Source: The Daily Economy
by Thomas Savidge
“Delaying pension contributions may ease immediate pressure on New York City’s budget, but the shell game reveals deeper weaknesses in the city’s finances.” (05/08/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Jim Webb: Hegseth Lashes Out at Congress, Admits Truth About Iran War.” (05/09/26)
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Jessie Appleby
“The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law is in the midst of a free-speech emergency. When a major American law school teaches its students that the right way to respond to political opponents is to silence them, something has gone wrong. And when it then attempts to protect those disruptive students from public criticism by threatening other students’ speech, it’s a crisis. That’s just what happened at UCLA this past month.” (05/08/26)
Source: Town Hall
by Mark Lewis
“‘We are socialists.’ So said Adolf Hitler. The Left desperately tries to portray Hitler as some sort of ‘rightis,t’ mainly because he was so opposed to Soviet Bolshevism. But just as there are different manifestations of ‘right-wing’ philosophies, there are different ‘left-wing’ ideologies as well. And socialism is a leftist philosophy, not a ‘rightist’ one. ‘National Socialist German Workers’ Party’ was the official name of Hitler’s political party (‘Nazi’ comes from the German word ‘Nationalsozialistische,’ or national socialist). Hitler was a totalitarian leftist, not a Christian, right-wing, pro-American, freedom-loving conservative.” (05/10/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/05/10/we-are-socialists-n2675792
Source: Sky News
“A mystery drone boat understood to be armed with explosives is being investigated by police after being found by fishermen in Greece. The vessel, a Ukrainian-made unmanned surface vehicle (USV), appeared on the Ionian island of Lefkada. It is not clear how the boat, located on Thursday in a cave, reached Greek waters. Preliminary findings indicate the MAGURA V3-type sea drone was fitted with three detonators, officials told Reuters. One source told the news agency the vessel was loaded with explosives, although this has not been confirmed by Greece’s army.” (05/09/26)
Source: Washington Post
“Tax the rich! But then what?” (05/08/26)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/tax-the-rich-but-then-what/
Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Madsen Pirie
“Bill Jamieson wrote a Sunday Telegraph story titled ‘Your starter for £1,000’ on 31 December 1995. It discussed the Adam Smith Institute proposal for ‘baby bonds’ or ‘Fortune Accounts.’ When the IPPR copied the idea in 1999, without reference to the ASI’s earlier publication, Jamieson directed them to his 1995 story and published the fact. A version of it was implemented by the Blair government. it was called the Child Trust Fund, launched in 2002 and scrapped in 2010. It would undoubtedly be a very popular policy, were it to be given another go in the way I outline. Each newborn child would have £1,000 put into an investment account in their name, but no withdrawals could be made until age 18. Money paid in by family or friends would be tax-free and contribute to its growth.” (05/08/26)
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“An attack by armed rebels has killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to security officials. For more than 30 years, the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground for various armed groups, vying for control of its many mines. … Armed men affiliated with the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) coalition of militia groups, which claims to protect the Lendu, carried out attacks in several villages on April 28, local and security sources told the AFP news agency.” (05/10/26)
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“Deprioritizing Business at the 2026 Libertarian National Convention?” (05/09/26)
Source: USA Today
by Rusty Hills
“No one disputes that the regime in Iran is awful. The government massacres its own people. Iran is a major state sponsor of terrorism and has been for decades. But the reality is that Trump is ad-libbing the war with Iran from day to day. After launching his attack against Iran on Feb. 28, Trump told an audience, ‘We’ve won.’ Yet here we are, 10 weeks later, with the Strait of Hormuz still closed, the regime still in power, the national average price of gas approaching $5 a gallon and jet fuel, airline ticket prices and baggage fees on the rise. Is this what Republicans are supposed to run on in the 2026 midterm elections?” (05/08/26)