“Men of Narrow Hearts and Little Minds in High Places”

Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison

“It is a fitting description of so many of the political leaders we have had in the last twenty-five years. It is no accident that this has been an era defined by almost constant warfare. War is the ‘solution’ favored by the cruel and stupid. Our men of narrow hearts and little minds in high places resort to the same failed policies year after year, and they produce the same miserable results every time. They hallucinate or fabricate threats, overreact to the imaginary threats, and then needlessly kill a lot of people to ‘solve’ a problem that never existed.” (04/16/26)

https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/men-of-narrow-hearts-and-little-minds

Thomas L. Knapp

Trump and Vance versus Pope Leo on War and Peace

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

President Trump’s and Vice-President Vance’s criticisms of Pope Leo on matters of war and peace bring to mind important points that others have historically made about America’s current system of militarism, imperialism, warmongering, and the destruction of the liberty and well-being of the American people at the hands of their own government.” (04/16/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/04/16/trump-and-vance-versus-pope-leo-on-war-and-peace/

Thomas L. Knapp

“The Rich Don’t Pay Their Fair Share” and Four Other Tax Myths That Won’t Die

Source: Reason
by Veronique de Rugy

“Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time arguing over them, almost entirely on the basis of several common myths. Here are the five most consequential.” (04/16/26)

https://reason.com/2026/04/16/the-rich-dont-pay-their-fair-share-and-4-other-tax-myths-that-wont-die/

Thomas L. Knapp

After Israel Weapons Vote, Schumer Faces New Calls to Step Aside

Source: Common Dreams

“Sen. Chuck Schumer faced fresh calls to step aside as the Senate Democratic leader on Wednesday after he broke with the overwhelming majority of his caucus and voted against a pair of resolutions aimed at preventing the Trump administration from selling more US bombs and bulldozers to Israel. ‘Mr. Schumer, you are out of touch with the base of this party, and with your own caucus,’ said Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who first called on Schumer to resign as Democratic leader last year, in a short video posted to social media following Wednesday’s votes. ‘Step aside!’ The two resolutions, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), called for halting the sale of around $450 million worth of bulldozers, 1,000-pound bombs, and related military equipment to the Israeli government, which has repeatedly used American weaponry to commit war crimes in the illegally occupied Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Syria.” (04/16/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/chuck-schumer-step-aside

Steve Trinward

US regime confesses to three more maritime murders in Pacific

Source: Seattle Times

“U.S. military forces struck a vessel Wednesday in the eastern Pacific Ocean, [murdering] three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs. No U.S. personnel were harmed, the U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post. Several such strikes have been announced in recent days as the Trump administration continues its aggressive anti-cartel actions in international waters. At least 178 people have been [murdered] in the strikes since the effort began in early September, months before the U.S. raid in January that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.” (04/16/26)

https://archive.is/l98dR

Thomas L. Knapp