Source: Law & Liberty
by Max Skjönsberg

“Civics centers, teaching civic and classical education through ‘Western civ’ and great books, are often described as conservative enterprises. In a strong sense, this is manifestly false, because they are, at least in my personal experience, entirely free from political litmus tests. Yet there is a sense in which there is an essential ‘small-c’ conservative element to civic and classical education, as there must be in all liberal learning (the appropriate term for such education). As Michael Oakeshott once put it, ‘Every human being is born as an heir to an inheritance to which he can succeed only in a process of learning.'” (10/15/26)

https://lawliberty.org/civic-education-and-classical-liberalism/

Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Richard G Innes

“While the proposed Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies dated August 2026 (hereafter the ‘proposed standards’) contain some improvements over the December 2022 standards currently in use, many major problems remain.” (10/15/26)

https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/social-studies-draft-standards/

Source: Semafor
by Tim McDonnell

“Fossil fuels are an economic liability, and not just because of the war in Iran. Rising energy costs were a major driver of the hotter-than-expected US inflation figures reported yesterday. This fact won’t surprise anyone reading this newsletter. Still, the numbers are pretty astonishing: Behind an overall gain of 3.7% across all goods and services in the past 12 months, gasoline prices are up 34.2%, and fuel oil prices (relevant mostly for home heating) are up 74.2%. The proximal cause is the war, of course, and the figures cement that US President Donald Trump has by now run out of time to change the picture ahead of the midterm election. But the broader takeaway here is that the inherent volatility of oil and gas prices is a persistent vulnerability in the US economy that can only be solved by limiting exposure to these energy sources.” (10/15/26)

https://www.semafor.com/article/10/15/2026/fossilflation-is-a-permanent-risk-to-the-us

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“It says so much about how diseased our society has become that the most revered and respected among us are emotionally stunted man-babies who have used monopolistic thuggishness and trickery to become billionaires. Bezos. Musk. Thiel. Altman. Ellison. These neurotic freaks have no redeeming characteristics and nothing going for them as people beyond a knack for extracting wealth from the working class, and yet they’re the ones calling the shots for the trajectory our species is going to follow into the future. They’re the ones making headlines and receiving groveling softball interviews from sycophantic reporters and podcasters. They’re the ones our warped civilization points to as role models we should all strive to be like. These men are not wise. They don’t know how to live happy lives. They are ideologically opposed to providing for the common good of everyone.” (10/15/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/10/15/new-issue-of-johnstone-tech-plutocrats-will-not-lead-us-into-a-healthy-future/

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Isabella Albano

“Home is where the heart is, and for many Louisianans, owning a house is an important part of the American dream. But as home prices have climbed to record heights, homeownership is becoming less attainable for many. Building codes are a significant contributor to this affordability problem.” (10/15/26)

https://fee.org/articles/rethinking-louisianas-building-code/