Source: Independent Institute
by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
“An exploration of the positive externalities of the American Experiment.” (07/03/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/07/03/benefits-american-revolution/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The founder of a prominent underground church in China has been released after months in detention, his family and a Christian rights group said. ChinaAid said Pastor Jin Mingri, also known by his English name Ezra Jin, landed in Los Angeles on July 4 after being held in detention centres in the southern Chinese city of Beihai since October. … Jin founded Zion Church in Beijing in 2007 and became one of the most recognisable figures in China’s underground Christian movement. The Zion Church is among the largest underground or house churches in China that are unregistered with authorities. They defy a requirement that believers worship only in registered congregations.” (07/05/26)
Source: The Liberty Exchange
“A Radical Experiment in Liberty: A conversation with Brad Birzer.” (07/03/26)
https://shows.acast.com/the-liberty-exchange/episodes/a-conversation-with-brad-birzer
Source: Law & Liberty
by Paul Seaton
“Modern political philosophy and modern politics brought ‘the State’ to the fore in novel and contentious ways. Leo Strauss argued that Machiavelli’s concept of ‘lo stato’ was an essential component of a revolution in human thought and aspiration. The Treaty of Westphalia is rightly said to have inaugurated a new international order in Europe, precisely with its legitimatization of absolute territorial sovereignty, expanding upon the principle of cuius regio, eius religio—that is, the modern state system. And Will Morrisey, in his Regime Change: What It Is, Why It Matters, argued that fledgling America sought to escape the Westphalian conception with a new understanding of liberal republican government.” (07/03/26)
Source: New York Post
by staff
“America’s educational system has clearly failed, judging by the recent comments of 29-year-old lawyer Melat Kiros, who just won a Democratic primary in Colorado and is now a sure bet for Congress. And if we fail to fix that system (and to dispel young folks of the absurd notion that America and Israel are, essentially, the root of all the world’s problems) the nation faces a rocky road ahead for sure. Kiros, a member of the radical Democratic Socialists of America, just dethroned Rep. Diana DeGette (D), despite (or maybe because of) her repugnant assertions. She has claimed, for example, that 9/11 was ‘inevitable’ because the United States ‘destabilized a lot of the Middle East’, which convinced people that ‘violence was the only response’.” [editor’s note: Is it significant or just ironic that Dr. Ron Paul said almost the same thing when the plane attacks happened, yet this is now considered leftist ravings? – SAT] (07/04/26)
Source: Fox News
“House Republicans revisited long-standing questions last week about possible links between the CIA’s infamous MKUltra program and Charles Manson’s murderous cult, as lawmakers revealed newly discovered agency records are being prepared for declassification. Tuesday’s hearing before the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets quickly delved into allegations that the CIA concealed the true scope of its Cold War-era mind-control program, with witnesses reviving claims involving Manson, Jack Ruby and decades of alleged government secrecy. Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., opened the hearing by accusing the CIA of carrying out illegal human experimentation on unwitting Americans before destroying evidence to hide the program.” (07/05/26)
Source: Washington Post
“Why Europeans are falling in love with America.” (07/03/26)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/why-europeans-are-falling-in-love-with-america/
Source: Quantum Vibe
Cartoon. (07/03/26)
Source: CNBC
“Two members of Congress — Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., and Rep. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif. — have disclosed that they or their family members bought SpaceX stock in the days after the company’s historic initial public offering, according to publicly accessible House financial documents. Meuser recently disclosed that his dependent child made a June 15 purchase of between $15,001 and $50,000 of stock in the company. According to financial disclosures, it was the first time in several years Meuser or one of his family members has bought stock in an individual company. Cisneros disclosed a June 18 purchase of between $1,001 and $15,000 in SpaceX stock. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace and satellite company, went public on June 12 with a $2 trillion-plus market cap.” (07/03/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/03/spacex-stock-congress-meuser-cisneros-ipo-disclosure.html
Source: The Dispatch
“What the Birthright Citizenship Decisions Mean for Conservatism.” (07/03/26)