That Weird California Computer Ban Isn't What It Appears to Be. It's Dumber.
An attempt to reduce idle electricity consumption actually incentivizes selling more powerful equipment.
An attempt to reduce idle electricity consumption actually incentivizes selling more powerful equipment.
The ban hasn't prevented deadly drunk driving incidents, but it is hamstringing bars and restaurants hurt by COVID shutdowns.
A new book pulls the curtain back—but only partway.
Shary Flenniken portrayed her comic strip characters "with a complete lack of adult-world moralizing or editorial restraint."
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The comedian and podcaster talks about running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination and his beef with Reason.
Engaging peacefully with someone who history says you should hate is no small task, but sports make it possible.
It isn't an embarrassment. It isn't heroism. It just is.
The popular podcaster and comedian on the future of the Libertarian Party, his vaccine hesitancy, and fighting the culture war
Trump's critics fault him for fomenting division. The left's efforts to drive people of faith from the public square are making the problem worse.
Around half a million Americans are stuck at any given time in pretrial detention, often because they can’t afford freedom.
Plus: Adam Smith invented the social software for modern liberalism, the U.K. invites more skilled immigrants, and more...
The Olympics are a great sports event. But there is no reason to tolerate the massive public subsidies, forced displacement of populations, and propaganda coups for authoritarian regimes that go along with them.
What happened when some indigenous people took their lands back from the state
Language regarding seed exchanges could violate contracts.
No, there isn’t really much more to this deservedly forgotten film.
A bill signed into law this month in Illinois and one awaiting governor approval in New Hampshire would let kids sell non-alcoholic beverages outside their homes.
Government domination of education has bred distrust and conflict.
A dumb movie with a dumb name based on a dumb idea.
Culture war bills signed into law in Arkansas, West Virginia, and Tennessee run afoul of Constitution, federal law.
Why postwar culture from Jack Kerouac to Andy Warhol to James Baldwin to Susan Sontag to Yoko Ono battled boundaries hemming them in.
"They're arresting people at their homes."
"Claiming that kind of victimhood gives them a sense of belonging, of togetherness."
Warning people about the dangers of raw meat doesn't require prohibiting the practice.
There is more to Showtime's The End than the ways and means of self-destruction, but perhaps not much.
From the other side of the world, the regime plots ways to chill free speech.
A new law allows cash-strapped districts to send students to private religious schools.
Plus: Judge rules against Roy Moore in Sacha Baron Cohen lawsuit, federal marijuana legalization bill allegedly arriving soon, and more...
The controversial author on her acclaimed and condemned book, being deplatformed, and the future of free expression in an increasingly polarized marketplace of ideas
Plus: Texas parolee prosecuted for voting, tales from the eviction moratorium, and more...
Polling finds wide support for draconian lockdowns and permanent restrictions.
More than 30 venues, some of which predate the Olympics but many of which were purpose-built at public expense, will be occupied solely by coaches, athletes, and judges.
Religious families aren’t the only ones seeking escape from endless curriculum wars.
The Fox News pundit’s emails were probably reviewed legally—and that’s part of the problem.
Is the biggest brand in movies better off on the small screen?
The Irreversible Damage author talks about getting deplatformed from Target and her support for gender-reassignment interventions.
Opposed by LGBT and pro-choice advocacy groups, the measure allows doctors to refuse to perform treatments on moral grounds
Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for marijuana use highlights an arbitrary distinction that makes less sense than ever before.
"It is reasonable and appropriate for curriculum to be informed by academic frameworks..."
New marketing restrictions on junk food will affect bottom lines, not waist lines.
Banning the American sprinter from the Olympics for using marijuana is completely ridiculous.
Another lifeless pseudo-blockbuster goes straight to streaming.
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