Source: Persuasion
by Francis Fukuyama
“It has less to do with faith—and more to do with the Enlightenment—than Marco Rubio thinks.” (03/03/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/dont-define-western-civilization
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Troops On The Ground? Trump Vows ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Defeat Iran!” (03/03/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Deborah Palma
“The governance of modern societies is in permanent tension between the immediate appeal of emotion and the need for enduring principles. Emotion — when converted into the driving force of state policy — frequently transforms into a mechanism of institutional erosion. The substitution of economic and moral principles by emotional imperatives does not represent a technical failure, but a profound philosophical divergence about human nature and the function of the state. In other words, policies based on principles are anchored in reason, empirical evidence, and the recognition of scarcity. On the other hand, political decisions oriented by irrational emotion disregard long-lasting structural effects.” (03/03/26)
https://mises.org/power-market/emotion-versus-principle-fragility-modern-governance
Source: TomDispatch
by Beverly Gologorsky
“Power is felt, attributed, invisible, all-important, descriptive, without shape, and so much more. There is personal power, governmental power, and the collective power of the people. Power can be bought, sold, traded, bestowed, even rescinded. It can be good or bad, positive or corrupt. However you might wish to describe power, one thing is clear: how it’s used depends on the society in which we live. At present, of course, our society is one in which President Donald J. Trump is the quintessential seeker of power, a man who needs power the way most of us need food. And as it happens, he has at his beck and call not just the entire military establishment, but ICE (and so much more). With him in the White House, power is distinctly in fashion.” (03/03/26)
Source: Bloomberg
“New York City’s congestion pricing program can continue after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s attempts to terminate it were unlawful — a financial win for the nation’s largest mass transit provider. US District Judge Lewis Liman found Tuesday that US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s move to end the program was ‘arbitrary and capricious.’ Liman, however, declined to issue an order blocking possible future attempts to stymie the program. The ruling means the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which sued in February 2025 to prevent Duffy from terminating the deal, can keep operating the program indefinitely, though the legal fight may continue.” (03/03/26)
Source: New York Times
“The Midterms Begin With a Texas-Size Showdown.” (03/03/26)
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Bruce Pardy
“ast week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a referendum for October 19. It will ask Albertans a slate of policy and constitutional questions. Independence, she said the next day, will be added to the ballot if the requisite number of signatures is met in the petition drive, which is likely. Albertans will get their chance to say if they want to leave Canada. But Canadian federalists can relax. The Alberta premier is one of them. The referendum is the fix to defeat Alberta independence. It will undermine the separatist cause and split the independence vote.” (03/03/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-fix-is-in-to-defeat-alberta-independence/
Source: Reason
by Jack Nicastro
“The senators are ignoring the predictable consequences of their wealth tax.” (03/03/26)
https://reason.com/2026/03/03/the-sanders-khanna-billionaire-tax-would-make-all-americans-poorer/
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“It’s my weekly sit-down with Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos. We explore the launch of America’s latest war of choice and the options we have as citizens of conscience.” (03/03/26)
Source: CounterPunch
by Paul Armentano
“By most measures, cannabis legalization is a resounding success for the 24 states (plus D.C.) that have implemented it. That’s why no state has ever repealed its legalization laws, and public support for the policy remains near all-time highs. Nonetheless, the policy still has its critics. Among them are the editors at the New York Times who, in a recent editorial, opinedthat states have rushed to legalize the substance ‘without adequately regulating it.’ In truth, however, state marijuana markets are highly regulated — and many of the options they proposed are either redundant or would inadvertently strengthen the illicit marketplace.” (03/03/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/03/what-critics-still-get-wrong-about-marijuana-legalization/