Sorry, Bernie Sanders, but Disney Doesn't Have To Apologize for Making $1.3 Billion with Avengers: Endgame
The Vermont socialist can muster a lot of emotional outrage at CEO pay, but his argument about a "moral economy" doesn't add up.
Month: April 2019
To Discourage Migration, Trump Orders Asylum Seekers Pay Fees to Apply
The plan is likely to backfire and cause more illegal border crossings by the people most desperately in need.
Video Shows Venezuelan Government Forces Slamming Armored Vehicles Into Protesters
More violence hit Venezuela today following opposition leader Juan Guaidó's calls for the military to abandon the Maduro government.
Save Stanford University Press
Stanford may be about to seriously damage one of the world's leading academic publishers, for what seem like very small budgetary savings.
House Democrats Back Bill That Would Result in 500,000 People Losing Health Insurance
A new Congressional Budget Office report shows the consequences of undoing Trump-era rules on less regulated health coverage.
Labor Department: Gig Workers Are Contractors, Not Employees
It's a common sense but crucial indication of how federal regulators classify workers who earn money through online platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit.
Bill Weld: Trump's Obstruction 'Goes Well Beyond Anything President Richard Nixon Ever Did'
With the Mueller report scaring off other GOP challengers, the special prosecutor's former boss calls on the president to resign, raises "millions," and continues to get drubbed in the polls.
Pelosi, Schumer Pitch Trump on Spendy, Protectionist Infrastructure Package
The president continues to move closer to Democratic proposals on infrastructure spending.
Columbia College Theater Students Feel Unsafe About White Students Getting Parts Written for Palestinians After None Tried Out
"It got to a place where nobody felt safe."
It Took Good Samaritans 2 Hours and $150 To Paint a Crosswalk That D.C. Ignored for 6 Months
Yet another example of private citizens taking it upon themselves to do what the government is incapable of.
Stossel: Inequality Myths
Contrary to what most of the media says, the poor are getting richer and income mobility is high.
Joe Biden Courts Blue Collar Voters, Says 'I Am a Union Man'
Plus: A young adult novelist changes her mind about capitulating to the sensitivity mob.
National injunctions and equitable mootness
The Ninth Circuit orders briefing on whether one national injunction moots another
The Feds Have Been Warehousing Wild Horses in Efforts to Preserve Them
A wild-animal preservation program has become a scheme for corralling captive beasts that bother cattle ranchers.
Circuit Split on Whether Autoerotic Asphyxiation = "Intentionally Self-Inflicted Injury"
And yet despite the split, I doubt that the Supreme Court would agree to take the case.
Chicago Impounds Innocent People's Cars and Soaks Them in Fines. Now It's Getting Sued
Following a Reason investigation into Chicago's punitive vehicle impound program, a new lawsuit alleges the practice violates Chicagoans constitutional rights.
Planned Lone-Wolf (?) Jihadist Attack in L.A. Thwarted
"Domingo discussed with the [confidential informant] different targets for an attack, including Jews, police officers, churches, and a military facility."
Injunction to Take Down Critical Sock Puppet Comments
Can a court block multiple statements that seem to come from several people, but that were actually all posted by one person?
Polls Say Biden, Bernie Could Beat Trump. Should You Believe Them?
Here's six reasons why early 2020 polls are likely underestimating Trump's strengths and overestimating his opponents'
Guantanamo Bay Prison Commander Fired Weeks Before Scheduled Departure
Navy Rear Admiral John Ring's legacy will likely be defined by his funding requests to build a new prison for aging inmates.
The Satanic Temple Sues After a City Rejects Its Pentagram-Covered Veteran Monument
The group takes its First Amendment crusade to a public park in Minnesota.
Democratic Contenders Apologize for Everything Except Their Lousy Economic Policies
Being a presidential candidate means never having to say sorry for heavy-handed proposals to limit choice and promise free stuff.
Colorado's New 'Red Flag' Law Illustrates the Pitfalls of Disarming People Based on Their Future Behavior
The process for obtaining "extreme risk protection orders" that take away people's Second Amendment rights is rigged against gun owners from the outset.
Minneapolis' Mayor Wants to End 'Warrior' Training That Teaches Cops to Treat Us All Like Threats
The local police union promises to defy him.
Here's What's in Beto O'Rourke's $5 Trillion Plan To Fight Climate Change
O'Rourke wants net-zero emissions by 2050.
Grassley to Trump: End the Tariffs or We'll Kill Your NAFTA Rewrite
A key senator issues the sort of binary, transactional choice that Trump seems to prefer. Will the POTUS listen?
Florida Bill Would Ban Cities From Requiring Developers to Build Affordable Housing
"When you start having mandates and [the] state setting price controls, you create all kinds of distortions in the market."
The Immorality of Student Loan Forgiveness and Free College
If you or your parents can afford to pay your way, you should.
Might Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Disappear?
A major environmental case might settle before the Supreme Court has the chance to review it.
Harris Wants to Ban Right-to-Work Laws, Chooses Union Endorsements Over Worker Well-Being
Plus: life after ISIS, Kansas says state constitution guarantees abortion access, and more...
Cancel Culture Comes for Counterculture Comics
Today it's creators, not cops, who want to banish R. Crumb, onetime king of the comics underground.
The Long Night Is Over on Game of Thrones, but the Real Villain Is Still Coming
This is a show about politics, and the big bad isn't the Night King. It's Cersei Lannister.
A Vivid Description of the Needless Suffering Caused by Laws Banning Organ Markets
A recent Canadian Broadcasting Corporation article describes the travails of a man and his family who have waited eight years for a kidney transplant. Such needless pain could be eliminated by legalizing organ markets.
The Problem With Nudging People to Happiness
Cass Sunstein's latest book puts a lot of faith in the efficacy of government to structure our choices.
It's Roadkill Season, and That Tasty Carcass Isn't Getting Any Deader
New laws allow Americans to belly up to the asphalt buffet.
The Telegraph Was America's First Singularity
Technological leaps and political upheaval go together like spaghetti and meatballs.
The Rights and Wrongs of Electoral Interference
Russia's interference in the 2016 election was wrong. But the reasons why are harder to pin down than you might think. Not all foreign interference in elections is unjustified. Far from it, in fact.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Tire chalking, evidence tampering, and robocalls.
Rand Paul, on a Prospective Justin Amash Presidential Run: 'The Electoral Prospects Don't Look That Good'
The libertarian-leaning senator also discusses his long, uphill fight to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.
Teen Heart Transplant Leads to Broody Chills in Chambers
Netflix show gives an old horror trope new life. Also, there’s Uma Thurman.
Mother Arrested for Letting Child Take Lyft to School
A New Orleans rapper is charged with child desertion after letting her five-year-old son take a Lyft by himself to school.
Hail Satan? A New Documentary Depicts Devil Worshipers as Unlikely Defenders of the First Amendment
Director Penny Lane chronicles the rise of the Satanic Temple, a group that combines theatrical stunts with political activism.
