Source: Freeman’s Perspective
by Paul Rosenberg
“I dislike using ‘medieval’ in any sort of negative context, since that has been done so often and so unfairly. This time, however, I will, and that’s because, historically, fighting about words really is medieval.” (06/02/25)
https://freemansperspective.com/fighting-about-words-is-medieval/
Source: Decrypt
“Bitcoin held its ground above $104,000 on Monday despite the U.S.-China trade tension and court-driven tariff drama that rattled global markets. Last Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump accused China of violating a mid-May agreement to pause tariff escalation and announced a hike in import tariffs on steel and aluminum, from 25% to 50%, effective June 4. The pause gave rise to a ‘Trump always chickens out’ meme and its acronym TACO. … Arthur Azizov, founder and investor at B2 Ventures, told Decrypt that the tariff headlines were contributing to market churn, but not a structural shift.” (06/02/25)
https://decrypt.co/323287/bitcoin-price-subdued-as-trump-always-chickens-out-backlash-looms
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“In this podcast, Jacob analyzes the recent SOHO immigration debate in New York City between noted libertarians Dave Smith and Alex Nowasteh as well as two follow-up podcasts about the debate by noted libertarians Bob Murphy and Adam Haman.” (06/02/25)
Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“Remember when Donald Trump was worried about our trade deficit? Yeah, that must have been days ago. But anyhow, as I and others have pointed out, the tuition and other expenses that foreign students pay to study at places like Harvard is a major source of foreign exchange earnings. Last year, we got more than $56 billion in revenue from these students. However, foreign students are not just a large current source of earnings; they have been a rapidly growing source. … In the 24 years from 2000 to 2024, revenue from foreign students more than quintupled from $9.7 billion to $56.3 billion. (These numbers are not adjusted for inflation.) By contrast, our exports of meat and dairy products didn’t quite quadruple. At $32.7 billion in 2024, they are considerably less important to the economy than the revenue from foreign students.” (06/02/25)
Source: New York Post
by Andrea Peyser
“I’m a pro-choice feminist — and a Democrat — who just happened to vote for Donald Trump for president. And I resent Michelle Obama’s sneering, demeaning, strangely ignorant and massively sexist remarks about women, our reproductive systems and, especially, our vote. In the latest episode of the podcast, ‘IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson,’ the former first lady and lefty pro-abortion activist mounted her high horse and disgracefully disparaged a woman’s decision to exercise her right to choose what to do with her body. That is, when that choice is to have a baby. On the podcast the celebricat shares with her brother, the 61-year old mother of two daughters insanely breathed strength into the pro-life crowd by declaring bizarrely that creating life is ‘the least’ of what a woman’s reproductive system does.” (06/01/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/opinion/michelle-obama-couldnt-be-more-wrong-about-women-trump-voters/
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Former Syrian officials have also confirmed Mr Tice’s detention to the BBC. The US government has previously stated that it believed he had been held by the Syrian government, but the Assad regime continuously denied this …. Austin Tice vanished near the Syrian capital of Damascus in August 2012, just days after his 31st birthday. He had been working as a freelance journalist. Around seven weeks later, a video posted online showed him blindfolded and with his hands bound being forced to recite an Islamic declaration of faith by a group of armed men.” (06/02/25)
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (06/02/25)
Source: EconTalk
“In honor of EconTalk’s 1,000th episode, host Russ Roberts reflects on his long, strange journey from pioneer of the podcast format to weekly interviewer of leading economists, authors, and thinkers.” (06/02/25)
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“Resilience and sovereignty are the practices setting the conditions for mastery.” (06/02/25)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/the-personal-virtues-part-two
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, a major international trial shows. The researchers said it ‘was not a large amount’ of exercise and any type of workout from swimming to salsa classes counted. The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world. Scientists are already investigating whether similar exercise regimes could improve survival for people with other diseases, such as breast cancer. ‘It’s a bit of a mind-shift, thinking of treatment as something you do, not just something you take,’ says researcher Prof Vicky Coyle from Queen’s University Belfast. In the trial, the three-year exercise programme started soon after chemotherapy.” (06/02/25)