Author: nick

Social media messaging app Discord has agreed to a Texas court order requiring it to introduce the same age-verification it already uses in the United Kingdom. Within 90 days, Texas users will not be able to access certain content unless they are verified as adults. The agreement came after Texas sued Discord under its consumer-protection law, arguing that the platform did not do enough to protect children from sexual predators and other dangers. Discord does not admit wrongdoing, and the lawsuit will continue toward a trial in 2027. Source link

NA Below is my list of speaking engagements for the Fall 2026 semester. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public—and in person. The listed times are those in the time zone where the event is being held. I will likely add additional events and information to this post, as they are scheduled, and update details on existing ones. In the meantime if your university, think tank, research institute or other similar organization would like to invite me to speak (either virtually or in person) on any topic within my expertise, I am open for business!…

On August 5, longtime broadcaster and Fox News host Mark Levin posted on Twitter/X: I look forward to — indeed, am excited about — the debate between we, the constitutional conservatives/capitalists, and the nationalists-populists (or whatever nomenclature they settle on) in the lead up to the 2028 presidential primaries, including domestic and foreign policy,… — Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) August 5, 2026 Levin fancies himself a defender of free-market capitalism, standing strong against the wave of socialism sweeping both major political parties. Confident in his beliefs, Levin seeks to promote the virtues—both moral and economic—of voluntary cooperation between individuals. This…

Last June, two investigators employed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showed up at David Streever’s house in Rochester, New York. Streever was not home, so they left him a note. That note, presented as an official warning from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is at the center of a First Amendment lawsuit that Streever filed last month, alleging that ICE agents investigated and threatened him based on his constitutionally protected criticism of their boss. This month, the government responded to Streever’s lawsuit, confirming his allegations while attempting to rebut them. On January 26, two days after DHS agents…

You read here and there that Kushner and Witkoff’s undertakings with Moscow and Tehran reflect a diplomatic “style.” On we go to the normalization of stupidity and hubris as merely a new form of statecraft. Jared Kushner, investor and founder of Affinity Partners on left with the U.S. president’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff on right in foreground, in Moscow in December 2025. In background is Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. (Kremlin) By Patrick LawrenceSpecial to Consortium News Ours is an age of “normalization” — the gradual if not subtle acceptance as normal of realities that are objectionably,…

From a pure free-market, Austrian, and public choice perspective, the long-term demographic decline of the native-born population is not an accidental social phenomenon. It is the predictable consequence of government growth, fiscal dominance, and irresponsible monetary expansion. When state spending exceeds tax revenues, the resulting deficits, inflation, and market distortions create structural disincentives that make multi-decade capital commitments—such as having and raising children—increasingly irrational for economic actors. From a strict market perspective, the declining birth rate of the domestic population is an unintended structural feedback loop of state expansion. Government overspending debases the medium of exchange and inflates core living…

The two leading candidates are running to replace Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), whose second term expires next year. Source link

“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.” Trump’s reason for supposedly, and in unspecified ways, downsizing the annual “Ulchi Freedom Shield” exercise is that South Korea has been insufficiently supportive of his  war against Iran. That doesn’t seem like a very good reason … but there ARE good reasons, and it’s a tiny move in the correct direction of drawing down…

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth break down consequential primary races in Florida and Alaska, antisemitism on the political right, the growing backlash against Flock surveillance cameras, and JB Pritzker’s proposed Illinois toll hike. Later, AEI’s Nick Eberstadt joins the show to discuss Trump’s frustration with South Korea, his renewed overtures to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and the risks a strained U.S.-South Korea alliance could create in Asia.Listen live weekdays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel 111, or on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or other platforms.00:00 — Opening: Primary Day…

The midterm elections present a stark choice for voters: common-sense Republican leadership versus radical Democratic extremism. Source link