Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Rob Natelson

“[O]n July 1, convinced that while Independence might one day be necessary, it was as yet premature, Dickinson rose to make his case against the pending declaration. Only by understanding the risks and terrors Dickinson predicted can we fully appreciate the courage of those who were determined to face them. Let us, as President Richard Nixon used to say, make one thing perfectly clear: Dickinson was no coward. He was brave and a patriot. When Britain adopted the Townshend Duties in 1767, it was Dickinson who inspired the opposition. It was Dickinson who, again and again, had served as penman and point man for the colonial resistance. Yet Dickinson also loved the mother country.” (06/14/26)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/06/14/john-dickinson-and-the-case-against-independence/

Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid

“If it’s June, then it must be Pride and straight people everywhere are celebrating how far you’ve come. You know, out of the closets and onto MTV. But what if you don’t particularly feel like celebrating?” (06/14/26)

https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/06/movies-for-queers-who-like-revolution.html

Source: The American Prospect
by Gabrielle Gurley

“Can the Graham Platner whirlwind sweep Susan Collins out of one of Maine’s Senate seats? Scandalous Reddit posts, tattoos, sexting, rapid-fire accusations, and denials didn’t make it any easier for Gov. Janet Mills to mount a serious challenge against the harbormaster of a small Maine town north of Acadia National Park. Platner soundly defeated the two-term governor who steered the state safely out of the COVID-19 pandemic and stood up to President Trump. Mills’s name was still on the ballot after she pulled out of the Senate primary race on the last day of April. Yet she didn’t get even a sympathy bump from voters in what turned out to be a contest of Platner against Platner: the champion of the aggrieved working class vs. the man who lived online too much.” (06/15/26)

https://prospect.org/2026/06/15/graham-platner-susan-collins-maine-senate/

Source: The American Conservative
by Nicholas Mosvick

“he preeminent historian of the American Founding, Gordon Wood, died last week as the result of a traffic accident. Wood, a long-time professor at Brown University, had a profound and prolific effect upon the historiography of the American Revolution and the Founding in an academic career spanning six decades. Significantly, he was the first leading historian to emphasize the importance of republican thought and principles, both classical and modern, to 18th-century America, a tradition that later gave way to the totalizing force of equality and democratization.” (06/14/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/gordon-wood-the-bard-of-the-american-revolution/

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Athan Clark

“A worker earning $60,000 a year sends 12.4% of his wages to Social Security: $7,440 annually, every year of his working life. Half is deducted from his paycheck; the other half is paid by his employer, which economists broadly agree comes out of the worker’s wages anyway, though he never sees it. There is no deposit slip or account with his name on it, but this is money that would otherwise be his. That same $7,440 a year, invested for 40 years at an inflation-adjusted 7% — roughly the long-run historical performance of US equities — would accumulate to about $1.5 million. Social Security, by contrast, offers most younger workers an implicit inflation-adjusted return in the range of 1% to 2%, and lower still for higher earners.” (06/12/26)

https://fee.org/articles/the-hidden-price-of-social-security/