Source: The Daily Economy
by Per Bylund
“The TSA has a long history of failing to such a degree that it could never survive had it not been run by and within the government. Costing taxpayers and travelers $10 billion annually, not counting the inconvenience and time lost, the agency fails even on its own terms. The failure rate in 2015 was over 90 percent. The same in 2017. If these data seem dated, it is because they are. Instead of fixing the problems, the results of the agency’s internal testing were classified. In the absence of data, the only reasonable interpretation is that the agency remains a catastrophic failure to this day. The recent airport chaos stresses how the security theater has become an unbearable bottleneck. It also stresses how dysfunctional government services become problematic beyond the waste of resources and the inconveniences they cause.” (03/25/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-real-lesson-of-the-tsa-walkout/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“We expect increasing costs in government ‘charity,’ in part because governments centralize and standardize methods, discouraging innovation and adaptation. It’s not a market. Government bureaucrats and operatives try to coordinate increasing staffs (along with market costs in housing, etc.) while necessarily dealing with clients as objects of pity and bother rather than, as in markets (where people exchange valuable goods), subjects whose responses immediately affect the ‘business’ at hand.” (03/24/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/03/24/homelessness-costs/
Source: US News & World Report
“Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol for an additional coordinated release of oil stockpiles when they met on Wednesday, as Tokyo seeks to hedge against a prolonged Middle East conflict. After agreeing to release a record amount of oil stockpiles in coordination with the IEA to cover for the Middle East supply loss, Takaichi on Tuesday said Japan would also open up joint oil stockpiles co-owned by producing nations in the country. … There are 45 Japan-related ships that are still stranded in the Gulf as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, said Hitoshi Nagasawa, chairman of the Japan Shipowners’ Association and also head of Japan’s NYK Group, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, on Wednesday.” (03/25/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-03-25/japan-pm-takaichi-asks-iea-chief-for-further-oil-stockpile-release
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Airstrikes in Iraq Kill Senior PMF Commander, New Iran Security Chief Is Former IRGC, and More.” (03/24/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKnIcvs7pc8
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Zoe Armbruster
“Across the United States, teenagers freely express themselves online. But that freedom is rapidly being restricted, and make no mistake: this doesn’t just end with teens. What is often portrayed as a youth mental health issue is really a battle for everyone’s online speech rights.” (03/24/26)
https://www.fire.org/news/protecting-teens-shouldnt-require-permission-speak
Source: New York Post
by Michael Goodwin
“When the term ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ was coined, the words carried a hint of gallows humor. But as time passed and insane behavior by the president’s opponents became widely embedded in key people and institutions, any whiff of humor faded into history. Especially during a time of war with a deadly, fanatical enemy, an irrational hatred of our commander-in-chief by powerful Americans is not a laughing matter. All the more so when the infected include the top Democrat in Washington and the editors of America’s largest newspaper. Revealing scenarios in recent days that involve Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the New York Times illustrate how hatred of the president has distorted their judgments and undercut their patriotism.” (03/24/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/03/24/opinion/michael-goodwin-trump-derangement-syndrome-continues-to-fuel-the-lefts-dangerous-and-misleading-agenda/
Source: ABC News
“British police arrested two men on Wednesday in connection with an arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity, which authorities are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. The Metropolitan Police said the two men, aged 45 and 47, were arrested in London on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and both men have been taken to a police station in the city for questioning.” (03/25/26)
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/uk-police-arrest-2-men-arson-attack-ambulances-131387615
Source: SFGate
“British political parties will be banned from accepting donations in cryptocurrencies, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Wednesday, saying illicit finance poses a ‘stark’ danger to the country’s democracy. Starmer told lawmakers that ‘we will act decisively to protect our democracy’ from outside meddling. ‘That will include a moratorium on all political donations made through cryptocurrencies,’ he said during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons. The move could be a financial blow to the hard-right party Reform UK. The party led by Nigel Farage is one of the few in Britain to accept cryptocurrency donations. The government also said it will put an annual cap of 100,000 pounds ($134,000) on donations by British voters living abroad. Reform has received 12 million pounds in the past year from Christopher Harborne, a British businessman based in Thailand, according to Electoral Commission figures.” (03/25/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/uk-bans-crypto-donations-to-political-parties-in-22096105.php
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Israel has not prosecuted its citizens for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since the start of this decade, a Guardian analysis of legal data and public records show, creating impunity for a campaign of violence. Attacks have spurred former prime minister Ehud Olmert to call for an intervention by the international criminal court (ICC), to ‘save the Palestinians and us [Israelis]’ from state-backed [squatter] violence, carried out with the complicity and sometimes participation of the police and military. ‘I have decided not only to not remain silent, but to draw the attention of the ICC in The Hague so that it may take enforcement measures and issue arrest warrants,’ Olmert said in written comments to the Guardian. Dozens of former Israeli security commanders have demanded urgent action to stop ‘almost daily’ attacks on Palestinians.” (03/25/26)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/no-israel-prosecutions-for-killing-palestinian-civilians-in-occupied-west-bank-since-start-of-decade
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Democrats’ long-shot bid to flip Alaska’s Senate seat.” (03/24/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/24/nx-s1-5758070/democrats-long-shot-bid-to-flip-alaskas-senate-seat
