Source: The Weekly Dish
by Andrew Sullivan

“‘Pretend I’m on the ballot!’ the president insists, as if there is any other Republican on the ballot. It’s been two years of governance without a Congress — the lifeless body effectively passes one bill a year while deferring in every other single respect to the cult leader — so voting for a Republican congressman or senator is, quite simply, a vote for Trump. And an endorsement of his de facto suspension of constitutional balance. So vote for anyone other than a Republican next Tuesday. Or if that’s too compromising for you, don’t vote at all.” (10/30/26)

https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/you-know-what-to-do

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Richard M Ebeling

“There are two ways someone can look at the social world in which we all live: with humility or with hubris. The person with humility looks with a degree of wonder and even amazement at how a complex world with over eight billion people can successfully do so much through decentralized decision-making in a web of interconnected global markets and achieve such an astonishing level of economic wellbeing and prosperity for the vast majority of the world’s population. People possessing a high degree of hubris look at that world and are frustrated and upset that so much goes on that they consider unfair, unjust, and irrational in the decisions and choices of so many people in their roles as consumers and producers.” (10/30/26)

https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/controlling-culture-in-the-name-of-climate-central-planning/

Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Richard G Innes

“Hopefully, thoughtful Kentuckians will take some time to look at what the state’s kids will, and will not, be learning and chime in. Our students deserve no less.” (10/30/26)

https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/kentuckys-draft-social-studies-standards/

Source: spiked
by Joel Kotkin

“The artless Trump may have used his bully pulpit to attack his opponents, particularly in the media, and forced the academic elite to curb their leftist enthusiasms. Yet in the end, the very forces that have dominated America for decades remain largely intact, despite Trump’s lust for vengeance against those who oppose him.” (10/30/26)

https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/30/the-restoration-of-the-democratic-elites/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Bryan Cutsinger

“New inflation and spending figures suggest the economy is still running too hot for price stability. The Fed’s ‘wait and see’ comes with serious systemic risks.” (10/30/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-fed-wanted-more-data-it-got-more-inflation/