As Facebook Crumbles, the Case for Breaking It Up Is Weaker Than Ever
The site is clearly in trouble and the government doesn't need to step in.
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FDA Vaccine Approval Delays Are Deadly
The vaccines seem to be working well, but the FDA isn't.
A Cop Killed a Suicidal Man and Got Qualified Immunity. Justice Sotomayor Isn't Happy About It.
Qualified immunity "does not protect an officer who inflicts deadly force on a person who is only a threat to himself."
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Louisiana's Defense of a Law That Stamped 'SEX OFFENDER' on Driver's Licenses
The policy imposed an additional form of ritual humiliation on a reviled category of people without any plausible public-safety justification.
Our Looming Trillion Dollar Doom
Plus: the unintended consequences of mandating COVID vaccines for students
Biden's China Trade Policy Is Littered With Contradictions
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai stresses the need for American competitiveness at the same time that the White House is pushing huge tax increases on U.S. businesses. And that's just the start.
California Returns Beach Property Wrongly Taken From Black Family via Eminent Domain
The government confiscated Bruce's Beach at racists' behest.
The Collapsing Federal Prostitution Case Against Backpage.com
Federal Judge Susan Brnovich was recently forced to declare a mistrial, which was a bad sign for the prosecution.
New York's Straw Law Will Fine Business for Giving Out Unsolicited Straws, and Also for Not Having Enough Straws
Those much-maligned single-use plastics had a brief reprieve during the pandemic. Now they're back in politicians' sights.
SCOTUS, Under Fire From Left and Right, Is Back in Session With Guns and Abortion on the Docket
The justices robe up for another term.
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Fell Significantly in September
Plus: Why partisans want civil war, Biden's comptroller pick yearns for the USSR, and more...
Public Health Officials Blew Up Their Credibility, and We're Paying the Price
Vaccine hesitancy can, in part, be laid at the feet of experts who betrayed the public’s trust.
The Unexpected, Predictable End of the War in Afghanistan
The bloody, tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan was a predictable disaster. It was also an incredible, surprising anti-war victory.
Anthony Fauci Says It's 'Too Soon To Tell' Whether Christmas Parties Will Be Allowed
Overcautious health officials are living on another planet.
How the CDC Became America's Landlord
Pandemic bans on evictions were supposed to be a temporary measure, but politicians keep extending them.
South Korea Considers Banning Dog Meat
Talk of a ban follows declining popularity of dog as a restaurant dish.
Victims of Rights-Violating California Cops May Finally Get Justice in Court
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 2 into law, despite some objections from police unions.
USPS Implements New Business Plan of Higher Prices and Worse Service
The postal service is trying to get its fiscal house in order. It's also alienating large shippers of first-class mail.
California Business Owners Sue Gov. Newsom Over the Lockdowns
How far do "emergency powers" really extend?
For Halloween, CBS Unearths CSI: Vegas to Stalk the World Once More
Also, a sitcom about ghosts!
The FDA Is Determined To Ignore the Decline in Underage Vaping Because It Weakens the Case for New Restrictions
The agency seems inclined to ban the vaping products that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer because teenagers also like them.
The FBI's Secret FISA Court Surveillance Applications Are Chock Full of Screw-Ups
More than 400 problems were found with 29 warrant requests, twice the number previously revealed.
The Excessive, Unjust Enforcement of Petty Traffic Laws Causes Too Many Americans To Lose their Driver's Licenses
Since lacking licenses can lead to lacking the ability to work (and pay fines), offenses like parking tickets or failing to come to a complete halt at stop signs can upend lives unjustly.
55 Percent of Police Killings Are Misclassified as Other Causes of Death
Plus: Christian flag case coming to SCOTUS, Merck pill could treat COVID-19, a reversal on migrant expulsions, and more...
Joe Biden's Misguided Attack on Tax Havens
President Joe Biden apparently thinks it's wrong for corporations to locate their headquarters in low-tax places like Bermuda, Ireland, and Switzerland. Did he learn nothing from living in Delaware?
Universities Are Teaching Intolerance
We need more alternative paths to education and employment.
The Innocence Files
Netflix's limited series documents how bad forensics, faulty witness testimony, and misconduct by police and prosecutors let us down.
We Are Satellites
Sci-fi novelist Sarah Pinsker's new book deals with the ways technology shapes how we conceive of the inner self.
Richard Blumenthal Pressures Facebook To End Finsta, Has No Idea What That Is
"We don't actually do finsta," Antigone Davis, Facebook's head of security, explained.
If Democrats Truly Wanted To Level the Playing Field, They'd End Crony Corporate Handouts
They give an edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital and whose executives are often well-connected with politicians.
Joe Manchin Is Forcing Congress To Think About the Deficit. Good.
Among Americans who aren't liberal pundits, the debt and deficit rank as major concerns. It's about time Congress noticed.
Marijuana Arrests Plunged Last Year, Reflecting the Impact of Legalization
The 36 percent drop may also be partly due to pandemic-related restrictions that drove cannabis consumers indoors.
'Equity,' 'Multiculturalism,' and 'Racial Prejudice' Among Concepts That Could Be Banned in Schools by Wisconsin Bill
A bill touted as banning "critical race theory" in schools would actually ban a huge array of speech around culture, race, and sex, its sponsor says.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Might Be the Worst Movie of the Year
It's a crude, ugly derivative of a crude, ugly film.
Until the Very End, the Generals Wanted Biden to Leave 2,500 Troops in Afghanistan
That would have been a huge mistake.
Abortion Ban Stimulates Interstate Travel, Says Texas
Plus: Government shutdown, demographic diversity in rural America, and more...
A Good Day for the Fourth Amendment
"We are not eager—more the reverse—to print a new permission slip for entering the home without a warrant," declared Justice Kagan in Lange v. California.
Karla Vermeulen: Inside the Mind of 'Generation Disaster'
Young people who came of age after 9/11 aren't snowflakes despite being exposed to a series of catastrophic events and apocalyptic news narratives.
Vaccine Mandates Coming for K-12 Students
San Diego becomes latest school district to require teen jabs. But is it good policy?
Georgia Tax Crimes Unit Illegally Spent Asset Forfeiture Funds on Trinkets and Swag
A state watchdog concluded an office in the Georgia Department of Tax Revenue illegally kept $5 million in forfeiture funds and spent it partially on swag like sunglasses and engraved guns
FTC Drills Alabama Licensing Board for Anti-Competitive Scheme Targeting Teledentistry
The FTC challenged a licensing scheme that it says limited consumer choice and excluded new providers.
Seattle City Council Passes Rent Control by Another Name. Is It Legal?
New bills passed earlier this week require landlords to give tenants 180 days' notice before raising rents and pay relocation expenses to low-income tenants who move in response to rent hikes.
