Weekly Roundup - Top Articles and Commentary from Week 17 of 2026

 

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week.

• The RFK Panic vs The Reality of Results
  
• The Welfare State: Compassion or Quiet Damage
  
• Are Europe's Leaders Undermining the West
  
• Trial by Media: The Troubling Optics Of The Roberts-Smith Case
  
• Another AI video featuring Trump singing a spoof on "Bohemian Rhapsody" 
• What If The Cure Is Not Profitable?
  
• De-escalate, De-escalate: Australia's Dalek Diplomacy
  
• Must see fantastic achievement in humanoid robotics, or,  more likely, in realistic AI video creation.

• The Heat Myth:What The Data Actually Shows
  

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