The Evils of Paper Money: Roger Sherman and A Caveat Against Injustice

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin

“You are being ripped off. When it comes to fiat paper ‘money,’ Richard Sherman didn’t hold back. He saw it as an unjust and totally immoral weapon that turns government into a legalized protection racket for fraud. He made that case in his incredibly important, but almost completely unknown pamphlet A Caveat Against Injustice, where he called for criminal punishment for the perpetrators.” (04/01/26)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/04/01/the-evils-of-paper-money-roger-sherman-and-a-caveat-against-injustice/

Thomas L. Knapp

US regime lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s Rodriguez amid warming ties

Source: United Press International

“The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s interim president [sic], Delcy Rodriguez, in the latest sign of warming relations between Washington and Caracas after the U.S. military ousted Venezuela’s former authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced in a post on its website Wednesday that Rodriguez, 56, had been removed from its Specially Designated Nationals list, unfreezing any assets that may have been under her name in the United States while allowing her to conduct business in the United States and with U.S. persons.” [editor’s note: The administration of which Rodriguez was a member was defeated in last year’s election; legally, she holds no position in Venezuela’s regime – TLK] (04/02/26)

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/04/02/Delcy-Rodriguez-sanctions/4721775114744/

Thomas L. Knapp

Shutdown ends with America doubting there was ever any point to it in the first place

Source: New York Post
by staff

“Not only are TSA agents getting paid, the whole absurd Homeland Security shutdown will soon end … with a whimper, wouldn’t you say? It leaves all sides in Washington a bit disgruntled and the public (especially those about to fly!) simply relieved. Senate and House GOP leaders John Thune and Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that they’d pass the bill to fund everything except some immigration-enforcement functions, then cover ICE and so on (which are fine for now thanks to special funding passed last year) in a reconciliation bill (which dodges the Senate filibuster) in a few weeks. Of course President Donald Trump took the key steps in ending the standoff, first by sending ICE agents to airports to help out and then by issuing an executive order to get TSA agents paid and so remove whatever cudgel Democrats thought they had to force ‘reforms’ to gut immigration enforcement.” (04/02/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/04/02/opinion/shutdown-ends-with-america-doubting-there-was-ever-any-point-to-it-in-the-first-place/

Steve Trinward

Pakistan: Regime Says It Is in Talks With Afghanistan to End Conflict

Source: US News & World Report

“Pakistan is ⁠holding ⁠talks with Afghanistan ⁠to end the worst conflict between ​the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban returned to ‌power in 2021, Pakistan’s ‌Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. The ⁠talks ⁠in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi were being ​held between senior officials of the two countries, the spokesperson said. China has been trying to mediate ​a negotiated settlement to the conflict between the allies-turned-foes ⁠that ⁠share a 2,600-km (1,600-mile) border. ⁠The ​fighting, that began last October, has killed scores of ​people on ⁠both sides.” (04/02/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-04-02/pakistan-says-it-is-in-talks-with-afghanistan-to-end-conflict

Thomas L. Knapp

Utah teen identified as victim of serial killer Ted Bundy

Source: BBC News [UK State Media]

“Officials in Utah have formally closed a 51-year-old cold case after using new DNA technology to identify a murdered teenager as a victim of serial killer Ted Bundy. Laura Ann Aime, 17, disappeared after leaving a party on Halloween in 1974. Her body was discovered about one month later by hikers in the American Fork Canyon. On Wednesday, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced that new testing ‘confirmed irrefutably that DNA evidence recovered from Laura’s body verified the existence of DNA belonging to Bundy.’ … Before he was executed in Florida in 1989, Bundy confessed to Laura’s killing, but since he would not elaborate or give any detail to his actual involvement in her death, ‘the Sheriff’s Department elected to keep this case open until investigators could prove, without a shadow of doubt,’ that he was her killer, the sheriff said in a statement.” (04/02/26)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lendp6390o

Steve Trinward