Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke

“President Donald Trump may have just hurled America into war because he was mad nobody liked his recent military parade. Before you brush off that assertion and defend the June 21 U.S. attacks on three of Iran’s nuclear sites − bombings ordered without showing Americans clear evidence or purpose, without congressional approval and without public support − consider who you’re dealing with. Trump is a small man forever trying to make himself look big. He’s a liar, a fabulist and an impulsive bully. His recent attempts at looking tough involved sending the U.S. Marines to Los Angeles and holding a large military parade in Washington, DC, that did little to impress.” (06/22/25)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/21/us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites-trump-peace/84303836007/

Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“When the top national leaders of the world’s most powerful security alliance meet June 24-25, they will be asked to examine the very definition of security. New threats and challenges, such as climate change, have upended old ideas that troops and weapons are enough. In particular, the 32 member states of NATO will decide not only whether to commit to spending 3.5% of their national income on military forces but also whether to tack on 1.5% for a broad notion of security that largely relies on civilian society. The proposed total percentage for a NATO-wide commitment – 5% of gross domestic product for security – would be up from the current obligation of 2% for traditional defense. In recent months, the Trump administration has demanded such an increase from its allies in Europe and Canada to equalize spending with the United States.” (06/20/25)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0620/NATO-eyes-the-essence-of-security

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Douglas French

“Fox Business reported in 2016 that more than 2,000 colleges and universities in the US offer a course in entrepreneurship. And why not? Fifty-four percent of Millennials want to start a business. Twenty years ago, fewer than 50 universities offered degrees in entrepreneurship. In 2023, there are 150 entrepreneurship programs, including most of the top business schools in the country. … A college degree is certification that the student has learned what was and is. Success at university is not formulating opinions about the future but to learn and memorize the opinions of professors, who learned from their professors, who learned from their professors, and so on. Frank Knight distinguished entrepreneurs from other businesspeople by their willingness to act in the face of uncertainty.” (06/21/25)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/entrepreneurship-cant-be-taught-college-classroom

Source: Hawaii Reporter
by Terra Ann Pracht

“You’ve probably heard the conversations: AI is coming for our jobs. The knowledge economy is shifting. The world is changing faster than we can keep up. But here’s the question I’m more interested in: What becomes of us when the doing is no longer what defines us? For decades, we’ve rewarded those who could outwork, outperform, and stay constantly connected. Busyness became a badge of honor. Success meant being productive, useful, and available. We built lives — careers, businesses, even identities — around being indispensable. But something is breaking open now. Quietly. Universally. People are waking up to the quiet ache that comes from being constantly ‘on’ — yet never quite here. We’re not lazy. We’re exhausted.” (06/21/25)

https://www.hawaiireporter.com/what-if-ai-doesnt-replace-us-but-reveals-who-we-really-are/

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Do Israel’s supporters know it’s over for them? Like, they know they’re going to be despised for the rest of their lives, right? That they will never, ever live down the fact that they supported a live-streamed genocide? And that it will only get worse for them as history clarifies things? Surely they must realize this by now. Surely they must realize that nothing they do for the rest of their lives will ever be as significant as the fact that they played cheerleader for genocide and all of Israel’s demented warmongering, long after normal people realized it was the wrong thing to do. That in the eyes of the world they will all always be first and foremost someone who supported and defended history’s first live-streamed genocide. I wonder what that’s like, knowing that about yourself?” (06/21/25)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/06/21/israel-supporters-will-be-despised-for-the-rest-of-their-lives/