Reason Interview: Adam O’Neal
Source: Reason
“Is The Washington Post Becoming Libertarian?” (11/19/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/11/19/is-the-washington-post-becoming-libertarian/
Red Alert for the British Economy
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Oliver Dean
“The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) statistics paint a bleak picture for Britain’s economic outlook. Growth over the last three months is even slower than expected, with the UK’s GDP rising just 0.1% from July to September, half as much as forecast. That comes hard on the heels of the news on Tuesday that unemployment has hit 5%, the highest it has been in four years. With more young people not in education, employment or training and businesses repeatedly voicing concerns over tax hikes, it is clear that Britain is no longer the welcome home to businesses it once was. With the Budget just two weeks away, the Chancellor still has the power to turn the British economy around. But only if she signals to businesses that she has their interests at heart.” (11/19/25)
How Amazon secretly edits art
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by William Harris
“Amazon’s movie poster edits and quiet takedowns sanitize art and ideas. Legal? Often. Good cultural stewardship? Not without transparency and viewpoint-neutral processes.” (11/19/25)
NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there; scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space
Source: New York Post
“Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. ‘This rock was identified as a target of interest,’ the space agency wrote in a recent blog post detailing the potentially intergalactic gravelstone. … while finding a stone on Mars might not seem groundbreaking, this particular specimen stood out due to its ‘sculpted, high-standing appearance that differed from that of the low-lying, flat and fragmented surrounding rocks.’ Subsequent analysis by the Rover’s SuperCam revealed that the Martian pebble was high in iron and nickel — an element combo associated more with ‘iron-nickel’ meteorites rather than more run-of-the-mill rocks.” (11/19/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/science/nasa-discovers-rock-on-mars-that-shouldnt-be-there/
Why Individuals Take Center Stage in “Foundation”
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Matthew Hisrich
“A refrain in the television series Foundation is that, in the grand scheme of history, individuals and individual actions do not matter. Amusingly, the focus of the series is on individuals and individual actions. As it turns out, the lives of individuals make for more compelling storytelling than long arcs of history. Show creators David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman were wise in this regard to deviate from Isaac Asimov’s source material. But the tactic simultaneously undermines the central premise of Foundation as a concept while also revealing two fundamental truths about human existence: individuals matter and we cannot predict the future.” (11/19/25)
https://mises.org/power-market/why-individuals-take-center-stage-foundation
Nondelegation Doctrines
Source: Law & Liberty
by Chad Squitieri
“The Constitution’s nondelegation principle limits Congress’s ability to delegate congressional powers to other entities. The principle is a crucial and inherent feature of our Constitution, which vests only specific powers in specific federal branches. Article I of the Constitution vests ‘all legislative powers herein granted’ in Congress, Article II vests ‘the executive power’ in the president, and Article III vests ‘the judicial power of the United States’ in the federal judiciary. By limiting Congress’s ability to delegate its legislative powers to other entities, the nondelegation principle helps courts maintain the constitutional separation of powers. Unfortunately, the federal judiciary has not done a great job at enforcing the nondelegation principle.” (11/19/25)
Poland: Regime to close last Russian consulate over “unprecedented act of sabotage”
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Poland has announced it will close its last remaining Russian consulate in the northern Polish city of Gdansk following the targeting of a railway line to Ukraine from Warsaw, blaming Moscow for the incident. ‘I have decided to withdraw consent for the operation of the Russian consulate in Gdansk,’ Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told journalists on Wednesday. … The move means the only Russian diplomatic mission that will remain open in Poland will be the embassy in Warsaw. The Kremlin responded to the allegation by accusing Poland of ‘Russophobia.'” (11/19/25)
Fountainhead Forum, episode 391
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Brian Reisinger on issues facing cattle farmers in the USA.” (11/19/25)
https://rumble.com/v71yb2c-ff-391-brian-reisinger-on-issues-facing-cattle-farmers-in-the-usa.html
The Strange Demise of Mainstream Parties
Source: The Atlantic
by Idrees Kahloon
“In democracies all across the world, the party system appears unhealthy: Trust in parties is low, partisan antagonism is high, and elections feel existential instead of routine. Many countries’ equivalents of the Democrats and Republicans — parties that have been dominant at least since World War II — are suffering similar decline. Some are on the precipice of extinction. Populist parties are ascending seemingly everywhere. The synchronized collapse of mainstream parties around the world shows that what is happening in America is unexceptional — and, as a result, that many prominent theories for the American electorate’s malaise and discontent are incomplete.” (11/19/25)
SCOTUS must save Texas from meddling liberal judges
Source: Fox News Forum
by Mike Davis
“Gerrymandering has been a staple of the Republic since its beginning. The practice has such a storied tradition that it is named after Elbridge Gerry, one of our founding fathers who served as vice president under President James Madison. For decades, leftists attempted to outlaw partisan gerrymandering. Justice Anthony Kennedy could not make up his mind on the issue, so it languished until he retired. Fortunately for the Constitution, President Trump replaced Justice Kennedy — the Court’s swing vote for over a dozen years — with solid constitutionalist Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In 2019, thanks to Kavanaugh’s addition, the Court upheld partisan gerrymandering in Rucho v. Common Cause. Legislatures cannot gerrymander based on race, but they can do so based on partisanship.” (11/19/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-scotus-must-save-texas-from-meddling-liberal-judges