Source: The Free Press
by Helen Andrews
“New York governor Kathy Hochul emphasized her gender when asked on October 3 about her appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate a possible rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024. Hochul is the first woman to serve as New York’s governor. Letitia James, the woman she appointed as special prosecutor, is the state’s first female attorney general. Seeing these two women take on the Cornell case has a special symbolism, Hochul explained. ‘I’ve heard from a lot of people,’ she said. ‘The image gives them comfort to know that two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would in the same position.’ She is right. The approach to the law reflected in the New York Democratic officials’ handling of the Cornell case represents a distinctively female perspective. Unfortunately, that perspective is incompatible with the rule of law.” (10/12/26)
https://www.thefp.com/p/great-feminization-rule-of-law
Source: New York Post
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was taken out of a New Jersey federal lockup by ambulance over the weekend so he could receive medical treatment for a head injury, according to a report. The 56-year-old rapper – who’s been serving a 50-month sentence on a prostitution-related conviction – was transported from FCI Fort Dix in the Garden State on Saturday morning, according to a report by TMZ. It wasn’t immediately clear how he injured his head or what facility he was taken to. … The disgraced music mogul made headlines Friday, when it was reported he received a harsh penalty at the low-security prison because of his alleged cushy treatment and a contraband cell phone he was accused of using to view racy content.” (10/12/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/sean-diddy-comb-rushed-from-new-jersey-prison-to-hospital-due-to-head-injury-report/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“What does the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq mean for the region?” (10/12/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/12/nx-s1-5996601/what-does-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-iraq-mean-for-the-region-sources-methods
Source: ProSocial Libertarians
by Andrew Jason Cohen
“For fun, here’s a proposal: a constitutional amendment requiring that the federal and all state governments must refrain from any actions in markets except those necessary to (a) protect individuals from harm, including theft and fraud, (b) enforce contractual agreements (as this is needed to prevent harm), or (c) rectify harms it failed to prevent through (a) and (b). This proposed limitation on government interference serves at least three purposes.” (10/12/26)
https://prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/proposing-a-constitutional-amendment
Source: Common Dreams
by Chuck Idelson
“President Donald Trump’s ICE terror campaign against US cities reached a new height October 8 with the dangerous shooting of an unarmed Dominican man, with his 5-year-old child in the car, in a densely populated Manhattan neighborhood. The incident adds to a growing scandal over inhumane ICE treatment of victims they harm. ICE agents have repeatedly interfered with or denied medical care for the victims they shoot. Patients have also been pulled out of hospitals prematurely against medical advice and without authorization of their doctors and other medical professionals.” (10/12/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/new-york-ice-shooting-medical-treatment
Source: CNBC
“Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford were on Monday awarded the Nobel memorial prize in economics for work that underpins the models used by central banks and governments to ‘smooth out’ periods of boom and bust. The U.S.-born pair were jointly awarded for their contribution to the ‘microeconomic foundations’ that contribute to macroeconomic stability. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was established by Sweden’s central bank in 1968. The winners will split a 12 million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million) prize.” (10/12/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/12/nobel-economics-prize-winner-woodford-hall.html
Source: Washington Post
“Kat Timpf: The right has an affordability problem.” (10/12/26)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/make-it-make-sense/kat-timpf-the-right-has-an-affordability-problem/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Of course, one of our central tenets is the right, even duty, to criticize our government. But only a woeful lack of historical perspective or a perverse ideological malice (or both) allows some to pretend that ripping apart our society is a thoughtful critique.” (10/12/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/10/12/will-the-west-awaken
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“Why is a government agency using a private company like SpaceX to take cargo up to its space station? Economics, plain and simple; SpaceX can do it for far less money than it can itself. For example, the government-run Space Shuttle cost taxpayers around $54,000 per kilogram to reach low orbit. SpaceX can do the same for $2,600 per kilogram on its Falcon 9 rocket. NASA used to just dump or burn up its rocket boosters, using them one time; SpaceX reuses its rockets many times, dramatically reducing the cost of each mission, and SpaceX continually reduces the cost per kilogram to get cargo to low orbit and space. … Removing bureaucratic friction caused by government produces local job growth in Florida, lowers costs for essential services, and improves the lives and freedom of millions.” (10/12/260
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/why-private-rockets-outperform-government
Source: The UnPopulist
by Andy Craig
“In the spring of 1778, with the war in America going badly, a member of the House of Lords proposed that Britain withdraw its forces and recognize American independence. Charles Lennox, the third Duke of Richmond, was a great-grandson of King Charles II, one of the wealthiest men in the country, and about as well-placed in the British establishment as anyone could be. He was also, for 15 years, its most persistent critic. Richmond is not a name most Americans would recognize. Danielle Allen’s Radical Duke makes a good case that he ought to be.” (10/12/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-british-radical-who-used-the
