Are your opinions based more on hot takes or real ideas? Liberty spends the first half of this episode discussing why young adults are more likely to build their worldview on a foundation of “takes” rather than carefully considered ideas. This results from things like social media algorithms to changes in the way modern classrooms teach English and literature.

Exploring the failures of degreed experts in today’s political landscape and their impact on America.

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – July 2, 2025 For years, progressives have been assured by those they trust that America is comprehensively defective. The latest polling reflects this. As he groped for a rationale to justify Luigi Mangione’s psychotic act of human sacrifice, Senator Bernie Sanders settled on the notion that premeditated murder, while a crime, was a logical response to America’s...

Examining Zohran Mamdani’s claims and contradictions regarding his views on police funding and communism.

What a stroke of luck!

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – June 30, 2025 The tax cuts don’t add $3.3 trillion to deficits under current tax policy. The Senate on Monday began its “vote-a-rama” on amendments to the tax bill, and it was scheduled to go deep in the night. But before we see the final product, it’s worth rehearsing one more time one...

Reflecting on the cleanliness of America compared to other nations after recent travels.

By: Heather Mac Donald – wsj.com – June 19, 2025 A judge shrugged off ‘some stray violent incidents.’ Los Angeles police sources tell a very different story. The day before, according to the commander I interviewed, a mob of several dozen surrounded two ICE agents taking an illegal alien into custody on Vermont Boulevard. Six men jumped out of a...

The judicial insurrection worsened as Judge Brian Murphy issued a ruling apparently defying even the Supreme Court itself.

The work is unfinished, but we shouldn’t understate the significance of the ruling three years ago today.