Source: Expression
by Sean Stevens

“First, some good news. Almost no American surveyed, regardless of their ideological views, said that it is ever unacceptable to peacefully protest outside [a] speech. That said, significantly more liberals were accepting of peaceful protest than their moderate and conservative counterparts — but not their very conservative counterparts. If nothing else, these findings show that Lizardman’s Constant, which says about 4% of any survey will give bizarre or insincere results, is alive and well. Yet, when it comes to other protected forms of protest, very liberal and liberal Americans were significantly more supportive of their use than moderate, conservative, or very conservative Americans.” (05/15/26)

https://expression.fire.org/p/liberals-support-even-illegal-protest

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes

“Poland is one of the most dynamic and promising economies in the European Union. With GDP growth of 3.6% in 2025 and forecasts pointing to 3.7% in 2026, the country continues to establish itself as one of the continent’s engines of growth. However, there is a European regulation threatening one of the sectors that contributes most to this success: the timber and furniture industry.” (05/15/26)

https://fee.org/articles/the-green-deals-war-on-polish-furniture/

Source: Liberalism.org
by Mark Tooley

“The liberal Christianity of the American founding came from authentic, in-person faith communities. Can it survive in a time of influencers and vertical video?” (05/16/26)

https://www.liberalism.org/p/liberalism-and-christianity-in-the-age-of-social-media

Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker

“Back when George W. Bush was doing his big drive to privatize Social Security, I got upset because he was using bogus numbers that grossly exaggerated what his private accounts would yield. The basic story was that his team assumed that stocks would provide the same returns they had in prior decades, even though the price-to-earnings ratios in the stock market were far higher than in the past, and projected GDP and profit growth were much lower. Given the assumptions being used on profit growth, their assumptions on returns were virtually impossible. To illustrate this point, I developed the ‘No Economist Left Behind Test.’ … If the Bush Team could get away with promising an impossible bonanza from their accounts, privatization would look much better than it actually is. It was important to set the record straight.” (05/15/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/trump-accounts-and-the-no-economist-left-behind-test/

Source: Town Hall
by Jerry Newcombe

“As we celebrate America at 250, there is a part of our founding in the Constitution (Article II, Section 1, Clause 2), about which some on the left gnash their teeth — the Electoral College. For example, a few days ago, a former Biden administration official asked publicly, ‘What if we selected our President by letting the person who got the most votes take the office, instead of the Electoral College?’ … Meanwhile, many blue states, including just recently Virginia, have signed on to a compact to try and effectively nullify the Electoral College.” [editor’s note: To make the EC relevant to today, they only need to follow the lead of Maine and Nebraska, and DECENTRALIZE it – SAT] (05/16/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2026/05/16/the-electoral-college-and-american-freedom-n2676044