Source: The New Republic
“Trump Rages Over Iran Setbacks as Leaks Reveal His Seething Obama Envy.” (06/05/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/211400/trump-rages-iran-setbacks-leaks-reveal-seething-obama-envy
Source: Quillette
by Rosalind Arden
“The most consequential weakness of philosopher and journalist Kathleen Stock’s new polemic against assisted dying is its failure to engage with the empirical record.” (06/05/26)
Source: The Daily Economy
by Mohamed Moutii
“Once a dominant force in global energy markets, OPEC is facing growing fragmentation from within and intensifying competition from without.” (06/05/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/are-opecs-days-of-dominance-over-why-the-cartel-is-cracking/
Source: SFGate
“Raúl Castro, Cuba’s low-profile former president and revolutionary guerrilla, appeared in public for the first time since being indicted by the United States for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft, official video released Saturday showed. Castro’s celebration of his 95th birthday with top officials and military leaders at the Ministry of Interior in Havana on late Friday offered Cuba’s socialist government an opportunity to close ranks and project defiance as the Trump administration escalates its pressure campaign on the fuel-starved island. State TV broadcast footage of Castro, clad in his olive-green military uniform, entering a packed theater to a standing ovation, followed by his grandson and bodyguard, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez, and Cuban President Miguel Diáz-Canel.” (06/06/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/cuba-ex-president-ra-l-castro-makes-first-22294113.php
Source: Washington Post
“How weddings got so expensive.” (06/05/26)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/how-weddings-got-so-expensive
Source: The American Conservative
by Anik Joshi
“The traditional blowback from Middle Eastern adventures has been in terms of refugee inflows and a less stable, more risky MENA region that produces knock-on effects across the European political frame. Going beyond destabilizing Europe to destabilizing the entire world as a function of Middle Eastern wars is unlikely to win converts to the Western cause, unless they share its dedication to their own destruction.” (06/05/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-wages-of-economic-warfare/
Source: The American Prospect
by Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
“After months of speculation and anger, the Democratic National Committee finally released its autopsy of the party’s loss in the 2024 presidential election just before Memorial Day weekend. Despite pledging to release the document publicly when first elected to lead the Democratic Party’s organizational arm in early 2025, DNC Chair Ken Martin reversed course in December of last year, announcing that the report would not be published. Why? Some speculated it was merely a way for party insiders to avoid accountability for their failures; many others that it showed Kamala Harris lost because of her refusal to disavow Joe Biden’s policy toward Israel. As it turns out, the coverup was due to a much more banal and embarrassing reason: Martin’s friend whom he hired to complete the report turned in a pile of garbage.” (06/05/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/06/05/can-democrats-learn-from-2024-loss-biden-harris-dnc/
Source: KTLA 5 News
“A homeowner fatally shot an armed intruder after an exchange of gunfire inside a San Jacinto residence late Friday night, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. … According to investigators, the homeowner was visiting a neighboring residence when he heard screaming and gunfire coming from his own home. The homeowner ran back to the residence and encountered an unknown male intruder inside the house armed with a shotgun, sheriff’s officials said. Investigators said the homeowner armed himself and confronted the suspect, and during the confrontation, the suspect allegedly fired multiple rounds at the homeowner, who returned fire and struck the intruder. The suspected intruder died at the scene, officials said, and no other injuries were reported.” (06/06/26)
https://ktla.com/news/inland-empire/armed-intruder-killed-homeowner-gunfire-san-jacinto/
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“What the New Fed Chair Means for Your Pocketbook.” (06/05/26)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2767-what-the-new-fed-chair-means-for-your-pocketbook/
Source: EconLog
by Max Molden
“‘Social construction’ is prominent: we are told in various places that this or that is a ‘social construct’: think of gender, race, or money. One book that played a central role in the emergence of that concept is Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann’s 1966 The Social Construction of Reality. That work can proudly claim more than 90,000 citations as of today — only in its English version, that is. Its influence within sociology, and then beyond, is thus enormous. … social constructivism shares roots with Austrian school thinking. Somewhere along the way, however, a fine but crucial distinction has been blurred within social constructivist thought.” (06/05/26)
https://www.econlib.org/econlog/social-constructs-and-spontaneous-order