Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by David Brady, Jr.

“Today, some fans of our current administration will brow beat those with concerns over foreign policy and aid, accusing you of not being sufficiently focused on domestic issues. In a perfect world, one could stay focused on affordability (or immigration, as these brow beaters typically focus on) and other kitchen table issues. But the issue of war and peace touches every aspect of American life whether one wants to admit it or not. You should not allow gatekeepers, who selectively brow beat over foreign policy as a focus, to prevent you from caring about foreign policy.” (12/10/25)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-war-matters

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The Justice Department recently established a ‘Second Amendment Section’ within its Civil Rights Division. On its face, that move is a welcome development for defenders of the constitutional right to armed self-defense — an impression reinforced by the alarm the new initiative has generated among gun control advocates. But the section’s mission statement raises doubts about its commitment to Second Amendment advocacy. So does the Justice Department’s (DOJ) ongoing defense of constitutionally dubious federal gun laws.” (12/10/25)

https://reason.com/2025/12/10/the-doj-says-it-will-challenge-unconstitutional-gun-policies-maybe-it-should-stop-defending-them/

Source: The Realist Review
by James W Carden

“The reverberations from the new National Security Strategy (NSS)—published only a week ago—continue to echo throughout the trans-Atlantic national security establishment, not least due to the President’s explosive (is he capable of any other kind?) Politico interview, during which he took European leaders to task for not living up to the lofty example he, our Janus-faced Warlord and Prince of Peace, has set before them. A quick and easy measure of just how threatening the foreign policy establishment takes one or another policy can be taken by merely observing how strenuously the media attempts to link said policy to the Kremlin. And, as night follows day, attempts to portray the NSS as a Kremlin-friendly strategy commenced immediately.” (12/11/25)

https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/the-west-unique-or-universal

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Katharine Trendacosta

“The state of streaming is… bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: ‘Where can I stream X?’ Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links. After that, you find out that the thing you want to watch was made by a studio that doesn’t exist anymore or doesn’t have a streaming service. So, even though you subscribe to more streaming services than you could actually name, you will have to buy a digital copy to watch. A copy that, despite paying for it specifically, you do not actually own and might vanish in a few years. … It’s important to recognize this as we see more and more media mergers. These mergers are not about quality, they’re about control.” (12/10/25)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/best-big-media-merger-no-merger-all

Source: New York Post
by Karol Markowicz

“As antisemitism on college campuses remains rampant, too many administrators refuse to stamp it out — and parents of prospective students are increasingly alarmed. This week the civil-rights group StopAntisemitism released its 2025 ‘report card’ on 90 major American colleges and universities, and the results were frightening. Two years after on-campus Jew hatred exploded in the wake of Oct. 7, the review found that leadership at many American colleges still tolerate vandalism, bullying and outright violence. An appalling 16% of rated schools, including Harvard, Yale and Columbia, got F grades. For Jewish families, the concern centers on the physical safety of their children. Fully 39% of Jewish college students say they’ve had to hide their faith on campus, StopAntisemitism found. But parents of all faiths, and of no faith, must take these findings into account. … But not all schools are flailing — and those that are fighting this tide deserve applause.” (12/10/25)

https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/opinion/campus-antisemitism-is-raging-but-not-at-these-heroic-colleges/