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From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de Moxos, northern Bolivia, appears as a disconnected patchwork of open grassland savannahs, forest islands and lakes. It feels random, almost unreadable. Only gradually does the pattern resolve itself: raised causeways or paths fanning out to link the forest islands, and a dense, scattered web of canals threading the terrain. Slowly you realise it’s a structured network of intersecting lines, enclosures and roads – the imprint of past human design. Aerial view of Llanos de Moxos.…

On June 18, in United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the prohibition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) of firearm possession by a person who is “an unlawful user of” a controlled substance violates the Second Amendment as applied to one who used marijuana “about every other day.”  Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson.  Justice Alito concurred in the judgment, joined by Justice Kagan. Under Bruen, the provision burdens conduct presumptively protected by the Second Amendment because it bans a class of people from possessing…

In October 2024, logistics operators working near the Port of Rotterdam began documenting a sequence of irregularities that, at the time, appeared too mundane to attract serious public attention. Several cargo manifests connected to industrial electronics and refrigeration systems were abruptly rerouted through secondary terminals without explanation, while temporary storage contracts — normally renewed monthly — were quietly extended for periods exceeding six months. Within the shipping sector, delays are not uncommon, especially during periods of geopolitical tension or fluctuating fuel costs. What unsettled certain analysts, however, was not the existence of disruptions themselves, but the strangely synchronized manner in…

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Last week I recorded a FedSoc forum with Professor Jesse Merriam at Patrick Henry College. The topic was “No Enemies to the Right? Antisemitism and the Big Tent.” Usually, when I do one of these events, I am talking about something newsworthy. But this forum was a bit more personal, as I was the newsworthy event. I discuss my resignation from Heritage, and provide some updates of what has happened since. This video is worth watching. Source link

What affordability discourse gets wrong: “Nearly half of U.S. families couldn’t afford basic necessities in 2024, report finds,” reads an NPR headline from last week. “Half of Americans can’t afford to dine out or vacation in a cost of living crisis,” reads a Fortune headline from a few months ago. Meanwhile, Axios reports that “sewer socialism” is catching on across the country, describing it as an approach that “focuses on expanding government programs for the public good, like affordable housing, child care and public transportation.” Technically, “sewer socialism” is a very old term that’s just being co-opted now to refer more vaguely to…

An ad by Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff says his Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, revealed information about President Donald Trump and the Epstein files. The ad said Collins covered for Trump and other powerful men when he voted against releasing the Epstein files, a cache of documents and recordings released by the federal government beginning in December 2025 from investigations of financier and deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Collins “even admitted Trump was in the files,” the June 17 ad said. Ossoff’s ad includes a clip of Collins saying: “Yeah, I’m sure he’s in there.”  The Collins audio was…

A new Colorado law has raised the hackles of a coalition of gun owners in the state, leading them to challenge its constitutionality in federal court. Signed into law on June 2 by Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, the Requirements for Firearms Dealers Act requires all gun sellers in the state to allow any “duly authorized peace officer” to inspect their sales records “at all times.” The bill follows in the footsteps of 11 other states and Washington, D.C., by extending the state’s record-keeping requirements for firearms dealers to all retail transactions, including transfers. Dealers will be required to note…

The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief has said he swears that the Ebola outbreak “can be stopped.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, proclaiming that the spread of this disease can be stopped, so long as warring faction lay down their weapons and commit to a ceasefire. Ghebreyesus added that no conflict is worth condemning people to death over a preventable disease, accoridng to a report by The Guardian. That means humanitarian efforts should be a first step toward containment.  He solidified his stance when writing on X on Wednesday, saying, “Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on…

From Judge Kyle Dudek (M.D. Fla.) today in Reilly v. U.S. Att’y Gen.: This case presents a conflict between individual rights and executive sovereignty. On one side are liberties guaranteed by the First and Fifth Amendments—specifically, the right of a public employee to be free from political viewpoint discrimination and the foundational promise of due process. On the other side sits an equally formidable principle of structural governance: the Executive Branch’s exclusive Article II authority to control access to national security secrets. The friction between these two forces becomes acute when, as here, a plaintiff alleges that the Executive Branch…