The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg, 10/28/26
Source: The Dispatch
“What’s Wrong with France? | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams.” (10/28/26)
Free Speech Unmuted, 10/27/26
Source: Hoover Institution
“Do You Have A Right To Privacy On Public Roads? | Orin Kerr On Flock Cameras.” (10/27/26)
The Politics of Equality, the Politics of Autonomy
Source: Liberal Currents
by Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis
“There is no shortage of agreement that liberalism, in the face of fascist authoritarianism and reactionary backslide, is in crisis. And there has been no end of rationalizations, responses, and reactions to this crisis, both from within and from without. These range from the reactionaries themselves, who (at least the more articulate ones) claim that liberalism has produced atomization, social decay, and national disintegration, to the farther left, who claim that liberalism has been a destabilizing economic force that has placed economic efficiency over human flourishing, and to those within liberalism itself, where some argue that liberalism has prioritized identity or self-expression over promoting a unified vision of the good life. While the quality and veracity of those critiques vary, I do believe that liberalism, as a political program, has not been good enough at answering them.” (10/28/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics-of-equality-the-politics-of-autonomy/
No, CNN Did Not “Defame” Cenk Uygur by Trashing his Anti-Israel Ad
Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
“A new ad running to support Democrat senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan has been widely denounced as anti-Semitic for suggesting that Jews are taking food from Americans. The ad is the work of Rebellion PAC, a political action committee co-founded by The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. Uygur has now struck out at CNN over a panel discussion that trashed the segment and called it clearly defamatory. For a torts teacher, the claim popped this story to the top of my pile, and I thought it was worthy of addressing. The CNN segment is manifestly not defamatory. Whatever grievance that he may have with the network, it is not a legal one.” (10/28/26)
Serbia: Man shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Serbian police shot dead a young man outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade in the early hours of Wednesday after what authorities called ‘a terrorist attack’. The country’s interior minister, Ivica Dacic, said the attacker had rushed at a police officer with two knives while shouting the phrase ‘Allahu Akbar!’. The officer sustained a minor knife wound to the face and shot the attacker. Dacic said the suspect has not been identified, but he was a minor and Serbian citizen who was being monitored by security services as he was ‘known to be a supporter of the Islamic State’. Speaking to reporters outside the embassy, Dacic said an investigation is ongoing, but security services said the suspect had posted a picture of the Islamic State flag on his Instagram.” (10/28/26)
AI Brings Back Public Trust
Source: Persuasion
by Dan Williams
“The bots are balanced where social media isn’t.” (10/28/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/ai-can-save-the-public-sphere
Politics Politics Politics, 10/27/26
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“The Midterm Map MADNESS to Beat Them All (with Evan Scrimshaw and Ryan Jakubowski).” (10/27/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/the-midterm-map-madness-to-beat-them
North Korea: Kim Jong Un tells commanders to prepare for war as border tensions rise
Source: United Press International
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on military commanders to intensify training to prepare for war, state-run media reported Wednesday, as tensions persist along the inter-Korean border. … Kim praised company leaders as the foundation of the military’s strength and urged them to redouble efforts to improve their units’ combat capabilities. He was joined by senior military officials, including Pak Jong Chon, vice chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission, Defense Minister Kim Song Gi and military chief of staff Ri Yong Gil.” (10/28/26)
Not a One-Time Thing
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Proposition 40, in California, calls itself — in the title — a one-time tax. But does anyone truly believe that? … The Democratic Socialists of America have endorsed it, not just because it’s a tax targeted against the rich — but because they want it to be much more than a one-time thing. Those who love total government are insatiable in their lust for other people’s money.” (10/27/260
In the Balkans, a victory for political humility
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“Just three decades ago, Serbia was the most warmongering place in Europe. On Sunday night, its capital, Belgrade, was the scene of a celebration of peace and joy after parliamentary elections turned out an autocratic ruling party, in a win for a student movement that has no leader and largely put up nonstudent candidates. Most of the student movement’s winning candidates hold doctorate degrees, of whom 44% are women. The Student List, as it’s called, now faces the task of bringing transparency and accountability to a government soaked in crony corruption. Its success in better governance could ricochet across the Balkan states after centuries of violent ethnic rivalries. ‘Serbia is a normal country again,’ Andjela Markovic, a nurse from Belgrade, told the London-based Financial Times. ‘We proved that we can be just like any other nation, where people love their country and love each other even when they disagree.'” (10/27/26)