Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman

“According to Cass, we are now allies. I am as willing to argue with my allies as with my opponents, perhaps more willing; allies are more likely to have enough in common with me to be willing to be listen to my arguments. Hence this post.” (02/28/26)

https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/response-to-sunstein

Source: Yascha Mounk
by Yascha Mounk

“What a deeply ordinary day in a deeply ordinary court taught me about American democracy.” (02/28/26)

https://writing.yaschamounk.com/p/my-day-of-jury-duty

Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“Fresh off a record 18 gold medals at the February Winter Olympics, Norway heads into the March Winter Paralympics holding the most cumulative golds in the history of those games (140). But its international sports successes are not confined just to those performed on snow and ice, both of which are plentiful in Norway. The country of just 5.6 million people also fields winning athletes in soccer, tennis, golf – and even Olympic beach volleyball. This record is all the more notable for Norwegians’ unconventional approach to developing high-caliber athletes: When introducing children to sports, schools, parents, and local sports clubs seek to build on their innate joy in the fun and friendship of physical activity. Youthful curiosity and interest in exploring a variety of sports are encouraged, through high school and up to college age. National guidelines forbid competitive teams, scorekeeping, or ranking for children below age 12.” (02/27/26)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0227/Norway-s-model-of-athletic-joy-and-success

Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid

“If it’s February, then some liberal white dude is probably telling you about Black history and he’s probably totally missing the point, going on about how far someone else’s people have come and how far the nation that brought them here in chains has come along with them. If it’s March, then this pale-faced genderfuck bitch is probably just waking from a seasonal depression coma to chase liberal white dudes off her stoop with a broom and apologize to the neighborhood for the inconvenience.” (02/28/26)

https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/02/queer-requiem-for-another-black.html

Source: Town Hall
by John C Goodman

“It is the most significant economic and sociological challenge we face. It’s worldwide. It has been worsening for decades. And there is no reason to expect the trend to change. People are not having as many children as they used to. Almost all the developed countries are below the ‘replacement rate’ of 2.1 children per woman of childbearing age. (The U.S. number is 1.6.) Overall, two-thirds of the world’s population now lives in countries below the replacement rate. If a country is below the replacement rate, its population will eventually peak and begin to decline.” [editor’s note: “Worsening” implies that it’s necessarily negative. It isn’t – TLK] (02/28/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/johncgoodman/2026/02/28/why-is-there-a-birth-dearth-n2671784

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Anne Strickland

“Britain’s national debt is now rising by more than £500 million a day. Every single day. It’s the kind of figure that should prompt a national emergency, but instead it’s been met with the kind of collective shrug that suggests we’ve all decided it’s someone else’s problem. Future Chancellor, future Parliament, future generation. Someone will sort it eventually, surely? Half a billion pounds doesn’t really sound like a real number to most people though. It’s too big, too abstract. So let’s translate it into something that matters.” (02/27/26)

https://fee.org/articles/who-has-the-courage-to-fix-britains-debt-crisis/