Source: Liberalism.org
by Emily Chamlee-Wright

“I am fascinated by hinge moments in history. I like to cast my imagination into the minds of key players at a point when they know the stakes are high, but the outcome is radically uncertain. In hinge moments, courageous defenders of a cause have no idea how it will all turn out, or how their efforts will be remembered by later generations. … Hinge moments are those when the stakes are high, the future is radically undetermined, and capable but flawed human beings have to act decisively—even when the better world we’re aiming to achieve doesn’t give up its instructions easily. We are living through such a moment now.” (03/12/26)

https://www.liberalism.org/p/at-a-hinge-moment-in-history-we-must-build-a-liberal-future

Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“Britain’s parliamentary democracy, one of the oldest in the world, has its quirks. For more than 1,000 years, its kings and queens have presided atop a pyramid of lords, earls, viscounts, and other layers of nobility. Alongside elected members of the House of Commons, these titled (and often wealthy) peers have held hundreds of hereditary seats in Parliament’s upper House of Lords for centuries. ‘Undemocratic, overcrowded, dominated by silly archaic practices and unrepresentative of the British population,’ is how one reform-minded member has described the chamber. But all that is about to change: On Tuesday, Parliament adopted a bill abolishing the remaining quota of 92 seats that can be automatically filled by the heirs of titled peers. The act fulfills one of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s election pledges, completing a process started by his predecessor Tony Blair, who removed more than 600 seats in 1999.” (03/11/26)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0311/Britain-scores-a-win-for-equality

Source: The Daily Economy
by Patrick Carroll

“Oklahoma’s protectionist casket laws block competition and inflate costs. But some entrepreneurs are fighting back, taking their case to court to defend economic freedom.” (03/12/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/entrepreneurs-take-on-the-funeral-monopoly-when-selling-a-box-becomes-a-crime/

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Attila Rebak

“In the spring of 1812, British textile workers smashed power looms across Nottinghamshire, convinced that the machines would make their skills worthless and their families destitute. They were right about the disruption. Mills did displace hand-weavers. Communities that had organized themselves around a particular kind of skilled labor were genuinely torn apart. The Luddites weren’t stupid, and they weren’t wrong to feel the ground shifting. They were wrong about one thing: the conclusion. The labor those machines displaced didn’t vanish. It migrated into factories, railways, cities, and industries that hadn’t existed, filling wants that hand-weavers in 1812 couldn’t have imagined needing to satisfy. We are the Luddites now. Not the smashing machines part — the being right about the disruption and wrong about the conclusion part.” (03/12/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/robot-wont-take-your-job-government-might

Source: RealClearPolitics
by Melinda Henneberger

“[T]he Hunts want to build their new $3 billion domed stadium in Wyandotte County, just across the river from larger and wealthier KCMO. We can debate how much economic development stadiums really bring, but both Republicans and Democrats in Topeka are determined to impose such a one-sided deal on heavily minority and historically economically disadvantaged WyCo that if there were any shame left in this world, they’d be walking around wondering what that unfamiliar but unpleasant feeling might be. The deal, such as it is, exempts the stadium from property taxes and gives the team 100% of both football and non-football revenue, while Wyandotte County residents provide most of the money for building the stadium. There is no community benefits agreement spelled out in writing, and that’s one of many problems. But hey, those pushing this thing do offer free lectures to anyone with questions.” (03/12/26)

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/12/chiefs_get_massive_giveaway_while_woman_gets_tone-policed.html