Source: Liberal Currents
by Samuel Freedman

“The Trump administration is deploying a time tested playbook against women who were murdered.” (01/26/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/victim-on-trial-from-jennifer-levin-to-renee-nicole-good/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Jay Cost

“What is the proper role of the judiciary in American political life? There has never been a clear answer to that question, even among the founders. The Constitution itself has relatively little to say about the judiciary, delegating most of its design and much of its authority to congressional action. Alexander Hamilton in Federalist #78 argued that the judiciary could resolve disputes arising under the Constitution. But James Madison in Federalist #51 suggested that many such questions should be settled by the political process. Thomas Jefferson, in retirement, was aghast at the sweeping rhetoric of McCulloch v. Maryland, in which his cousin, Chief Justice John Marshall, employed Hamiltonian reasoning to legitimize the Bank of the United States.” (01/26/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/reining-in-the-courts/

Source: The Contrarian
by Jennifer Rubin

“If Americans, inspired by Minneapolis, collectively refuse to allow politicians to treat this as business as usual, then Renee Good and Alex Pretti will rightly be remembered as martyrs who gave their lives to the cause of restoring democracy.” (01/26/26)

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-the-fascism

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Joseph Varon

“n medicine, silence can be more alarming than noise. For example, a patient who abruptly stops voicing discomfort or a monitor that ceases activity may signal system failure rather than resolution. Ecology presents a similar scenario, and currently, the silence is deeply concerning. Insects are disappearing across vast regions globally. This is not a modest decline or a simple geographic shift, but a rapid vanishing of beetles, butterflies, moths, flies, mosquitoes, bees, and entire functional groups. This phenomenon is not speculative or anecdotal; it is among the most consistently documented biological trends of the past 50 years and remains insufficiently addressed.” (01/26/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/insect-loss-as-an-early-warning-of-systemic-biological-failure/

Source: Reason
by Joe Lancaster

“The Trump administration is reportedly moving to ban TP-Link routers, but experts say they’re no less secure than other devices.” (for publication 02/26)

https://reason.com/2026/01/26/is-your-wi-fi-router-a-national-security-threat/

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Patrick Barron

“The purchasing power of the US dollar has been debased by over 99 percent since the foundation of the Federal Reserve. (An ounce of gold cost $20.67 in 1913. According to the Wall Street Journal as of Friday, January 16 its price was $4,588.40. That means that the dollar is worth less than one half of one percent of its 1913 purchasing power [$20.67/$4,588.40=.0045]). Its remaining purchasing power may eventually become zero. There is no discipline in US spending and the Fed has become a willing accomplice to this crime.” (01/26/26)

https://mises.org/power-market/us-must-return-gold-standard