Source: Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson

“Argentina’s self-described ‘anarcho-capitalist’ President, Javier Milei, has — to put it mildly — generated considerable enthusiasm on the libertarian right in the United States. … an executive with emergency powers ruling by decree. And draconian prison sentences for protestors who block streets. Sounds libertarian to me! … Another economic provision in the decree is a restriction on the right to strike in the case of ‘important services’ …. The former category includes ‘hospital suppliers; maritime, air, river, land, and underground transportation companies, continuous industrial activities (including steel and aluminum, chemical, and cement industries); the food industry; construction material providers; banking, hotel, and restaurant services.’ The latter includes ‘public utilities, telecommunications, fuel transportation, and public primary schools.’ It’s hard to think of anything that’s not covered.” (07/15/25)

https://c4ss.org/content/60533

Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson

“Elon Musk isn’t trying to start a third party — he’s trying to start a fifth one.” (07/15/25)

https://thedispatch.com/article/four-party-politics-elon-musk/

Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“In the Middle East, reconciliation between warring factions, either ethnic or religious, often comes hard. In Turkey, however, small steps in recent weeks have pointed to an end of a four-decade war. They offer a glimpse into a transition to peace that might be able to balance justice and mercy. On Friday, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, designated widely as a terrorist group and known as PKK, began to get rid of its weapons and to disband. The public ceremony came more than four months after the PKK’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, called for an end to the goal of an independent state for Kurds – who make up 18% to 20% of Turkey’s population – and instead urged the seeking of greater Kurdish rights through democratic means. On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the start of what may be a long peace process. ” (07/14/25)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0714/A-fog-lifts-over-Turkey-s-rift-with-Kurds

Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker

“Drugs are almost invariably cheap to manufacture and distribute. It would be rare that a drug would sell for more than $30 per prescription without a patent or some other form of protection from the government, and many would sell for just a few dollars, as is the case with older generic drugs. Yet, there are many drugs that sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per prescription. The reason is the government grants the manufacturer a patent monopoly on the drug. This means that the drug faces no competition. … We will spend over $700 billion this year on prescription drugs and other pharmaceutical products. If these items were available in a free market, without patent monopolies or related protections, they would likely cost close to $150 billion.” (07/15/25)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/15/cheap-drugs-matter-why-make-them-more-expensive-with-patent-monopolies/

Source: Reason
by Damon Root

“Barely two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court limited the use of nationwide injunctions by federal judges, a federal judge once again blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship from going into effect nationwide. But if you think that sounds like the actions of a judge gone rogue, think again. In fact, this latest ruling against Trump’s birthright citizenship order actually represents a careful judicial adherence to what the Supreme Court said on June 27. Yes, the Court’s big ruling in Trump v. CASA did tell federal judges to lay off on nationwide injunctions. But the Court also told those same judges that the path remained clear for them to certify national class action lawsuits against Trump’s order in appropriate cases. And so, here we are.” (07/15/25)

https://reason.com/2025/07/15/the-class-action-threat-to-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order/

Source: TomDispatch
by Tom Engelhardt

“Yes, he’s done quite a job so far and, in a way, it couldn’t be simpler to describe. Somehow he’s managed to take the greatest looming threat to humanity and put it (excuse the all-too-appropriate image) on the back burner. I’m thinking, of course, about climate change. My guess is that you haven’t read much about it recently, despite the fact that a significant part of this country, including the city I live in, set new heat records for June. And Europe followed suit soon after with a heat hell all its own in which, at one point, the temperature in part of Spain hit an all-time record 114.8 degrees Fahrenheit. And oh yes, part of Portugal hit 115.9 degrees as both countries recorded their hottest June ever.” (07/15/25)

https://tomdispatch.com/donald-trumps-greatest-triumph/