Source: Rutherford Institute
by John & Nisha Whitehead

“Blowback isn’t just about war. It’s about the consequences of the rash, heedless and heartless decisions made every day by the actors of the American police state—and the fact that it is ‘we the people’ who will be paying the price for those terrible decisions for years to come. President Trump’s war with Iran is only the latest reminder that no government can bomb, threaten and police the world indefinitely without eventually bringing the consequences home. For months, the Trump administration has lurched between war and threatened war, massive bombing campaigns and aborted strikes, demands for surrender and claims that peace is imminent. There appears to be no coherent plan for ending the conflict. There is, however, a mounting bill—and it will be paid in American lives, American dollars, American security and American freedom.” (08/05/26)

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/america_reaps_what_trump_sows_the_price_of_policing_the_globe

Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal

“Every system people create takes effort to keep working. Someone must keep fixing the problems that otherwise pile up until the system fails. None are ‘set it and forget it.’ This is true for all systems of government: democracies, constitutional republics, monarchies, and communist dictatorships. It even applies in the absence of a system of government, as detractors of anarchy like to point out while they carefully ignore how the same applies to the system they prefer.” (08/05/26)

https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/08/05/voices/maintaining-liberty-your-responsibility/233940.html

Source: Washington Post
by Jarrett Skorup

“Anne Davis is a psychotherapist who spent two decades counseling homeless people and patients with mental illness in Colorado. But when she moved home to Michigan — which has a severe shortage of counselors, social workers and therapists — it took more than a year for the state to allow her to get back to work. The state desperately needs therapists like Davis. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than 3 million Michiganders live in a community that does not have enough mental health professionals. The state is facing a shortage of therapists and psychiatrists. But Michigan’s licensing laws have made it difficult to fill these gaps. The Wolverine State’s struggle to attract mental health professionals is a symptom of the broader problems caused by America’s patchwork of occupational licensing laws.” (08/05/26)

https://archive.is/fymm8

Source: The Dispatch
by Ilya Somin

“The administration’s latest import tax regime is similar to the illegal levies the Supreme Court struck down.” (08/05/26)

https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-tariffs-section-301-forced-labor/

Source: Town Hall
by Kevin McCullough

“Let’s play a fun little game of ‘what does ‘sign’ actually mean’, shall we? Because Dr. Anthony Fauci just spent a Senate hearing invoking the Fifth Amendment 111 times — one hundred and eleven, an Olympic gold medal in constitutional dodging — and buried underneath that spectacle is a question that’s far more interesting than anything Fauci actually said, which was, of course, nothing. Was his blanket pardon from Joe Biden even valid in the first place? And if it wasn’t, does the Fifth Amendment even apply to a man who might not be pardoned at all?” [editor’s note: Are McCullough’s paychecks signed by autopen? If so, is he going to return the money? – TLK] (08/05/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/08/05/is-faucis-pardon-legit-if-his-pardon-was-by-autopen-n2680725