Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman

“Israeli kibbutzim range in size up to a thousand inhabitants. The oldest is more than a century old and monasteries, an earlier version of the same model, have lasted much longer. Why do such institutions exist, what problems do they encounter and how do they solve them? There are at least three reasons. The first is ideology, religion for the monasteries, socialism for the kibbutzim.” (10/27/26)

https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/another-kind-of-socialism

Source: American Greatness
by Victor Davis Hanson

“After crossing with his army into Asia, Alexander the Great stopped at Gordium (in modern-day Turkey). He approached the famous Gordian knot: a tangled mass of bark tying an ox cart to a pole, so intricate and tight that no one could unravel it. When told that anyone who could untie the mess would rule all of Asia, Alexander simply pulled out his sword and cut through it, solving the problem and fulfilling the prophecy. The Ukraine war may be our Gordian knot, but (in our current nuclear age) it is dangerous to cut rather than unravel it. No one knows exactly how many people have been killed in the Ukraine war, which has now lasted four years and eight months — longer than World War II in the Pacific, the American Civil War, or World War I. There is still no end in sight.” (10/27/26)

https://amgreatness.com/2026/10/27/the-ukrainian-gordian-knot-2/

Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jonah Goldberg

“There’s a raging debate within the Democratic Party, mostly beneath the surface, about whether President Trump should be impeached for a third time. It’s relevant because the Democrats are almost guaranteed to win back the House, and therefore the power to impeach. But the debate isn’t over whether Trump has done anything impeachable. That question is settled: Of course he has. Democrats are debating whether it would be politically wise to stir up all the drama only to inevitably fail at securing the two-thirds vote requirement for conviction in the Senate. Spending the next two years on a failed impeachment wouldn’t fulfill their promises to deal with ‘affordability’ and the like. I don’t really care about the politics one way or another. But if Democrats decide to go down that path, Trump’s abuse of the pardon power would be a good place to start.” (10/27/26)

https://archive.is/acgje

Source: The UnPopulist
by Steve Chapman

“Americans have come to expect hateful campaign rhetoric from Republican candidates and their proxies. Comments that once were off-limits to politicians are now standard fare. Donald Trump did more than anyone to normalize such vicious attacks, and his example continues to inspire imitation. The 2026 midterm elections have spawned a hurricane of extremist vitriol. Republicans used to rhapsodize about curbing federal deficits, minimizing government intervention in the economy, and standing for democracy around the world. But those themes are obsolete under Trump. Today, the GOP takes a distinctly different approach: vilifying one marginal and vulnerable group after another in an effort to provoke fear and anger among voters.” (10/27/26)

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/its-open-season-for-racism-and-bigotry

Source: Our Future
by Sulma Arias

“On the eve of elections in the United States, I never thought I’d be in the Alps for the first time. But this is where I am, and where I need to be – meeting with movement leaders from around the world at the Democracy Resilience Forum, a week of honest exchange between leaders from places where our right to vote is under attack. I am one of fifty leaders from five continents invited here by Salzburg Global, an organization born out of the ashes of World War II to help ‘open-minded leaders overcome barriers and open a world of possibilities’. This group helped rebuild Europe, then with the fall of the Berlin Wall, expanded their horizons around the globe.” [editor’s note: Posted merely to show how delusional progressive pundits are about the need for “demoncrazy” – SAT] (10/26/26)

https://ourfuture.org/20261025/will-you-save-democracy