Source: The Daily Economy
by Vincent Geloso
“On the right, the postliberal right or ‘beefsteak socialists’ (brownish on the outside, red on the inside) propose to use tariffs as devices for reorganizing industries, promoting civic virtues, and protecting workers from ‘globalists.’ … On the left, the Democratic Socialists of America are no longer a mere ragtag bunch of campus activists. They have great electoral visibility and competitiveness. … Normally, we could dismiss them all as cranks on the margin. However, the problem is that their views and policy proposals are frequently advanced in public.” (09/15/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/left-and-right-are-competing-to-control-the-economy/
Source: Fox News
by Steve Hilton
“California should be the most fun place in America. Look at what we have. Beaches, lakes, mountains, parks, incredible weather, great food and music, and people from every part of the world. It should be almost impossible to make California boring. But the politicians and bureaucrats who run our state are doing their best! California was not built by killjoys. It became the world’s great magnet for artists, inventors, rebels and misfits because this was the place you came to create, experiment and live freely. Try doing something fun today. Want to put on a band at a small venue? You can end up dealing with separate rules for entertainment, dancing, sound, alcohol and zoning. Want to organize a block party? Get ready to deal with police, fire, health, public works and alcohol officials.” (09/15/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/californias-killjoy-bureaucracy-killing-states-rebel-spirit-freedom
Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]
“Sweeping travel restrictions on Chinese citizens came into effect on Tuesday, including exit bans for people considered to have endangered China’s ‘industrial or technological security.’ The new exit-and-entry rules, which were passed in July, apply to citizens deemed to have violated technology import and export regulations, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence. The State Council in Beijing said the new rules were formulated to ‘safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.’ The regulations apply not only to people within China but also to Chinese citizens deemed to have committed criminal acts abroad.” (09/15/26)
https://www.dw.com/en/china-tightens-travel-rules-over-tech-security/a-79270217
Source: Law & Liberty
“The Fourteenth Amendment is at the heart of many of the most controversial issues that will land before the Supreme Court today. In his new book, David Upham argues that many of the legal theories about it are not deeply rooted enough in the history or text of the amendment itself.” (09/15/26)
https://lawliberty.org/podcast/the-official-fourteenth-amendment/
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Thomas Karat
“This is the ordinary grammar of attribution in the sabotage era. A government states that its services and their partners have reached a judgement, allied governments affirm the judgement, the proof stays classified; and the citizen is invited to supply the trust that the missing evidence would otherwise earn. It may be that the classified material is overwhelming. It may be that it is thin. The structure is identical either way, which is precisely the problem. A public asked to accept an attribution on faith has no way to tell a strong case from a convenient one.” (09/15/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/beware-contrived-scares-and-false-flags
Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Madsen Pirie
“In 1978-9, before the election of Margaret Thatcher, the top rate of UK income tax was 83%, and any income from investment was called ‘unearned income’ and had a 15% surcharge added, giving a top tax rate of 98%. At that time, the top 1% of taxpayers contributed 11% of income tax revenue, and the top 10% contributed 35%. Today the top rate of income tax is 45%. Now, using the most recently published data for the 2023-2024 tax year, the top 1% of taxpayers paid 28-29% of all income tax, and the top 10% of taxpayers paid 59-60% of all income tax. … When people talk of having rich pay their fair share, I imagine very few of them have any idea of what share ‘the rich’ are already paying. If the top 10% paying 60% of the total is not a fair share, perhaps we should ask them what figure they would consider fair?” (09/15/26)
https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/paying-their-fair-share
Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
“Across the country, a chilling shift is occurring. Political violence has become a twisted form of virtue signaling. Mahatma Gandhi is out and Luigi Mangione is in. For an increasing number of young people, nothing signals your values like a willingness to kill others for them. For decades, being nonviolent has been the touchstone for many on the left. Something is changing. On my campus and others around the country, students are rationalizing violence and even idolizing assassins. A recent Emerson College poll shows that 4 out of 10 voters between the ages of 18-29 (39%) view Mangione’s role in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as ‘acceptable’ or ‘somewhat acceptable’. Other polls show a troubling number of liberal voters consider political violence justified, including polls showing 40% of young people embracing political violence in some circumstances.” (09/15/26)
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/09/15/gandhi-is-out-mangione-is-in-political-violence-is-in-vogue-in-america/
Source: Yahoo! Finance
“Government borrowing costs hit their highest since the 2008 financial crisis on Tuesday, with 10-year U.S. Treasury yields now above 5%, increasing pressure on heavily indebted borrowers that so far have been shielded by resilient economic growth. The average 10-year yield for the Group of Seven largest economies hit 4.285%, the highest since mid-2008 and a full percentage point above where it was prior to the start of the war in the Middle East. … The bond selloff has raised the cost for governments to borrow new money, but also left them with higher interest bills that siphon funds from social, defence and other programmes, which in turn raises questions as to the sustainability of their debt burdens.” (09/15/26)
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bond-selloff-drives-us-benchmark-073953494.html
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“With all the bad news swirling around us, it’s easy to forget what an amazing world we live in. Paul Rosenberg’s gentle reminder not to discount the future, is a message many of us sorely need to hear.” (09/15/26)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-w9pev-1b5d405
Source: The Dispatch
by Marian L Tupy
“When prosperous societies educate more people than prestige systems can absorb, some turn against the source of that prosperity.” (09/15/26)
https://thedispatch.com/article/status-competition-elites-democratic-socialists/
