Source: Variety
“Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series ‘Picket Fences’ and appeared in movies ranging from ‘MASH’ to ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun,’ ‘A River Runs Through It’ and ‘Ted,’ died on Wednesday of natural causes, Variety has confirmed with his publicist. He was 93. The lean, rugged, mustachioed actor won an Emmy in 1993 and was also nominated in 1994 for playing Jimmy Brock, sheriff of the oddball town at the center of David E. Kelley’s CBS dramedy ‘Picket Fences.'” (10/22/26)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/tom-skerritt-dead-picket-fences-alien-1236921694/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“The peril and promise of presidential power.” (10/22/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-6012224/the-peril-and-promise-of-presidential-power
Source: Expression
by Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
“We’ve previously used a tool we call the Free Speech Map to show how tolerant different groups are of hypothetical campus speakers, often as a way to assess how certain traits cause or are linked to tolerance. In our newest College Free Speech Rankings, we asked students where they get their news, including an option for social media. So let’s put that question onto the free speech map …” (10/22/26)
https://expression.fire.org/p/is-your-phone-making-you-less-tolerant
Source: Liberal Currents
by Jack Billings
“The supply of land is constrained. An increase in demand for a location thus means higher land prices. If zoning and building rules also constrain the supply of buildings and housing, then increased demand for a location will also make those buildings and housing expensive …. Mike Bird in The Land Trap explores these relationships with a gallop through history starting in ancient Babylon, arriving in the late 19th century in western Europe and the United States—he pays appropriate homage to George—then ends the book with chapters on Japan, Hong Kong, China, and Singapore.” (10/22/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-escape-the-land-trap/
Source: The Bulwark
“Trump Threatens Service Member Families if Republicans Lose.” (10/22/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW7V7bh_usU
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jayanta Bhattacharya
“At the root of the scientific revolution was the idea that there was not and should never be a scientific authority. For centuries, a small number of ecclesiastical powers had decided such questions as whether the moons of Jupiter move. The scientific revolution placed these questions in the hands of a lot of very smart scientists, including those with telescopes. Unfortunately, we find ourselves back in a situation today, as demonstrated a few years ago by the Covid lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccination requirements, where a relatively small number of people—directors of government agencies like the National Institutes of Health, heads of international agencies like the World Health Organization, and editors of prestigious journals—have the power to say what is true or false in science.” (10/22/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/launching-a-second-scientific-revolution/
Source: Niskanen Center
by Sanya Bahal & Joshua McCabe
“The birth of a child and the months that follow mark a special period in a family’s life. While it is a joyous occasion, it can also be a time of acute stress on family finances. The cost of baby supplies and childcare can significantly increase a family’s spending while household income declines over the same period. This financial dynamic is nearly universal, impacting parents whether they are single, cohabiting, or married.” (10/22/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/bridging-the-infant-care-gap-reviving-americas-at-home-infant-care-programs/
Source: Politico
“The International Criminal Court has won this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. The €50,000 prize honors defenders of human rights and freedom of thought, with past winners including Nelson Mandela, Alexei Navalny, Belarusian journalists, and the people of Ukraine. The Socialists and Democrats group nominated the ICC following U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions on the court, announced on Oct. 9.” (10/22/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/icc-wins-eu-parliaments-human-rights-prize/
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“How the GOP Is Working to Steal the Midterms (w/ Joel McCleary and Mark Medish).” (10/22/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-the-gop-is-working-to-steal-the
Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Caleb O Brown, Michael F Cannon, & Niklas Kleinworth
‘Obamacare premiums are rising faster than Congress can subsidize them. Legislation proposed in the last session would have pulled Kentucky out of this nosedive and saved Kentuckians 60 percent or more on their health insurance.” (10/22/26)
https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/cut-health-premiums-without-spending-a-dime/
