IA: Homeowner shoots, wounds intruder

Source: Radio Iowa

“Responding to a 911 call late Saturday, Des Moines police found an intruder had been shot multiple times. The homeowner told officers he heard someone yelling in his back yard, then pounding on his back door. When he unlocked the door, he says the woman forced her way in and attacked him, so the homeowner fired a handgun. … After she was released from the hospital, [Stannita] Wilson was charged with burglary.” (03/02/26)

https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/03/02/central-iowa-homeowner-shoots-wounds-intruder/

Thomas L. Knapp

To Protect, Serve, and Identify

Source: Law & Liberty
by Marc A Levin & Khalil Cumberbatch

“The widespread use of masking by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers is now an issue that could be addressed by Congress as part of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding legislation. This presents an opportunity to rein in the excessive use of masking by ICE agents while acknowledging that some circumstances warrant the use of facial coverings — and that steps must be taken to prevent misuse of photographs to threaten officers and their families.” (03/02/26)

https://lawliberty.org/to-protect-serve-and-identify/

Thomas L. Knapp

Congress, Do Your Job & End This Illegal War of Aggression by US & Israel

Source: Common Dreams
by Kevin Martin

“Once again, the United States and Israel are illegally attacking Iran, as they did last June. It is already a regional war, which will take a horrible toll on ordinary people in many countries, with reports a girls’ school was bombed, killing at least 85 people. Unlike the limited strikes in last June’s 12-day war, this is aimed not just at Iran’s nuclear or military facilities, but at regime change in Iran, as President Donald Trump declared, and government targets in Tehran have been hit, with Israel claiming Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed. Predictably, Iran is firing back at Israel and at US military bases in the region.” (03/02/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/congress-end-illegal-war

Steve Trinward

The Elevator Problem: How Rent-Seeking and Regulation Make Modern Life Unaffordable

Source: The Daily Economy
by Patrick Carroll

“If we want affordable, accessible, mid-rise construction, we need more elevators. Why are we building so few of them?” (03/02/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-elevator-problem-how-rent-seeking-and-regulation-make-modern-life-unaffordable/

Thomas L. Knapp

Murray Rothbard, Mr. Libertarian, Turns 100

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Alan Mosley

“On March 2, 1926, Murray Rothbard was born in the Bronx, New York, an only child of immigrant parents. His father worked as a chemist and his mother encouraged his voracious reading. Early interests in history and logic foreshadowed a career in which he relentlessly scrutinized economic models, historical narratives and political myths.” (03/02/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/murray-rothbard-mr-libertarian/

Thomas L. Knapp

Nepal: Rap star might just beat a former PM in upcoming election

Source: BBC News [UK State Media]

“Rap music blared out around us at a campaign rally in the district of Chitwan, in Nepal. Supporters of 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah screamed out lyrics to an AI-generated campaign song which translates to: ‘Time’s up, Fake leaders, Game Over. We’ll ring the bell on 5 March.’ Crowds of all ages were chanting ‘Balen!’, as he’s referred to in Nepal. Giant banners of the political newcomer wearing his trademark black sunglasses were mounted across the rally. Balen Shah is running for prime minister after just three years as mayor of the capital, Kathmandu. He is contesting in what’s become a key race between Nepal’s entrenched political establishment and a new generation of politicians. His party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), came fourth in the last general election in 2022.” (03/02/26)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r137lkj5zo

Steve Trinward