Author: nick

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[ad_1] Trump says he wants “few people killed,” then talks like bombing Iran is a weekly calendar event. That contradiction is where we start, because the public narrative around the Iran war keeps snapping from all-out threats to last-minute “negotiations” as deadlines magically extend. I walk through why that cycle looks less like strategy and more like a president boxed in by bad options, public messaging, and allies with their own priorities. From there, we get into the part most outlets blur: the difference between political victory laps and what US intelligence and reporting suggest on the ground. If Iran…

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[ad_1] In my book, in defense of considerably more constitutional protection for student speech, I make an autonomy-enhancing argument, relying not only on the importance of respect for student autonomy on the part of school authorities, implying that in almost all circumstances, students should be able to say what they want to say and how they want to say it, without fear of being punished. I also underscore the extent to which the exercise of free speech rights over time can help students develop their autonomous capacities, as speakers, listeners, and thinkers. That is not to say that other free…

[ad_1] Officials say that the Board of Peace fund, intended to provide aid to the Palestinian people and rebuild Gaza, is empty.  In October, Hamas and Israel signed a peace agreement brokered by President Donald Trump. The agreement established a Board of Peace chaired by the President, provided a pathway to end the Israeli war against Gaza, and established a fund to rebuild the Palestinian territory.  Trump initially demanded that all countries pay a $1 billion fee to sit on the Board. Many countries have rejected Washington’s invitation, with some fearing the Board’s plan for the Palestinian people will be…

[ad_1] Today’s guest is Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth, the author of Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work. He talks with Nick Gillespie about why some voluntary transactions provoke moral outrage even when no one is being directly harmed. Roth explains why black markets often emerge when governments try to ban activities with persistent demand, why both markets and prohibitions require social support to function, and how unintended consequences can make moralistic policies backfire. They discuss the war on drugs, prostitution, surrogacy, same-sex marriage, price gouging, and why Iran remains…

[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday, May 11, that it will loan 53 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to petroleum companies in an effort to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict with Iran, according to a DOE news release. [1] Deliveries will begin immediately, with the oil flowing between June and August as gasoline demand peaks during the summer driving season. [1] The release is part of a coordinated international effort by the 32-member nations of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to stabilize prices that have frequently exceeded $100 per barrel since the…

[ad_1] When President Donald Trump announced broad and arbitrary import taxes last April—tariffs that the Supreme Court would later determine were illegal—he said they would uplift domestic producers, even though many economists predicted the opposite. More than a year later, Americans can safely say that the economists were right. Trump’s tariffs have not only failed in their central aim—to bring manufacturing jobs back to America—they’ve also hurt Americans across a range of economic sectors, including agriculture. That’s the latest analysis from the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Agricultural Trade Monitor, which recently found that between March 2025 and February 2026,…

[ad_1] The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a report showing that it will take the US two to three years to replace the weapons used during the Iran war.  In the first six weeks of the US war against Iran, the Pentagon used significant portions of its advanced interceptors and standoff munitions. CSIS estimates it will take the US a year to rebuild its stockpile of JSSAM and PrSM missiles, two years to replace SM-3 and SM-6 missiles, and three or more years to replenish its Patriot and THAAD interceptors.  CSIS argued that the war against Iran…