Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Winton Bates

“Media proprietors may have a moral responsibility to prevent their platforms being used to inflame polarization, but that does not justify government attempts to impose content standards. By suppressing discussion of controversial social and political issues, Australia’s proposed new duty of care laws may well impose harms on the community that far exceed the harms that these laws will prevent.” (10/12/26)

https://www.freedomandflourishing.com/2026/10/should-media-have-duty-of-care-to.html

Source: New York Post
by staff

“New York radical congressional wannabe Darializa Avila Chevalier just said the quiet part out loud: It ‘doesn’t matter’ to her that illegal [sic] immigrant and alleged gangbanger Oscar Belgal has a violent criminal record. She wants him free to roam the streets and terrorize neighbors all the same. Well, nuts to that: Belgal’s violent criminal record ‘matters’ to normal New Yorkers. Enormously. They want thugs like him gone, and they’re beyond grateful ICE agents are risking their lives to boot these menaces from US soil — and keep Americans safe. Alas, Chevalier is not alone. Indeed, she’s giving voice to exactly the kind of scary views of many on the far-left, from Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani on down — even if they don’t put it so honestly.” (10/12/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/opinion/radical-wannabe-rep-darializa-avila-chevalier-just-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud-about-violent-criminals/

Source: Cato Institute
by Dan Greenberg

“Lewis Carroll’s fantasy novels about Alice’s adventures have many virtues; one such virtue is that they regularly help explain the Trump administration. Indeed, one episode in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass — his sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — illuminates an important aspect of politics and human nature. Here’s what happens: As Alice is walking through a deep forest, she suddenly realizes that she cannot recall the proper name of anything. … In a press conference last week, our vice president displayed such forgetfulness. In J.D. Vance’s discussion of new restrictions on H‑1B eligibility, he was asked what he understood ‘socialism’ to be.” (10/12/26)

https://www.cato.org/blog/j-d-vances-walk-forest-forgetfulness

Source: Persuasion
by Francis Fukuyama

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a speech at the Pnyx in Athens on October 7 …. at the heart of his address he talks about thymos (he transliterates it as thumos) as the core value of Western civilization. This is correct in some fashion, but Rubio’s understanding of the idea is very deficient. … Thymos is at the core not just of Western civilization, but, as Hegel and his interpreter Alexandre Kojève noted, of politics as a whole. The first bloody battle between early human beings was driven by the desire for dominance and recognition, by the willingness to risk one’s life. This struggle for dominance leads to a society of masters and slaves, in which neither party is fully satisfied—the slave for obvious reasons, but the master as well because he is recognized by someone who is only a slave.” (10/12/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/thymos-and-american-foreign-policy

Source: Fox News
by Gregg Jarrett

“It was the dirtiest trick ever perpetrated in politics that produced the greatest mass delusion in American history. It was a faux scandal and an epic con job, corrupt from the outset. Fox Nation has produced a remarkable three-part documentary series, ‘Russia! Russia! Russia! The Plot to Stop Trump’. All three episodes premiere on Fox’s streaming network on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. It tells the gripping story of lies and lying people. The damning narrative that Donald Trump somehow colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election, you’ll recall, consumed the media landscape for more than two years and dominated political discourse. It nearly brought down a duly elected president. So stunning was the abuse of power that this series must be seen to be believed. It is based on troves of recently disclosed government records and other declassified documents.” (10/12/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gregg-jarrett-trump-framed-russia-collusion-hoax-story-exposed