Source: The American Conservative
by Ted Snider

“Despite being subjected to one of the most intensive bombing campaigns in modern history, the Islamic Republic of Iran has thus far failed to yield to any of the United States’ demands. There has been no regime change; no compromise on enrichment or the nuclear issue more broadly; no acceptance of conventional disarmament or an end to the so-called ‘axis of resistance;’ and no let-up of Iran’s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz. … Unfortunately, there are few signs this is winding down.” (08/05/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-are-we-still-at-war-with-iran/

Source: Fox News
by David Bernstein

“In an era of political gridlock, at least one clear area of bipartisan common ground continues to exist — the desire for real healthcare price transparency. In fact, a 2025 poll showed 96% of Americans across the political spectrum are in favor of the commonsense idea that you deserve to know the price of healthcare before receiving it. And finally, tangible progress is being made in both chambers of Congress to build upon numerous executive orders and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules and make healthcare price transparency the law of the land. … It allows for better, more accurate price signals, empowering patients with key information that allows them to shop for non-emergent healthcare goods and services. It also puts public pressure on care providers to justify prices, which may or may not be reasonable.” (08/05/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americans-deserve-know-healthcare-prices-before-final-bill-arrives

Source: The Daily Economy
by Corey A DeAngelis

“Texas has expanded college exams beyond the SAT and ACT, creating competition that rewards rigor.” (08/05/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/competition-comes-to-college-admissions-testing/

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“Trump still seems to think the question of individual guilt or innocence is irrelevant.” (08/05/26)

https://reason.com/2026/08/05/dropped-cases-against-alleged-reflecting-pool-vandals-reflected-a-rush-to-judgment/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Theodore Dalrymple

“Analogies between individual and governmental conduct are no doubt hazardous, and have often been deprecated, for example by the modern monetary theorists, who think they are wiser than Adam Smith when he said: ‘What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.’ Of course, differences spring to mind. The credit of a family is unlikely to extend as far as that of a state …. No one, probably, would continue to lend to a family that had borrowed more than its annual income, mostly to continue to pay its current expenses, but there are large states where this has been the rule for many years. There is also a large difference between the virtues of individuals and the virtues of states.” (08/05/26)

https://lawliberty.org/the-bankruptcy-of-bureaucratic-benevolence/