Source: EconLog
by Jon Murphy

“[E]very once in a while, someone builds a theoretical model of a violation of the law of demand. Sometimes, they even include an investigation of one such good that seems to break the law of demand. But, upon further investigation, such examples break down, and the law of demand holds true. Strong evidence is needed for strong claims. I think of this exam question whenever I read some economic commentator claiming that international trade has weakened America. Such an outcome would be unprecedented. Millennia of experience and evidence suggest trade strengthens nations and that turning away from it weakens them.” (11/14/25)

https://www.econlib.org/econlog/strong-claims-need-strong-evidence/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Rachel Lu

“In the ancien régime, people were famously divided into three classes: those who fight, those who pray, and those who work. That world was dissolved in a bubbling brew of revolution and Enlightenment ideals, which may be for the best, because I can’t say that serfdom particularly appeals to me. But sometimes it’s helpful to look back and consider which aspects of older societies are worth recovering. … Today, our elites work while the middle class fights. This subversion of the old system reflects both military and economic changes, along with a broader shift that prioritizes cognitive excellence over most others. Privileged young men today are likelier to find themselves leading a seminar or strategy session than a platoon. What do we lose, though, when we stop asking our most privileged classes to cultivate courage?” (11/14/25)

https://lawliberty.org/the-fading-friday-night-lights/

Source: Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne & Nathan Miller

“During the 2010s, there was a raft of … shall we say, speculative research on the ills wrought by high levels of economic inequality. Concern about income disparities was the defining zeitgeist. Former President Barack Obama described inequality as the ‘defining challenge of our time’ and Pope Francis tweeted that ‘inequality is the root of social evil.’ Wide outcomes between rich and poor were not just deemed consequences of unjust economic trends, which is why Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton said we might worry about inequality. No, a raft of books and papers argued that income inequality itself could be a cause of other downstream social or economic ills.” (11/14/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/does-economic-inequality-really-worsen-pandemics

Source: Common Dreams
by Ramzy Baroud

“Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv reestablish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide, but the entire legacy of Israeli colonialism in Palestine and the Middle East. The perfect little story, built on myths and outright fabrications (that of a small nation fighting for survival amid ‘hordes of Arabs and Muslims’) is rapidly collapsing. It was a lie from the start, but the Gaza genocide has made it utterly indefensible. The harrowing details of the Israeli genocide in Gaza were more than enough for people globally to fundamentally question the Zionist narrative, particularly the racist Western trope of ‘the ‘villa in the Jungle’ used by Israel to describe its existence among the colonized population.” (11/15/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-rewrite-genocide