Reason Interview: Jon Ronson
Source: Reason
“Why So Many Men Feel Lost.” (09/09/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/09/09/why-so-many-men-feel-lost/
The Newest Drug War Boogeyman
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Laurence M Vance
“About 15 years ago, the great drug war boogeyman was bath salts. Instead of using these salts in the bathtub, people took to swallowing, snorting, injecting, smoking, and otherwise ingesting them. Fentanyl, a type of synthetic opioid more potent than heroin and morphine, soon replaced bath salts as the great drug war boogeyman. More recently, the new drug war boogeyman was nitazenes, another type of synthetic opioid. Nitazenes were said to be more potent than not only heroin and morphine but also fentanyl. The newest drug war boogeyman is kratom — leaves from a tree native to Southeast Asia that are used to increase energy and alleviate pain, coughing, anxiety, and depression.” (09/09/26)
https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/the-newest-drug-war-boogeyman/
Serbia: Vucic calls snap parliamentary election for November
Source: Associated Press
“Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday called an early parliamentary election for Oct. 25 after nearly two years of street protests that have rattled his rule. He issued a decree dissolving the 250-member Parliament and paving the way for the vote. He said a snap election was necessary because of ongoing tensions and divisions in the Balkan country. Vucic, who cannot run for another presidential term, has said he plans to run for prime minister instead. … The ballot will be held against the backdrop of heightened political tensions as ruling populists seek to hold on to power despite widespread popular discontent.” (09/09/26)
Zelenskiy’s plane almost hit by drone, Norway’s PM says
Source: Reuters
“The plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to Oslo for the funeral of the king of Norway was nearly struck by a drone when taking off from Moldova on Tuesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK on Wednesday. … Officials in Moldova made no comment on Stoere’s statement regarding Zelenskiy’s plane. Arrivals and departures at Chisinau airport were suspended for a time on Tuesday in connection with two Russian drones that entered Moldovan airspace. Several flights bound for the capital landed at airports outside Moldova or were forced into holding patterns, according to data from Flightradar24. One drone landed in a field, triggering a fire, while the second carried on into Romanian airspace.” (09/09/26)
Adjudicating “History and Tradition”
Source: Law & Liberty
by Dennis Wieboldt
“A Massachusetts case reminds us of the dangers and abuses of using history in legal rulings.” (09/09/26)
25 Years of War Was the Exact Wrong Response to 9/11
Source: Common Dreams
by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies
“The lesson of 9/11 should be that war is not the answer to any of the problems facing the United States. After inflicting violence and chaos on country after country for twenty-five years in a ‘global war on terror’ that has evolved into a Zionist genocide and a revived Cold War against Russia and China, the widespread public opposition to Trump’s war on Iran suggests that most Americans have finally learned that lesson. Unfortunately, powerful sections of our corrupt business and political elites have not.” (09/09/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/was-the-us-reaction-to-9-11-wrong
Trump predicts Iran war will end ‘immediately after’ midterm election
Source: USA Today
“President Donald Trump has a new prediction for when the Iran war will end and Americans can expect gas prices to come down: immediately after the midterm elections. ‘I think the war is going to end immediately after the election,’ Trump said on Sept. 9, as he prepared to depart Joint Base Andrews for the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas. ‘I think the war will end immediately after the election,’ he repeated. Iran can’t hold out for longer than that, Trump said of the election that’s in 55 days. ‘They’re desperate to try and affect the election, so that we can get a nice group of weak people in there, and leave them alone, and let them have their nuclear weapon,’ Trump said.” [editor’s note: Legally, the war never began and continues to be wholly illegal – TLK] (09/09/26)
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 09/09/26
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Gallup: 89% of America Sees Widespread Corruption In Government.” (09/09/26)
Home Equity and Net Worth
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“Age is the great underrated factor. If you want to know how much home equity someone owns, knowing their percentile for their age is less informative than simply knowing their age. Almost everyone starts with low housing wealth, yet a large majority end up with massive housing wealth.” (09/09/26)
We cannot let the left [sic] rewrite what happened on 9/11
Source: Fox News
by Liz Peek
“As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, there are many in our country who want us to pretend that the greatest attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor never happened. They want us to look away from the Muslim terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and who drove another plane full of innocents to their deaths in a grassy Pennsylvania field. They want us to forget that on that day in 2001, Americans came under attack for reasons that few understood, from a far-away people who loathe our culture, our freedoms and our country. When Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN] dismissively says, ‘Some people did something’, she is trying to erase the truth. ” (09/09/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-cannot-let-left-rewrite-happened-911