Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul Mueller
‘A growing subculture is determined to subordinate America to the authority of Catholic theology. But this project has been tried before: it ends in predictable horrors.” (10/06/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/catholic-integralism-is-a-brutal-dead-end-will-gen-z-repeat-it/
Source: Washington Post
“Jim Bakker, a televangelist who once led a multimillion-dollar religious empire with his wife, Tammy Faye, before a sex sandal tarnished his reputation and a conviction for fraud and conspiracy sent him to federal prison, died Oct. 5. He was 86. His second wife, Lori, announced the death but not cite a cause or say where he died. He had a stroke in 2020. … Tammy Faye died in 2007. Their son Jamie changed his first name to Jay and became a tattooed, body-pierced preacher in Minneapolis who espoused somewhat liberal social views. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Bakker’s survivors include a daughter from his first marriage, Tammy Sue Bakker Chapman.” (10/06/26)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“Political Candy and the Death of Conscience.” (10/06/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Wanjiru Njoya
“Equality before the law is a highly-contested principle, largely because there is no consensus on what it means for everyone to be treated equally. Does equality before the law mean that nobody believes himself to be superior or inferior to others? Does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee that we must all enjoy the same social status? Can the Constitution ensure that no one feels slighted, ignored, or overlooked? Do citizens have a constitutional right to feel welcome and included in everything?” (10/06/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-law-does-not-mean-equality-subjective-feelings
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“In the run-up to Israel’s Oct. 27 election, the country’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that a key minority (the two main parties representing Arab Israelis) could not be banned from participating. The decision serves as a marker of democracy in a political system that protects the rights of minorities in instances when one side has an overwhelming majority. The ban, recently approved by an election commission dominated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, would have effectively disenfranchised the one-fifth of Israeli citizens who are of Arab Palestinian heritage. In the wake of the October 2023 terrorist attack by Hamas, many right-wing Jewish Israelis have pushed for not only punitive military action in Gaza and forcible expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, but also curtailment of the rights of Israeli Arabs.” (10/05/26)
Source: Fox News
by Eli Steele
“When my father, Shelby Steele, author, columnist and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, began publishing his essays on race in the late 1980s, my teenage self was often by his side when he gave speeches. After each speech, the same scene unfolded as a crowd of people gathered to the side of the podium, each wanting a word. I remember one man in particular who hurried to reach my father first. He wore a corduroy sports coat with leather elbow patches. He said, ‘Dr. Steele, that was truly a remarkable speech. I want to thank you for saying the things you said up there.’ My father thanked him, and the man lowered his voice and leaned in as if to share a conspiracy. ‘You know I can’t say those things.'” (10/06/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/eli-steele-terror-called-racist-crushing-free-speech-america
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Another War? Trump Backstops Saudi Offensive On Yemen!” (10/06/26)
Source: Independent Institute
by Raymond J March
“The emerging compounding ecosystem can drive faster development and wider availability when allowed.” (10/06/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/06/copycat-pharmacies-peptide-compounding/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Germany’s former foreign spy chief has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason, prosecutors have said. August Hanning, 80, is under investigation for attempted treason and acting as an agent for a foreign intelligence service, the Office of the Federal Public Prosecutor General confirmed on Tuesday. Hanning was president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service between 1998 and 2005. He was arrested in Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen in southern Germany. His former chief of staff, partially identified as Manfred D, was arrested in Steinfurt in western Germany on suspicion of ‘aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage’. … The statement did not reveal who the two men were suspected of spying for or which country the foreign agent worked for, adding that ‘it has yet to be determined if the material reached the intended recipient’.” (10/06/26)
Source: National Review
“You Have to Earn It, Baby!” (10/06/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/you-have-to-earn-it-baby/