Source: Law & Liberty
“In their conversation with James Patterson, Professors Lee Strang and Paul Carrese explain why civics education is so sorely needed and discuss the practicalities of building centers for civic education, their reception within public universities, and the impact of AI on the mission.” (08/04/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jennifer Kavanagh
“Lawmakers will feel good voting for Lindsey Graham’s ‘passion project’ but it won’t end the war and if anything hurts American economic and political interests.” (08/04/26)
Source: Independent Institute
by K Lloyd Billingsley
“Longtime NIAID director wielded unprecedented influence over COVID policy with little public accountability.” (08/04/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/08/04/was-anthony-fauci-too-powerful/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Twenty-five states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over a wave of tariffs against dozens of countries. The US says the tariffs, which range between 10% and 12.5%, were imposed due to trading partners – including the UK, China and the European Union – failing to properly tackle forced labour. In a legal document seen by the BBC, the coalition of Democratic states said the decision was ‘arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law’. In response, White House spokesman Kush Desai said the US was ‘using its lawful authority’ to address practices that burden American businesses. Desai added that any foreign countries failing to deal with the importation of goods produced with forced labour was ‘unreasonable’ and ‘must be addressed’.” (08/04/26)
Source: Racket News
“The Finale of Dostoevsky’s ‘Demons.'” (08/03/26)
https://rumble.com/v7dnsvw-get-lit-livestream-430-pm-et.html
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Wanjiru Njoya
“Economists who worry about wealth disparities between racial groups are preoccupied with addressing the causes of racial inequality. They all have different theories and explanations about the causes of racial wealth gaps, but the prevailing assumption is that some form of unfairness must be driving it. The key form of unfairness thought to produce disparities in racial outcomes is discrimination. Discrimination may be direct or indirect. According to critical race theories, it includes things like legacies of oppression, systemic racism, and even unconscious bias. The general idea is that government can fix these manifestations of discrimination—by banning or penalizing them—thereby reducing or eliminating the racial attainment gap. Those who assume economic disparities are caused by racial discrimination rely on what Robert Nozick termed ‘normative sociology,’ where any narrative can be used to derive one’s preferred causal explanations.” (08/04/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/problems-causation-race-and-discrimination
Source: Common Dreams
by Connie Peck
“Currently we live in a world bristling with nuclear and conventional weapons, with a potential destructiveness unprecedented in history. A nuclear war, for example, would largely be over in one hour, with each second equivalent in destruction to World War II. Meanwhile, our security is increasingly threatened by skyrocketing global military expenditure at the same time as the United Nation’s capacity to maintain peace is being undermined by member states starving the organization of funds. In the aftermath of two world wars, there was considerable hope that humanity would learn its lesson and that each would be ‘the war to end all wars’.” (08/04/26)
Source: Jerusalem Post [Jerusalem]
“US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday declined to pause a $655.5 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization over attacks that killed and wounded Americans in Israel during the Second Intifada. Sotomayor rejected the emergency request without providing an explanation and without sending it to the full court. The decision allows the plaintiffs to continue trying to collect the money while the PA and PLO prepare to ask the Supreme Court to review the judgment. … The case was brought by American victims and relatives of victims of shootings and bombings in and around Jerusalem between 2002 and 2004. The attacks killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more.” (08/04/26)
Source: The Dispatch
“The Island of Rationality and the First Amendment.” (08/04/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/the-island-of-rationality-and-the-first-amendment/
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“The opposition party is on an electoral roll yet is pilloried for not fighting Donald Trump hard enough.” (08/04/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/08/04/democratic-voters-anger-establishment/