Source: Law & Liberty
by Joshua Bowman

“Conservatives should develop an environmentalism that is rooted in tradition, place, and scientific realities.” (08/20/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-environmental-conservative-in-an-ideological-age/

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Mike Fairclough

“Great Britain, where I live, once prided itself on eccentricity, irreverence, and the right to say unpopular things. Today, people living in my country have been arrested over social media posts and other digital communications. Some have been imprisoned. Online censorship has become more sophisticated, surveillance technology continues to advance, and cancel culture has taught millions of people that expressing the wrong opinion can carry severe consequences. As a result, people are self-censoring out of fear of reprisals. Books have a particular role to play here. They give people permission to explore ideas away from the noise and intimidation of social media. A reader can encounter something privately, consider it, question it, disagree with it, return to it, and perhaps find the confidence to openly express an opinion they had previously been afraid to voice. This is why my publishing house, Free Speech Press, is launching with a reprint of George Orwell’s 1984.” (08/20/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/george-orwells-warning-to-britain/

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Today in dystopia they’re really going after books. A library in Sydney has removed the book How to Sell a Genocide by Adam Johnson from its shelves after Zionists complained about its criticisms of Israeli mass atrocities in Gaza. … ‘They seem to be objecting largely based on the title using the word ‘genocide’,’ Johnson commented. ‘But ‘genocide’ is not my word, or my finding. The fact of genocide in Gaza is the overwhelming consensus of the human rights world, and it is a wholly mainstream opinion among those tasked with studying and determining such matters.’ So in Australia they’re now banning books for Israel. I guess it was only a matter of time.” (08/20/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/08/20/today-in-dystopia-burning-books-for-israel-burning-books-for-ai/

Source: The UnPopulist
by Andy Craig

“Bathshua Pope, sometimes referred to by her maiden name of Folger, lived with her husband and mother-in-law at a sawmill in Salem. When the mill suffered some kind of mechanical breakdown in 1692, it was attributed to supposed dealings with the devil. Bathshua was among the accusers, ultimately providing ‘evidence’ that helped send at least three people to the hangman’s noose. … Bathshua died in 1726, three years after her restless teenage nephew left Boston to seek work as a typesetter in Philadelphia, betting his future on the burgeoning industry of the printing press. As far as we can tell, he never mentioned his aunt. … The woman who had participated in actions scarcely distinguishable from human sacrifice, and her nephew, the boy whose name would echo through the ages as a harbinger of modernity: Benjamin Franklin.” (08/20/26)

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/from-spectral-evidence-to-self-evident

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“Yesterday I wrote about how interest rates are rising around the world. I acknowledged that the higher rates are a real problem, but argued that there is no evidence that the U.S. faces a looming Greek-type debt crisis. Today I’ll talk about why it’s important for the future Democratic administration (assuming that we have free and fair elections in 2028) to keep a sense of perspective and not panic about the size of the federal debt.” (08/20/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-case-against-bond-market-panic