Source: Libertarian Institute
by Alan Mosley

“Back in November 2021, Congress quietly added a clause to the sprawling ‘Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’ that would make Orwell blush. Section 24220 authorizes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to require that every new passenger car include ‘advanced drunk-and-impaired-driving prevention technology.’ The provision is sold as a way to save lives, but alleges to do so by commanding vehicles to monitor drivers and refuse to operate when the software suspects impairment. In other words, AI will determine whether or not you can drive should you buy a new year model vehicle starting in 2027. This is neither a technical innovation nor a societal demand for greater security. It is a political choice that converts a privately owned car into a behavioral policeman.” (05/08/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/kill-the-kill-switch/

Source: Common Dreams
by Zaaear Pack

“Happy Mother’s Day—because that’s what you’re supposed to say, right? Motherhood is always dressed up in soft language like community, support, and…“it takes a village.” But I have learned in real time that not all of us actually have one. I am raising my sons without consistent help, without a built-in break, without the kind of support people assume is just there. Everything falls on me emotionally, financially, and physically, and I still have to show up every single day like I am not carrying all of it alone. And when I do pull back, when I protect my energy or go quiet, it is not because I am distant. It is because I am overwhelmed.” (05/10/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/guaranteed-income-mother-s-day

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Alan Cassels

“Here’s a good current example of medical irony: the same week that our drug regulator, Health Canada, approved the first generic version of semaglutide — the active ingredient in weight-loss drug Ozempic — a major medical journal published findings highlighting the medication’s troubling connection to eating disorders. The timing couldn’t be more paradoxical: just as this powerful appetite suppressant becomes more accessible and affordable to millions of Canadians, we’re learning more about its potential to trigger dangerous psychological relationships with food.” (05/08/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-ozempic-paradox/

Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow

“Like a mad king of old, President Donald Trump spends hours wandering his palace, developing plans to better display his wealth and glory to an increasingly skeptical and antagonistic world. Occasionally he remembers his royal responsibilities and implements the right policy, though even then often for the wrong reason. Such as reducing the number of U.S. troops in Germany. At least it’s a start, though resulting from a fit of pique, since Berlin, like virtually every other government on earth, criticized his lawless, reckless attack on Iran, which is disrupting the global economy. He is threatening to do the same to Italy and Spain, whose political leaders also have denounced Trump’s bungled aggression, openly conducted on behalf of the Israeli government rather than the American people.” (05/07/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/one-cheer-for-trumps-germany-troop-withdrawal/