Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Let’s face it: It doesn’t really matter whether Democrats or Republicans are in charge. The big spending and the big debt will continue to grow, whether it’s on welfare, warfare, regulation, or control. There are always projects, programs, wars, conflicts, regulations, and controls on which to spend money. As we have seen, both Republicans and Democrats always find ways to spend and borrow ever-increasing amounts of money. … But the fact is that neither Republicans nor Democrats are the root cause of America’s fiscal woes. Instead, the root cause is a systemic one — the welfare-warfare state, regulated-managed economy system, and national-security state system that have come to characterize our nation.” (05/19/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/05/19/republicans-and-democrats-are-not-the-root-cause-of-big-spending-and-big-debt/

Source: Common Dreams
Richard Heinberg

“The nuclear power industry is currently promoting designs for small modular reactors, or SMRs, that will supposedly be cheaper, safer, and faster to build than older nuclear power plants. Bill Gates and Amazon are investing in the technology. Moreover, some environmentalists, including Mark Lynas and Bill McKibben, support SMRs in the hope that they can lower carbon emissions. And, according to polls, far more Americans now approve of the development of nuclear energy than was the case just a decade or two ago.” (05/19/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/smrs-dead-end

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Mark Nayler

“Spain was the second-largest beneficiary of the EU’s Next Generation funding scheme (NGEU), rolled out in 2021 to help member states recover from pandemic-era lockdowns. Its total allocation was €163 billion ($190 billion, after Italy, which received €194 billion, or about $226 billion), enabling Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez to unveil a record-breaking budget for 2022, boosted with the first €26 billion ($30 billion) from this historic program. Yet from the beginning, Spain’s deployment of NGEU money, access to which depends on hitting investment targets set by Brussels (most of them designed to further the EU’s green agenda), has been surrounded by controversy. The latest scandal over Madrid’s alleged misuse of these funds has highlighted one of the most contentious issues in the bloc—namely, the viability of mutual debt schemes.” (05/19/26)

https://fee.org/articles/payback-time/

Source: Washington Post
by Ruhan Gupta

“A 15-year-old opened his laptop to work on a coding project he’d been building for months. His school had assigned tools like Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model Claude to help write code, debug errors and teach concepts instructors hadn’t covered. Yet when the site loaded, he found his project history, saved conversations and every thread of work gone — replaced by a suspension notice. ‘Our team found signals that your account was used by a child,’ Anthropic explained in an email. ‘This breaks our rules, so we paused your access to Claude.’ … I’m 17. In less than a year, a number on a calendar will determine I’m old enough to access the tools that define my field. Nothing about my capabilities will change on my birthday; only my legal classification will.” (05/19/26)

https://archive.is/kucAl

Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter

“Cory Booker, Senator from New Jersey and child of two wealthy executives at IBM, knows struggle – he’s seen every episode of ‘Dear White People.’ The struggle is real … especially in the first two seasons. Or so it has been explained to him, as he’s led a charmed life, which would be impossible if the United States of America were half the racist hell hole he pretends it is to advance his political career. It amuses me to no end when white liberals act like they are the saviors of black people, and it’s even more amusing when black politicians who grew up just as much, if not more, ‘privileged’ than the white people they whine about don the racial hero cape. Cory Booker has wanted for nothing, except maybe hair and a non-grating personality, but he knows ‘struggle’ because, well, his skin color.” (05/19/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/05/19/its-not-1950-anymore-but-democrats-are-still-racists-n2676290