Source: Townhall
by Matt Vespa

“[A]s for debating the exercising of your Second Amendment rights at political events, enough with that. It’s not really the main part of this story, and it’s never a good thing when the Democrats seem, for a hot second, that they’re the ones who back gun rights. Pretti having a gun isn’t the issue. Again, it was his insane actions during this incident.” [editor’s note: What’s “insane” about trying to interpose yourself between violent gang members and one of their victims, other than not predicting that they will likely murder you for doing so? – TLK] (01/27/26)

https://archive.is/TYBZy

Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey

“Three pieces published on Friday tried and failed to find evidence for big claims about the economic impact of sporting events. In a column for The Kansas City Star, I challenged the rosy claims of the alleged economic windfall from hosting the World Cup. Every group I contacted indicated they got the number from someone else. When I finally found the organization that generated the number, it did not respond. That seems to be the standard procedure.” (01/26/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/subsidies/extraordinary-economic-claims-require-extraordinary-evidence-sports-edition/

Source: Coyote Blog
by Warren Meyer

“It is almost impossible to have a discussion on immigration with either Republicans or Democrats because the conversation quickly devolves into a pointless blame game, eg ‘”how can you defend x when other defenders of x have done so many things wrong’ where x = something like ‘the virtues of immigration’ or ‘consistent enforcement of current immigration laws.’ Well, I can give you the definitive answer to this blame game — it is both their faults. Before getting into it, a bit of history.” (01/26/26)

https://coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2026/01/immigration-a-pox-on-both-your-houses.html

Source: The Bulwark
by Jonathan V Last

“The Union understood it had won a victory, but saw the escape of Lee’s army as failure. The Confederates believed they had suffered a setback, but did not understand the strategic implications of what had just happened. The point is that the people in the battle could not understand its significance. It would take time for everyone to grasp exactly what the events of Gettysburg meant. Which brings us to Minneapolis.” (01/26/26)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-gettysburg-moment-minneapolis-trump-dhs