Source: Liberal Currents
by Jason Kuznicki

“What would a radically liberal foreign policy look like? I don’t think we’ve ever had one. As we’ve all seen it, foreign policy is the domain and the creature of nation-states, while liberalism aims at taking individuals’ liberties seriously. Making that liberty interest show through isn’t easy in foreign policy. … Liberalism at home starts with the individual, with their rights, their dignities, and their personal development. What would our foreign policy look like if we stopped seeing the world as consisting of 200-odd states? What if we saw foreign policy as mostly about a world of 8 billion individuals — with the states usually standing in the way of how we would prefer, as liberals, to treat them?” (04/10/25)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/foreign-policy-as-if-liberalism-mattered/

Source: Common Dreams
by Lindsey Bertsch & Danaka Katovich

“Recently, Aviation International published a conversation between the Department of Commerce Commissioner of North Dakota and a director at Thales group. The article, titled ‘North Dakota: The Silicon Valley of Drone Innovation,’ makes the case that North Dakota is the go-to state for drone technology. North Dakota’s strong ties with the drone industry formed a few years ago, with the state’s goal of transforming the state into ground zero for drone technology. By taking advantage of the state, its resources, and its people, the mission to turn North Dakota into a silicon valley for drones has already produced a vast network of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technological hubs. However, in doing so it has also entangled North Dakotans into a deep relationship with Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of the Israeli company.” (04/10/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/north-dakota-drones-genocide

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Whatever the alleged merits of high tariffs, unilateral free trade, or any of these issues, these policies should not be decided by the president; the Constitution gives Congress the responsibility ‘to lay Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises’ and ‘regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.’ By handing the president ’emergency’ powers to change tariff policy in the first place, Congress has abdicated its role in setting tax policy. … Apparently, Congress wants the president to be king.” (04/10/25)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/04/10/the-tariff-king/

Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow

“Today most of America’s “defense” budget goes to offense. Some of that is for utterly inane operations, such as invading Iraq, defeating the Taliban to turn Afghanistan into a modern parliamentary democracy, and battling Yemen’s Ansar Allah to keep the oceans free for Europe and China. Even more resources are devoted to protecting prosperous, populous allies — Europe, along with South Korea, Japan, and numerous others. Whatever would the Pentagon do with hundreds of billions of dollars more? If all these nations spent according to their ability and need, there would be no reason for Washington to keep them as defense dependents. What new wars does Rubio imagine fighting? It is time for the U.S. to embrace peace.” (04/10/25)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-united-states-can-and-should-reduce-its-defense-spending/