Source: Townhall
by Salena Zito

“Until recently, Lanyia Brooks worked as a custodian in a data center, where she spent her days maintaining the facility while watching tech professionals build the infrastructure around her. Brooks said that perspective changed completely when a data center technician noticed her work ethic and remarked that she ‘worked too hard to be just working as a custodian,’ and sent her a link to a specialized career training program. Despite waiting two anxious months to hear back, Brooks was accepted, conquering her fears to take her very first airplane flight to Indianapolis for the opportunity.” (07/28/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2026/07/28/inside-metas-bet-on-the-dignity-of-work-n2680220

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Keli‘i Akina

“Like many local business owners, Hawaii’s farmers and ranchers have to deal with rules and regulations that often make it harder to run a successful enterprise. They also share the same concerns about the high cost of housing and how it affects their ability to attract and retain employees. This year, with encouragement from my colleagues at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, the state Legislature took steps in the right direction to help.” (07/28/26)

https://fee.org/articles/planting-the-seeds-for-progress/

Source: Common Dreams
by CJ Polychroniou & Alexandra Boutri

“The US is the richest country in the world, yet an international outlier on many measures. Among industrialized nations, the US spends a lower percentage of its GDP on public social expenditure, has no universal healthcare system, union density is at an all-time low, and the average American’s standard of living is in decline, as ‘nearly half of US households can’t make ends meet.’ Of course, delusional President Donald Trump continues to say that the US is the ‘hottest country in the world.’ Is the US, however, ready for radical change?” (07/28/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-ready-radical-change

Source: Law & Liberty
by Amy Peikoff

“On July 14, the House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act by a vote of 308 to 117. The bill would impose Daylight Saving Time year-round, nationwide, and President Donald Trump has promised to sign it. It now sits in the Senate, where Majority Leader John Thune has voiced misgivings about a federal mandate, and Senator Tom Cotton has asked that it never reach the floor. The ensuing debate has been conducted entirely in terms of policy: circadian health versus evening commerce, school-bus-stop safety versus after-work golf. Those are pertinent questions, and they have a clear answer. But there is an antecedent question that no one in Congress appears to have asked: where, exactly, does the federal government get the power to legislate noon away from the sun?” (07/28/26)

https://lawliberty.org/the-eleven-inch-foot/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Benjamin Jarmon

“Preventing prices from adjusting to demand doesn’t create more stadium seats. It just hands more of the scarcity premium to resellers.” (07/28/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/dynamic-pricing-bills-cant-ban-demand/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Matthew Schaffer

“The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to leave its policy rate unchanged at this week’s meeting, with CME FedWatch assigning close to a 65 percent probability that the FOMC will maintain the current target range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent. For the second meeting in a row, that expected outcome is at odds with the guidance provided by the leading monetary rules. This raises the question of whether the new Warsh-led Fed is prepared to follow through on its promise of delivering price stability.” (07/28/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-fed-is-expected-to-hold-rates-the-rules-say-it-shouldnt/