Source: Brownstone Institute
by Ramesh Thakur

“The distortion between voting shares and seats won by the various parties highlights a crucial flaw in the universal belief that ‘representative’ democracy based on free and fair elections delivers governments that the majority of citizens voted into power. For in reality, voters propose but electoral systems dispose who gets to form government. With the same voting shares, the distribution of seats on the treasury and opposition benches would be dramatically different across the various Western democracies.” (03/10/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/is-the-uk-still-a-liberal-democracy/

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Yes, I know that as an American citizen I’m expected to make Iran my enemy, given that after decades of brutal and deadly U.S. sanctions, the U.S. government has now launched a war of aggression on Iran. But that doesn’t make one whit of difference to me. Iran is still not my enemy, especially since the U.S. (and Israeli) war is immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional. My enemy continues to be the U.S. government, specifically the U.S. national-security state and its deadly and destructive policy of foreign interventionism, which are responsible for bringing about this deadly, destructive, immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional war.” (03/10/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/03/10/iran-is-not-my-enemy/

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Edward Hasbrouck

“The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be ‘on the table’ but it won’t work. Here’s why.” (03/10/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/military-draft-iran/

Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson

“Investing in EVs does not correspond perfectly to less oil consumption.” (03/10/26)

https://thedispatch.com/article/china-america-oil-gas-electric-vehicles/

Source: The American Conservative
by Brandan Buck

“President George Washington’s often-read but rarely heeded Farewell Address includes a passage that has remained perennially relevant in American life. Reflecting on the domestic costs of entangling alliances, Washington warned ‘Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second [reinforce] the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests.’ … This conflation is occurring again today, as supporters of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran have taken to accusing opponents of siding with the enemy.” (03/10/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/wars-abroad-lead-to-suppression-at-home/

Source: Fox News
by Jonathan Turley

“‘Enough is enough.’ With those words, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders launched a push to impose a 5% annual wealth tax on America’s billionaires. With Rep. Ro Khanna, the legislation, ‘Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act,’ echoes the growing ‘eat-the-rich’ mantra on the left — seeking to replicate a disastrous push in California that has led to an exodus from that state and an estimated loss of $2 trillion in taxable assets. It is also flagrantly unconstitutional. Under the plan, Congress would target 938 billionaires to tap them for $4.4 trillion. That money would then be redistributed as a $3,000 direct payment to every man, woman and child in a household making $150,000 or less — $12,000 for a family of four. The timing of the move is telling.” (03/10/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-sanders-wealth-tax-dangles-checks-while-torching-constitution