960s, Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union (UFW) with her, once ‘manipulated and pressured’ her into having sex, and on another occasion forced her. It comes after the New York Times published an investigation that detailed allegations from Huerta and two other women, who said Chavez groomed and sexually abused girls who were involved in the labour movement during the 1960s and 1970s. Chavez, who died in 1993 aged 66, rallied California’s farmworkers from the 1950s to push for improvements in working conditions, and led national boycotts and marches. The news has prompted Los Angeles and other communities to consider renaming places, schools, and streets named after Chavez.” (03/19/26)
The Bulwark Podcast, 03/18/26
Source: The Bulwark
“Trump’s Base Isn’t As Unified As It Looks (w. Rep. Ro Khanna).” (03/18/26)
Kibbe on Liberty, episode 377
Source: Free the People
“There’s No Easy Way Out of This War | Guest: Scott Horton.” (03/18/26)
Four Books About the End of the World as We Know It
Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco den Ouden
“One Year After is the fourth story I’ve read now where the end of the world is revealed as a primitive society with none of the modern conveniences we take for granted. We are so dependent on our electronic devices and on the electrical grid that it hard to imagine what life would be like without them. But what would cause such an event?” (03/18/26)
https://jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2026/03/four-books-about-end-of-world-as-we.html
Are Spontaneous Order and neo-Aristotelian Arguments for a Free Society Compatible?
Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Dr. Edward W Younkins
“The defense of a free society has emerged from diverse intellectual traditions. One line of argument, associated with thinkers such as Friedrich A. Hayek, Gerald A. Gaus, Jonathan Haidt, and John Hasnas grounds liberty in cultural evolution, spontaneous order, epistemic limits, and moral psychology. From another direction, Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl have developed a neo-Aristotelian justification of natural rights rooted in individualistic perfectionism, virtue ethics, and the metanormative structure of political morality. These two traditions have often been viewed as distinct and divergent: the former emphasizing emergent social complexity, evolved rules, the limits of reason, and epistemological humility; the latter emphasizing teleological ethics, virtue, and the normative structure of human flourishing.” (03/18/26)
https://www.freedomandflourishing.com/2026/03/are-spontaneous-order-and-neo.html