New Evidence Suggests Better Treatment Is Contributing to Falling COVID-19 Fatality Rates
Even after adjusting for age and comorbidities, researchers in New York and England found large improvements in patient survival.
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Justice Department Will Let Local Cops Wear Body Cameras in Task Force Raids
It's an improvement over the status quo. But time will tell how frequently the feds try to suppress important footage.
Survey: Parents Are Vastly More Satisfied With In-Person Education Than Distance Learning
Low-income kids were most likely to get online-only instruction, according to Pew.
Joe Biden Should Stop Bragging About the Violence Against Women Act
The Democratic nominee championed the law as a way to protect women. Instead, it hurt them.
The U.S. Economy Grew by an Astonishing 33% in the Third Quarter. That's Still Not Enough To Reverse COVID-19's Damage.
Plus: Trump's best work was done by others, how that Carrier deal is looking four years later, and more...
Meat Bills Are on the Menu in Congress
America's meat supply has been hammered by COVID-19 outbreaks at many of the nation's largest meat processing plants, but Congress can solve this by reducing onerous regulations.
Dishonest Politics and Coronavirus Relief
Why people continue to trust government officials is a mystery.
A Big Tech Hearing As Pointless and Performative As Every Other One
Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey faced the music. The tune is becoming familiar.
Is 'King Solar' Now the Cheapest Electricity Source Ever?
Yes, and it's only going to get cheaper.
Protests and Looting Continue After Philadelphia Cops Fatally Shoot a Knife-Wielding Man Experiencing a 'Mental Crisis'
Walter Wallace's family says the officers could have defused the situation without using lethal force.
Morris P. Fiorina: Why 'Electoral Chaos' Is Here To Stay
Whether Trump or Biden wins, the Stanford political scientist says "unstable majorities" will persist in the coming decade.
White House Says 'President Trump's Coronavirus Response Has Saved Over 2 Million Lives'
That claim is wildly implausible and contradicted by the president's suggestion that COVID-19 was never much of a threat.
Need Proof That Encryption Backdoors Lead to Hacking? It Happened to Our Own Government.
The National Security Agency arranged for security systems to be secretly compromised. Then the Chinese government allegedly found its way in.
Invoking Scalia, Sotomayor Presses for Broad Fourth Amendment Protections
The Supreme Court weighs police shootings and unreasonable seizures in Torres v. Madrid.
A New Round of COVID-19 Restrictions Drives Illinois Eateries to Rebellion
Who could have predicted that intolerable rules won’t be tolerated?
Bitcoin and the End of History
The final installment in a four-part documentary series "Cypherpunks Write Code"
Mark Zuckerberg to Congress: Please Regulate Us (Wink, Wink)
Plus: Unrest and looting in Philadelphia after the police shoot and kill a black man, Trump supporters stranded in Omaha, Biden faces new corruption allegations, and more...
Intellectually Disabled 33-Year-Old Man Lands on the Sex Offender Registry After Trivial Incident
"Residence restrictions do not decrease and are not a deterrent for sexual recidivism."
Don't Freak Out About the Election
The most important parts of life happen outside of politics.
These DUI Laws Are an Irrational Hangover From Pot Prohibition
States should stop treating sober cannabis consumers as public menaces.
Does the Supreme Court Need Fixing? If So, Why and How?
Decisions that progressives don't like are not necessarily a sign that something has gone horribly wrong.
California's Rent Control Ballot Initiative Getting Crushed in New Poll
Only 37 percent of voters said they support Prop. 21, which would give local governments more power to limit rent hikes.
Sacha Baron Cohen, Rudy Giuliani, and the Death of 'Disinformation' As a Useful Term
The Hunter Biden story has exposed the media's selective skepticism.
California Restaurants Want Fee Money Back From a Government That Isn't Letting Them Operate to Capacity
Restaurants in five counties are threatening legal action.
Illinois' Governor Begs Citizens To Let Government Tax Them Even More
Lawmakers are bribing citizens with a tiny tax break in exchange for the power to jack up income tax rates down the line.
11 Trillion Reasons To Fear Joe Biden's Presidency
The former vice president's vision of an all-powerful government goes far beyond massive spending and tax hikes.
Should We Abolish Fossil Fuels to Stop Global Warming? A Soho Forum Debate
Jeff Nesbit vs. Bjorn Lomborg on the threat of climate change and what should be done about it
To Ban Evictions During COVID-19, the CDC Demands Huge Expansion of Executive Power
A mounting number of lawsuits are challenging the Trump administration's claim that it can adopt any policy it deems reasonably necessary to combat the pandemic.
Think This Election Will End Up in Front of the Supreme Court? It's Already There.
Plus: Fewer Americans are watching sports, Milton Friedman's powerful TV series turns 40, Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court, and more...
Surprise: DOJ Is Not a Big Fan of Privacy-Preserving Cryptocurrencies
Privacy is a right, not a “high risk” and “possibly criminal” activity
Shrooms Are on the D.C. Ballot
The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they're optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.
The Senate Has Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
All Democrats voted in opposition, making Barrett's confirmation the most partisan since Reconstruction.
'CASES, CASES, CASES … Cases are up because TESTING is way up,' Tweets the President
COVID-19 Cases are increasing faster than is testing, and that's not "fake news."
What Will President Biden Do to Us?
The Reason Roundtable war-games the domestic policies of the likeliest next administration.
Elections Can't Cure a Sick Political Culture
Letting America’s feuding tribes ignore each other might be the best medicine.
Utah Legislator: If You Don't Want to Be Attacked by Police Dogs, 'Stay Home'
The state legislature is considering reforms in response to the use of dogs against cooperative suspects.
Amy Coney Barrett on Lochner and the 14th Amendment
The Supreme Court nominee weighs in on a famous case.
A Look at America's Most Corrupt Police
A new book shows how the Baltimore Police Department let dirty cops flourish right under its nose.
California's Proposition 22 Would Save Jobs and Help Consumers. Legislators Won't Listen.
State lawmakers want Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees. A majority of drivers disagree.
Milton Friedman's Free to Choose Proved Capitalism Is Superior to Socialism
Forty years later, the libertarian Nobel laureate's PBS series is still winning hearts and minds.
Mark Meadows: 'We're Not Going To Control the Pandemic'
Plus: Libertarian mayor cancels speeding tickets, businesses don't fear Biden presidency, Senate prepares to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, and more...
This Judge Is Wrong About Economic Liberty and the Constitution
Perhaps Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht ought to read more history, starting with the speeches of the late Rep. John Bingham.
