Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The constitutionally anomalous status of broadcasting invites government meddling.” (for publication 02/26)

https://reason.com/2026/01/18/how-the-fcc-became-the-speech-police/

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Kevin T Frazier

“President Donald Trump’s executive order on artificial intelligence invites analysis of a question so complex that it rarely gets asked: ‘What exactly do states have the authority to regulate?’ The current, somewhat trite answer is, ‘The residuary powers reserved under the Tenth Amendment.’ Omitting the legalese, that means that states can do whatever the federal government cannot. States have the power to look out for the health, safety, and welfare of their residents. Thus, for instance, they have the power to address local concerns through zoning laws, professional certifications via licensing regimes, and ensure public safety through law enforcement. These authorities make up what’s often referred to as a state’s ‘police powers.’ While this generic reading of state power is not necessarily wrong, it’s imprecise.” (01/16/26)

https://fee.org/articles/artificial-intelligence-in-the-united-states/

Source: Common Dreams
by Paul Shannon

“The Trump peace scheme is not an imperfect plan that at least ends the genocide in Gaza. It is in fact a new plan to continue the genocide using a different strategy. It poses a mortal threat to the survival of Palestinians in Gaza. However this plan is not being implemented in isolation from the massive Israeli attack on Palestinians in the West Bank, but in conjunction with it. We are now witnessing, not merely a messy and complicated ceasefire in Gaza and stepped up attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. Rather, we are witnessing a coordinated 2-pronged attack to destroy the very idea of Palestine. As a result we need to move from targeting the Gaza genocide as separate from what’s being done in the rest of Palestine to a focus on both Palestinian self-determination and opposing ongoing efforts to erase the reality of Palestinians as a people.” (01/18/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-peace-plan-genocide

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Why do so many U.S. Democrats, like some Europeans, want to outlaw X? The current stage of the U.S. assault on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter takes the form of senatorial demands that X be removed from iOS and Android app stores. Why the enmity? Well, under the ownership of Elon Musk, X lets people say and write stuff that Democrats dislike.” (01/16/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/01/16/hatingx/

Source: Coyote Blog
by Warren Meyer

“On my first read I found this Substack post from Michael Magoon, ‘How a Generation of Young Women Moved Left after 2010 — And Why’ both fascinating and off-putting. Fascinating because he has crafted a pretty believable theory why Western women — the free-est, most liberated, most educated, and richest women with the most personal agency in the history of the planet — have been radicalized towards the Left and particularly to Marxism. … There are a lot of parts to his theory and he shares a good bit of data, but the theory boils down to certain psychological traits amplified via social media.” (01/16/26)

https://coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2026/01/marketing-marxism.html