Source: The Daily Economy
by Richard Morrison
“In ‘It’s On You,’ Nick Chater and George Loewenstein turn from advocates of ‘nudging,’ subtle policy efforts to shape behavior without coercion, to critics who see it as ineffective and misleading.” (05/01/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/after-nudging-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-behavioral-economics-fad/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Trump’s retribution tour: Comey, Indiana Republicans, and ABC.” (05/01/26)
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“In my March 5 Dispatch article on the Iran War and the Constitution, I explained why Donald Trump’s initiation of the war without congressional authorization is unconstitutional. As of today, it is also in violation of the War Powers Act of 1973. Enacted in the wake of the Vietnam War, the WPA requires the president to secure congressional approval within 60 days of entering U.S. troops into ‘hostilities’ or situations ‘where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances.’ The president can seek a 30 day extension without additional congressional authorization, but Trump has not done so in this case. The sixty day deadline expires today. Therefore, Trump is now in violation of the WPA, as well as the Constitution.” 905/01/26)
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Police in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) have charged a man with murder and two counts of sexual assault following the death of a five-year-old girl. The body of the girl, who is identified only as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was discovered on Thursday following severals days of a major police search. Jefferson Lewis, 47, was charged with her murder on Saturday night and has been scheduled to appear in a Darwin court on Tuesday. Five people have been arrested over violent riots in Alice Springs sparked by the child’s death. Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole announced the charges against Lewis on Sunday morning.” (05/02/26)
Source: Common Dreams
by Eirik Cheverud
“On three major occasions in President Trump’s second term, his opponents, including many elected officials, have taken to the streets under the banner of ‘No Kings.’ And yet just this week, King Charles III spoke before our joint houses of Congress, where his comments about governmental checks and balances drew a standing ovation from everyone there. A contradiction lies here, between our history and our perception of it. The truth is, the law that made kings untouchable (that ‘the king can do no wrong) has never gone away in the United States. Instead, it multiplied. Today we call it ‘sovereign immunity.'” [editor’s note: Fascinating how this “progressive” pundit babbles about “sovereign immunity” when the “qualified” version for police is the real problem – SAT] [editor’s note: Fascinating how SAT doesn’t understand that the “qualified” version is a just a subset of the “sovereign” version and that both are irredeemably evil – TLK] (05/02/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/donald-trump-divine-right-of-kings
Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich and Riley discuss the Assassination attempt on Trump, and the pros and cons of deflationary currency with the troll.” (05/01/26)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/the-anarchist-experience-578/
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Denise Lever
“For our family, learning didn’t follow the traditional school calendar, and the results look nothing like traditional school outcomes. Years ago, when I started homeschooling our three kids, I made the rookie mistake of trying to replicate the traditional school system. Up early, hours of instruction, correcting pages of work, and the outcome was inevitable. I soon discovered that not only was this time consuming and exhausting; it was also unnecessary. I was fortunate to have a veteran homeschooler guiding me when we started. She gently nudged me to consider what a more bespoke education could look like. We intentionally chose a family-centric calendar over an institutional one, and before long, we were schooling a couple of hours a day while holding space for interests, hobbies, and relationships.” (05/01/26)
Source: The New Arab [UK]
“Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least five people in a drone attack that hit a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Khartoum, a local Sudanese rights group said. The attack on Saturday morning hit a vehicle that was traveling from the White Nile province to Omdurman, the sister city of the capital, Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence against civilians, said in a statement.” (05/02/26)
https://www.newarab.com/news/paramilitary-forces-drone-strike-kills-5-near-sudan-capital
Source: The Hill
“Lindsey Granger gives her lens on Pete Hegseth’s recent testimony on the war in Iran, as the 60-day deadline for getting congressional approval is now here.” (05/01/26)
Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“I was kind of disappointed to see that more hadn’t changed in the past 12 years in libertarian-land. On the one hand, there was open acknowledgement that the far-right was a salient problem. On the other hand, that problem was blamed on Russian interference, antifa, and the far left rather than low social mobility, status loss, or inequality. On the one hand, they’ll talk about how it takes five years to open a standard-issue coffee shop in Madrid. On the other hand, they won’t mention the lobbyists the transnational coffee and retail corporations hire to write these rules. For some reason. At the same time, I was super impressed with what Students For Liberty has been able to accomplish in terms of their chapters.” (05/01/26)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/i-went-to-madrid-to-influence-libertarians