Source: The Daily Economy
by Robert L Bradley Jr.
“Decades of subsidies, regulation, and unmet promises have left nuclear power costly and uncompetitive.” (02/27/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/nuclear-power-needs-realism-freedom/
Source: In These Times
by Jake Johnson
“President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the United States has launched a massive military operation aimed at toppling the Iranian government as blasts were reported in Tehran, including near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is taking part in the assault. Unnamed Israeli security sources told Channel 12 that Israel and the Trump administration are ’going all in’ against Iran as Trump instructed Iranians to ’stay sheltered’, warning that ‘bombs will be dropping everywhere’. People were seen seeking cover in Tehran as the United States and Israeli bombs began to fall.” (02/28/26)
Source: News Center 1
“A resident shot a home intruder early Saturday morning. Authorities say the man tried to break into a residence in the 600 block of Saint James Street [in Rapid City, South Dakota]. Police responded to the home at around 3:25 a.m. after reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a man with a single gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he received treatment for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.” (02/28/26)
https://www.newscenter1.tv/news/local/resident-shoots-attempted-home-intruder
Source: Freedom Works
“Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center ‘SCOTUS Rules Trump’s Tariffs Illegal.'” (02/27/26)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2026-02-27_zfw002232026.mp3
Source: Antiwar.com
by Dan Steinbock
“In August 2025, President Marcos Jr. said that ‘a war over Taiwan will drag the Philippines, kicking and screaming into the conflict.’ Pushing for preparation, the government has boosted US-Philippine military cooperation, military modernization, joint military exercises and the installation of US mid-range missile systems and anti-ship missile launchers. These measures are said to foster Philippine prosperity and security. But how would a major military conflict in the Taiwan Straits, with the active support of Manila’s military logistics, affect the economic futures of the Philippines?” (02/27/26)
Source: The Times [UK]
“Pakistan has declared ‘open war’ against Afghanistan, bombing the capital and other major cities after a series of escalating attacks between the neighbours. Afghanistan had made its own cross-border attack on Thursday against Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes on border areas over the weekend, which were reported to have killed a dozen people. In response, Pakistan carried out airstrikes early on Friday, including in Kabul, where at least three explosions were heard. Kandahar in the south, where the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based, was targeted, as was the province of Paktia in the east.” (02/27/26)
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/pakistan-afghanistan-news-war-mwmrhz026
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Roger Bate
“Over the past few years, quiet but extraordinary warnings have emerged from the US Treasury Department. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reports that illicit e-cigarettes are being used as part of trade-based money-laundering schemes linked to fentanyl trafficking. Illegal vaping products are no longer just a regulatory nuisance or a youth-use talking point. They have become a financial instrument in the cartel economy. The finding matters because it exposes a reality many policymakers have spent years denying — prohibition does not eliminate markets, it reorganizes them. And when demand persists, prohibition reliably hands control to the most ruthless and well-organized suppliers.” (02/26/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/fincens-warning-and-the-predictable-failure-of-prohibition/
Source: Serious Trouble
“But Are the Wings Wild?” (02/26/26)
Source: Axios
“Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified that she has no new information regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activities during a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday. Bill and Hillary Clinton’s depositions on Thursday and Friday mark the first time a former first couple has appeared before a congressional panel under subpoena. … ‘You have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers,” Hillary Clinton said in her opening statement to lawmakers.’ Clinton told the panel Thursday that she does not recall ever meeting Epstein, and told the New York Times that she met Maxwell only a few times. Her name does not appear to have been mentioned in the Justice Department’s publicly released Epstein files.” (02/26/26)
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“Protectionism has been absurd for centuries. Trade is, for all practical purposes, a technology, so protectionism is just Luddism in disguise. … But over the last ten years, protectionism has taken a major turn for the worse. Classic protectionism was at least predictable. Protectionists looked at sellers and saw gainers; they looked at buyers and saw losers. … however, protectionists have risen to a new level of nonsense. While they still loudly complain when their countrymen buy goods and services from foreigners, they also loudly complain when their countrymen sell oddly specific goods to foreigners.” ()2/26/26)