Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“Every two years, Gallup survey researchers ask Americans how much ‘thought’ they typically give to congressional midterm elections. This year’s 56% response of ‘quite a lot’ is the highest recorded over the nearly 70 years since Gallup first asked that question in 1958. Economic and financial pressures are a primary driver of heightened attention to the 2026 midterms. But a majority of Americans also say they are ‘stressing out’ about ‘the future of the nation’ (74%) and civic division (58%). In response, a wide range of civic and interfaith collaboration is seeking to pierce the haze of uncertainty and polarization. A quick online search reveals dozens of prayer gatherings and community conversations scheduled across the United States in the weeks and days preceding the Nov. 3 vote.” (10/30/26)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/1030/For-this-election-the-faithful-appeal-to-voters-conscience

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Madsen Pirie

“There are many phrases of Adam Smith that are well worth echoing today, and one of the most significant is this: ‘The end of all production is consumption.’ It is not to create jobs. The people who talk of new industries creating many new jobs are putting the cart before the horse. The aim of production is not to give people work to do; it is to produce goods and services that people will freely buy because they help improve their lives.” (10/30/26)

https://fee.org/articles/how-britain-became-the-place-to-do-business/

Source: American Greatness
by Thaddeus G McCotter

“The gloaming deepened on a Halloween in the early 1970s. A restless gaggle of youths just turned teens pondered making a final stab at trick-or-treating. The problem? They had no costumes, having earlier laughed at how such garb was for little kids, not for them. But now, uncool or not, those costumed kids were getting free candy. They were not. Amid the enveloping darkness, Jack-o’-lanterns flickered and costumed children tittered and flitted from door to door. Time was expiring. What to do? One youth, his face etched with angst, hesitantly floated a trial balloon in the gloaming. ‘Let’s just knock doors like this’. The gaggle eyed one another’s black T-shirts, jeans, and boots. The bald suggestion hung in the air until… Shrugs. Swiftly, pillowcases were pilfered from their unwitting parents and the gaggle’s quest for treats sans costumes commenced. It didn’t go well.” (10/31/26)

https://amgreatness.com/2026/10/31/the-democrats-all-trick-no-treat-strategy/

Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan

“I just returned from a long visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Great fun, but there’s a background climate of fear. Wherever you go, you see and hear warnings about bears — and admonitions to carry bear spray. The warnings and admonitions come from official signage, friends, and fellow tourists. Conveniently enough, bear spray is available at virtually every store, for a price of $40 a can. … soon after I bought my bear spray — and spotted our first bear — I decided to confirm the risk. I found much ado about next to nothing. Over the last ten years, Yellowstone saw just 9 bear attacks, with 0 deaths. Grand Teton had 1 bear attack, with 0 deaths.” (10/30/26)

https://www.betonit.ai/p/the-boy-who-cried-bear

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“The viral Red Baron Pizza worker and his $500,000 fundraiser is not a feel-good story, it’s a feel-bad story. Everything about it says horrible things about where our society is headed. Some obnoxious prick films a guy working his fingers to the bone for a ‘prank’ hoping to get social media clicks, and the worker flips out at him because his shitty, abusive job had stretched him a hair’s breadth from snapping. The video goes viral because people sympathize with a father shouting at a creepy live-streamer about how his shift was supposed to end an hour ago and he needs to get up at five in the morning to do it all again so his family doesn’t get evicted from the home he’s struggling to pay for, and then a fundraiser is launched which winds up giving the man half a million dollars.” (10/31/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/10/31/the-viral-red-baron-employees-fundraiser-is-a-feel-bad-story/