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Americans' Support for Tariffs Plummets When They See Prices Rise
A new poll challenges the protectionist narrative currently dominating both sides of the political aisle.
San Francisco City Council Targets Free Speech To Cover Up Its Own Housing Failures
Desperate to control soaring rents, the city council bans rental data tools while ignoring its own role in the housing crisis.
Biden Opens the Floodgates on Weapons for the Middle East
The president is reversing a ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and advancing taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.
Charles Gasparino: 'Woke' Hypocrisy Is Hurting Businesses
The business journalist discusses his new book Go Woke, Go Broke and how CEOs accelerated corporate political activism only to regret its impact on the economy.
Emergency Contraception Fills in Massachusetts Spiked After This Policy Change
Making emergency contraception easier to get leads to more people getting emergency contraception. Who would've guessed?
Harris' Deceptive Ad Scandal
Plus: Subway crime stats, millennial wealth building, CNN roasted, and more...
Does Your State Let You Work Without Government Permission?
A new report ranks the states on their occupational licensing requirements.
2 Contradictory Decisions on AR-15 Bans Reflect Clashing Views of Supreme Court Precedents
Does the Second Amendment allow the government to ban guns in common use for lawful purposes?
The Best of Reason: Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be President
The former California senator and prosecutor has a long record of pushing illiberal policies.
Tim Walz's Other Stolen Valor Scandal
The Minnesota governor is being hailed as a YIMBY zoning reformer despite doing nothing of consequence on the issue.
Lawsuit Challenges Florida Lab-Grown Meat Ban
The ban was "enacted with the express purpose of insulating Florida agricultural businesses from innovative, out-of-state competition," according to the suit.
Trump Falsely Claims That 'Homicides Are Skyrocketing,' an Imaginary Trend He Blames on Kamala Harris
Trump's campaign dismisses recent crime data while glossing over the fact that he was president during the huge homicide spike in 2020.
California's AI Bill Threatens To Derail Open-Source Innovation
The bill’s sweeping regulations could leave developers navigating a legal minefield and potentially halt progress in its tracks.
The Housing Theory of Childless Cat Ladies
Would a YIMBY building boom rejuvenate urban family life or produce sterile, megacity hellscapes?
Can Nostr Make Twitter's Dreams Come True?
Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network.
Actually, Interviewing Presidential Candidates Is a Good Thing
Plus: RFK Jr. thrown off the N.Y. ballot, Ukraine advances into Russia, and more...
Replacing the 7 Dwarfs in Snow White With CGI Is Not 'Progressive'
Disney said they wanted to "avoid reinforcing stereotypes." The company's solution was to take away roles from a group that has almost no opportunity in Hollywood.
Tim Walz Is Another Big-Government Liberal
Plus: A listener asks the editors about tariffs and subsidies in the manufacture of electric vehicles.
60 Percent of Voters Want Kamala Harris To Abandon Bidenonomics
A new survey suggests that neither Harris nor Donald Trump have won over a majority of voters with their respective economic visions.
Iran Hawks Are Falling for the 'Evil Wizard' Theory of Geopolitics
Assassinating enemy leaders isn’t a silver bullet for solving international conflict.
Lawsuit Claims Indiana Unconstitutionally Seizes Millions in Cash From FedEx Packages Every Year
The Institute for Justice says Indianapolis police and prosecutors are exploiting one of the biggest FedEx hubs in the U.S. to seize cash for alleged crimes they never explain.
5 Years of Chicago Police Misconduct Cost Taxpayers Almost $400 Million
Repeat offenders accounted for over 40 percent of the hefty cost.
FDA Declines To Approve MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy as a PTSD Treatment
The FDA, which approved the protocols for the studies it now questions, is asking for an additional Phase 3 clinical trial, which would take years and millions of dollars.
Texas Might Soon Become the First State To Execute Someone Based on Disputed 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' Evidence
Texas has set an October 17 execution date for Robert Roberson, convicted in 2003 of murdering his 2-year-old daughter.
At State Legislatures Summit, Groups Lobby for Changes to Sex Work Laws
"The conversations are overwhelmingly productive and positive," says a representative from Decriminalize Sex Work.
Hacker News
Plus: Guided missile submarine sent to the Middle East, European tourism controversies, and more...
A 'Reformist' Legal Expert Calls for a Surveillance State
A lawyer who should know better wants to ignore the history of snooping cops to fight guns and crime.
Brickbats: August/September 2024
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
The Republican Radical Who Helped Launch the Gay Rights Movement
Dorr Legg saw the government as homosexuals' enemy.
The Secret Committee Behind America's Prohibition Comeback
Washington bureaucrats are rewriting the rules on drinking, and a hidden panel of unelected officials could be paving the way for Prohibition 2.0.
What Causes Capitalism?
British economist Geoffrey M. Hodgson argues private property and individual enterprise fueled the Great Enrichment.
A Lawsuit by Christian Zionists Says Biden's West Bank Sanctions Violate the First Amendment
By targeting "persons undermining peace, security, and stability," the plaintiffs argue, the president is threatening to punish people for opposing a two-state solution.
U.K. Politicians Target Social Media To Deflect From Riots and Civil Unrest
As Britain grapples with riots, politicians shift focus to “holding tech accountable” by pushing for censorship and sidestepping the deeper issues fueling the chaos.
Venezuela's Repression Is Modeled on Horror Movies
The Maduro regime is broadcasting disturbing videos of its crackdown on dissent, featuring clips from Saw and music from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Texas School Bans All-Black Clothing, Claims It's Associated With 'Mental Health Issues'
In a letter sent to parents, school officials say the clothing is more "associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and healthy kids ready to learn."
Mike Pence's Sensible (and Probably Doomed) Plan To Fix the National Debt
Lawmakers must be willing to reform so-called "mandatory spending," Pence's nonprofit argues in a new document.
Biden's DHS Halting Migrant Program Raises Border Security Concerns
Suspending the parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela could increase illegal entries and undermine border security.
California School Punishes First-Grader for a Drawing, Sparking Federal Lawsuit
The First Amendment case about a first-grader’s free speech rights is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Maduro's Tightening Grip
Plus: NYC's crazy rent control, goths under attack in El Paso, and more...
California's Unions Lost Their Long Battle Against Uber and Lyft
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that ridesharing drivers can be exempted from California's crackdown on independent contracting.
E.U. Regulations Made the CrowdStrike Fiasco Much Worse
The Brussels Effect makes meddlesome European regulations a global problem.
Pit Stop Policing Transforms Traffic Violations Into High-Stakes Drug Hunts
South Carolina's Operation Rolling Thunder targets cash and contraband but harasses guilty and innocent travelers alike.
