Source: Law & Liberty
by Titus Techera

“At Reykjavik, Reagan paired principle with strategy and hard-nosed negotiations.” (09/04/26)

https://lawliberty.org/reagan-and-gorbachev-on-the-brink/

Source: Free Association
by Sheldon Richman

“No charge leveled against individualist, pro-capitalist classical liberalism has been less deserved or more enduring than the charge of heartless Social Darwinism. The absurdity of it is obvious after a few moments’ thought. Charles Darwin’s findings on natural selection described the ‘struggle for life’ among the lower animals, which must essentially adapt themselves to their environment as they find it. (Some species instinctively make limited, repetitive modifications.) In contrast, in a capitalist society, competition turns from a life-and-death contest among consumers to a creative contest among producers who change the environment in their quest for consumers’ freely chosen custom.” (09/04/26)

https://sheldonrichman.substack.com/p/tgif-was-spencer-a-social-darwinist

Source: In These Times
by Cathy Otten

“In the middle of the ocean, a man was drowning. He could not hold fast to the ropes dangling from the bow and stern of the bulk carrier that stopped to help. Below, a small, blue wooden boat crammed with people was tossed by a raging storm. As high winds sloshed water over the deck, the passengers — who had sailed for a day and a night without drinking water — rushed toward the swaying ropes. But the lines slipped through their hands. The children lacked the strength to climb. Even for the strong, a single slip could mean being crushed beneath the swaying hull of the massive ship. ‘We were all very scared in the moment and drove away from [the] big ship,’ Daniel [a pseudonym], a survivor from Eritrea, reportedly told rescuers, describing how the migrant boat he was on powered away from the larger vessel in fear of being capsized.” (09/07/26)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/migrant-deaths-mediterranean-sea-europe

Source: Independent Institute
by Ryanne Swanson & Raymond J March

“Payton Herres successfully underwent heart transplantation surgery as a preteen. A year later, she began taking everolimus—a vital medication used to prevent her body from rejecting the transplant. Her insurance provider soon after denied coverage, leaving her with an indispensable but largely unaffordable prescription. Herres’[s] situation was alarming, but not uncommon. About 30% of Americans find themselves with uncovered treatment despite having health insurance. Unfortunately, medications for rare and/or chronic conditions, in some cases, have no generic alternatives. Not covering expensive but seldom-utilized treatments is an easy way for health insurance providers to cut costs. Unfortunately, these decisions can leave unsuspecting and financially strapped policyholders with few options. This is when Mark Cuban stepped in.” (09/04/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/04/mark-cuban-competition-prescription-drug-coverage/

Source: The American Conservative
by James P Pinkerton

“So is the Pentagon doing right by drones, or not? Until there’s some new war somewhere, we simply won’t know. Obviously, plenty have loud opinions, but the paucity of hard facts—the proof is in the fighting—has inspired one savant, abiding in the immortal empyrean, to warn against bad methodology: ‘One begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.’ Who is this sage? Why, Sherlock Holmes, of course. Okay, Holmes is a fictional character, and yet his methods—pattern recognition, omission analysis, structured inference—are timeless.” (09/04/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-adventure-of-sherlock-holmes-and-the-future-of-war/