Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul Schwennesen
“A new book suggests a modern marketing label for classical liberal ideas: individuals acting in markets are engines of human flourishing.” (09/29/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/market-humanism-renames-an-old-economic-insight-cooperation/
Source: Fox News Forum
by Robert C O’Brien
“Despite the recent surge in AI doomerism, President Donald Trump is right to maintain his strong support for data centers. As he notes: ‘China couldn’t be happier’ if we were to turn our backs on these centers as a nation, which would effectively let the Chinese Communist Party win the AI race. As Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in July, ‘The country that leads in artificial intelligence in the coming years and decades ahead will be the global superpower’. Victory means capturing trillions of dollars in national wealth, securing an advantage in military technology and gaining enormous leverage in international affairs. An energy bottleneck could pose a serious risk to America’s AI lead. We need data centers to train and run top-tier AI models, and those centers need a lot of electricity.” (09/29/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ai-revolution-will-go-wherever-theres-electricity-china-knows-it
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed two measles-related deaths from the 3,659 confirmed cases this year, the highest number of cases in 35 years. The CDC did not specify on Tuesday in which states the deaths occurred. However, Pennsylvania has been hardest hit by the outbreak with more than 900 reported cases. The preventable disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 but has made an aggressive comeback in recent years, which some have linked to a rise in vaccine scepticism.” (09/29/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/29/cdc-reports-two-measles-deaths-us-as-cases-hit-35-year-high
Source: The Hill
“SNL mocks Tucker Carlson with outdated impression.” (09/29/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/6101140-rising-september-29-2026/
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Trump deserves impeachment for knowingly, deliberately, and intentionally committing high crimes or misdemeanors — (1) the waging of war without a congressional declaration of war and (2) ordering the killing of people on the high seas without according them due process of law. Why should presidents be given a pass to ignore that higher law that we the people have imposed on them, especially since they and other federal officials don’t give us a pass on the need to comply with the laws that they impose on us?” (09/29/26)
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Why Is The Pentagon Hiding US Iran War Casualties?” (09/29/26)
Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“For almost a century, Republicans claimed to be the party of economic growth. They accused Democrats of being the party of communists, socialists, and managed decline. That’s changing. As Republicans increasingly embrace economic interventionism, nationalization, and trade restrictions they are, increasingly, managing American decline. Meanwhile Democrats are picking up the mantle of economic growth, dynamism, and the American Dream.” (09/29/26)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/in-the-national-divorce-democrats
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“Countries that try to stay impartial in international disputes are having a tough go these days. That’s also true for countries that serve as trusted interlocutors or simply provide safe venues for adversaries to talk. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine along with U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariffs on friendly nations and his war with Iran have forced a reckoning of the meaning of diplomatic or military neutrality. On Sunday, the country that epitomized neutrality for centuries, Switzerland, added some clarity to its identity as an icon of evenhandedness. In a referendum, more than two-thirds of Swiss voters rejected a proposal to enshrine ‘perpetual and armed neutrality’ in the country’s constitution.” (09/28/26)
Source: mint [India]
“India is likely to have a much older population later this century as its age structure begins to shift after fertility fell below the replacement level, Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Tuesday. Although India’s population remains relatively young, the country’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement, and its age structure is beginning to change, setting the stage for a much older population in the coming decades, Moody’s said. Countries experiencing the steepest fertility declines are likely to age most rapidly, it added.” (09/29/26)
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“Debating immigration with an unusual gentleman.” (09/29/26)