Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow

“[T]he so-called Abraham Accords, long touted as a major achievement from Trump’s first term, are a pious fraud. Though depicted as a kind of peace deal, they have nothing to do with peace, since none of the participants—so far Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates (Sudan signed on but fell into civil war before ratifying the agreement)—have been at war with Israel. Nor has the lack of Israeli embassies across the Persian Gulf and North Africa prevented any nation from engaging in back-channel security cooperation. … expanding the Abraham Accords would act as a Hail Mary political pass to Netanyahu, who faces a difficult reelection campaign. It would both offer a dramatic success to the Israeli prime minister and act as a de facto endorsement by the American president. Indeed, Trump appears to believe his ability to shift votes is as great in Israel as in U.S. primary contests.” (06/04/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/expanding-the-abraham-accords-would-help-netanyahu-not-america/

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Tanya Goudsouzian & Ibrahim Al-Marashi

“Washington may view these talks as a standard business transaction, but history has taught Tehran that a compromise with the West is a trap.” (06/04/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-deal-negotiations/

Source: Law & Liberty
by James Wallner

“Impeachment has become more common in American politics in recent years. Democrats impeached Donald Trump twice in his first term. The Senate failed to convict him both times. Yet the power remains poorly understood despite its rising prominence in political discourse. Keith E. Whittington’s new book aims to fix that.” (06/04/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/a-timely-impeachment-primer/

Source: American Greatness
by Victor Davis Hanson

“The recent California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral elections—where, remarkably, Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt both appear to have advanced to the general election in November—offer a glimmer of hope. Could it be that some on the Left, along with a number of Independents, have finally realized that neither wealth nor an upscale ZIP code can protect them from the Left’s vindictive socialist madness? California gas prices, even prior to the Iran war, had reached the highest levels in the continental United States. The cause is self-evident: left-wing policies that forbid most new gas and oil exploration, impose radical green-fuel mandates and levy the highest gas taxes in the U.S. and drive out oil refineries. Illegal immigration has soared. Currently, some 11 million Californians—28 percent of the resident population—were not born in the U.S.” (06/04/26)

https://amgreatness.com/2026/06/04/can-california-still-be-saved/

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“Another failing war Trump won’t end.” (06/04/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/illegal-tariffs-round-3

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen

“Famed for his contributions to the hard sciences—most notably his theory of heliocentricity—the sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was also an acute analyst of monetary policy. To that end, Ralph Benko has done us all a great service with this new edition of Copernicus’s classic, if neglected, treatise On the Minting of Money. Indeed, its lessons, though nearly five centuries old, remain evergreen.” (06/04/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/copernicus-at-500