Source: The American Conservative
by Ted Snider

“As early as this upcoming Sunday, the E3 — the UK, France and Germany — will probably trigger the snapback clause of the shattered 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement with Iran. That means the economy and people of Iran will face the full weight of the sanctions the JCPOA promised to end. Though the snapback sanctions may succeed in what may be their true purpose, punishing Iran for not abandoning Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, they will fail in their aim of accomplishing a new nuclear deal with Iran.” (09/24/25)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-does-iran-have-to-do/

Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen

“One Tuesday night in July 2023, Ron Luessen got contacted by a late-shift worker on the support team for Elcon, a construction firm in the Pacific Northwest. Luessen, an equipment manager, was off the clock, but he was the main point of contact, and the worker was puzzled. ‘We’re supposed to be working tonight, and this place is closed,’ Luessen recalled the message. ‘What do you want us to do?’ There wasn’t any reason for the building to be closed. Elcon was steadily busy, recently picking up business in Billings, Montana, beyond its base of operations in Seattle. The company had even just updated the kitchens. But the next day, around 120 Elcon employees got the official word: Don’t come in. After 42 years building bridges, highways, rail lines, airports, and basic infrastructure Americans use every day, Elcon was history.” (09/24/25)

https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-24-big-banks-behaving-badly/

Source: spiked
by Aaron Newbury

“Everyone agrees kids need to spend less time on screens. Parents complain, teachers despair and who doesn’t roll their eyes at the sight of an ‘iPad baby?’ But the idea that Whitehall can, or should, slap a daily screen-time ration on kids is absurd. It is yet another cringeworthy example of politicians mistaking themselves for substitute parents.” (09/24/25)

https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/09/24/its-not-the-states-job-to-manage-kids-screentime/

Source: The Dispatch
by Jonah Goldberg

“[T]here’s a problem with the primary argument offered by Cruz, Shapiro, and others on the right in response to the administration’s heel turn on the First Amendment. And the problem is not that they’re wrong. Cruz and Shapiro are obviously correct to worry that a future Democratic administration could exploit the precedents Trump is laying down to target right-wing media. Indeed, many argue — correctly — that Trump is exploiting precedents laid down by the last Democratic administration. This is oft-repeated argument for retribution: ‘They did it to us first.’ Again, the problem with the ‘they did it to us first’ and the ‘they could do this to us later’ arguments — about censorship, but also ‘lawfare,’ congressional redistricting, etc. — is not that they’re wrong. It’s that they sidestep the wrongness of the deeds themselves.” (09/24/25)

https://thedispatch.com/article/cruz-shapiro-defend-first-amendment-trump/

Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Jim Waters

“The contrast between supporters and opponents of expanding education freedom in Kentucky was starkly evident during the recent Kentucky Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of legislation funding public charter schools. On one side, the Council for Better Education (CBE) and the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) – whose members were appointed by Gov. Andy Beshear largely because of their opposition to parental empowerment – argued against allowing Kentuckians access to public charter schools, an option available in 44 other states, Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico. Control and money drive their arguments. They resent the autonomy of charter schools, including their independent boards’ ability to tailor curriculum, staffing and resources to meet students’ needs.” (09/23/25)

https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/charter-schools-on-trial-will-kentucky-parents-finally-get-a-choice/