Strong Talent Elevates the Despair Porn of American Rust
Prestige television flogs another round of working-class misery.
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The Biden Administration's 'Emergency' Vaccine Mandate May Be Vulnerable to Legal Challenges
OSHA has rarely used this option, which avoids the usual rule-making process, and most challenges to such edicts have been successful.
No, Biden, This Is About Freedom and Personal Choice
It's time to stop "states of exception" that justify government overreach into more and more of our lives.
House Democrats' Housing Bill Includes a $20 Billion Bailout of Federal Flood Insurance
A bill intended to make America's housing stock more climate-resilient also includes a big effective subsidy for the properties most exposed to the risks of climate change.
Where Does Biden Get the Authority To Mandate Vaccination?
Emergency OSHA rules are frequently struck down by courts.
After Toppling Al Qaeda, America Wasted a Staggering Amount of Money in Afghanistan
There will likely never be a full accounting of the war's cost, but as much as $600 billion might have simply vanished due to waste, fraud, and incompetence.
The Card Counter Is an Unexpectedly Powerful Anti-War Film
Paul Schrader's story of an ex-military torturer is a searing tale of violence and redemption.
Two Big New Ways the Biden Administration Plans To Overstep Its Pandemic Authority
Plus: The vaccine and abortion debates, a promising jobs report, and more...
What Fear Does to Our Freedom
COVID-19 and 9/11 both created opportunities to restrict our liberties in the name of keeping us safe.
Could the CIA and FBI Have Stopped 9/11?
We may have misinterpreted 9/11 as a harbinger, when it was really just an outlier.
California's 'Landmark' Labor Law Is Still Wreaking Economic Havoc
It's the sign of particularly bad legislation when lawmakers must create dozens of carve-outs and workarounds so that the supposed beneficiaries are exempted from its provisions.
We Lost Liberty After 9/11—COVID-19 Threatens More of the Same
History is repeating itself in ways that we, and our kids, will live to regret.
Exit Scam
A new podcast gives an autopsy of how a shadowy and charismatic crypto enthusiast was able to lure in so many people.
Undoing Drugs
Harm reduction invites a radical reconsideration of the way the government deals with politically disfavored intoxicants.
Biden Admits He Can't Mandate Masks. Why Does He Think He Can Mandate Vaccines?
Biden's sudden embrace of a federal vaccine requirement seems inconsistent with his acknowledgment that he cannot mandate every COVID-19 precaution he'd like people to follow.
Until Today, Joe Biden, Jen Psaki, and Rochelle Walensky Were All Publicly Opposed to Federal COVID Vaccine Mandates
"That's not the role of the federal government." What happened?
Biden Rolls Out Industrial Policy Plan To Overcome Government-Created COVID-19 Testing Shortages
One government failure cascades into another.
Biden Will Announce Vaccine Mandate for Companies With 100+ Employees
The president will direct OSHA to require either vaccination or frequent testing
GoDaddy Shuts Down Web Hosting for Pro-Life Organization's Abortion Whistleblowing Site
Pro-lifers and pro-choicers have one thing in common: a passion for snitching
Federal Grants Brought the Equipment of the War on Terror Home to American Police Departments
Twenty years after 9/11, weaponry and surveillance gear originally developed for the military have become commonplace in police departments around the country.
When We Reject Immigrants, We Reject Trillions of Dollars in Wealth
Growing evidence confirms that barriers to immigration make us all worse off.
Biden Won't End the Warfare-Surveillance State
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman on 9/11, mass surveillance at home, and failed wars abroad.
Why the Hell Has the FDA Not Approved Cheap Rapid COVID-19 Self-Tests Yet?
If they're good enough for Europeans, surely they're good enough for Americans.
Australia's Highest Court Holds Media Outlets Financially Liable for Trolls and Shitposters
Here’s why Section 230 is so important.
There's Little Rationale for Masking School Kids, but Teachers Unions Are Demanding It
The National Education Association strong-armed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
California Is Set To Outlaw Unannounced Condom Removal
Plus: 9/11's domestic law enforcement legacy, America still behind on COVID-19 rapid testing, and more...
Why Don't More Countries Enforce the Airport Security Rules That the TSA Says Are Essential?
While liquid limits are common, America's shoe removal policy is nearly unique, and many countries allow small pocket knives.
Britney Is Not the Only One Who Needs Freeing
While Spears' case is the most high-profile example of alleged conservator abuse, there are similar stories from all over the country.
Police Broke This 73-Year-Old Woman's Arm During a Brutal Arrest. The City Will Pay Her $3 Million.
Whether or not this constitutes meaningful accountability is up for debate.
America's Post-9/11 Surveillance Authorities Were Inevitably Turned Against Its Own Citizens
We were warned about the dangerous power of the USA PATRIOT Act. Edward Snowden proved that critics were justified.
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The Department of Homeland Security's Creators Promised Efficiency. They Delivered Disaster.
The consolidation of numerous unrelated government agencies within a single department has led to decades of waste, mismanagement, and terrible abuses of authority.
Spencer Ackerman: How 9/11 Destabilized America and Produced Trump
The Reign of Terror author on fighting surveillance and interventionism done in the name of stopping jihad.
Opposing Racism Doesn't Require Promoting Victimhood
The ideas put forward by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi are fundamentally "anti-black."
Trolls Will Be Trolls, Online and Offline, Reports New Study
Being jerks is just the way some people try to make themselves feel dominant.
Medicare Is About To Run Out of Money. Democrats Want To Make the Program Cost Even More.
The federal health care program is on track for a trust fund shortfall in just five years. But instead of paying for the program that exists, Democrats want to expand it.
Backpage Defense Lawyers Call for Mistrial After 'Inflammatory' Opening Statements
The defendants are not on trial for child sex trafficking, yet prosecutor Reggie Jones wouldn't stop talking about it.
9/11's Lesson: War Doesn't Work
Historian Stephen Wertheim says two decades of failed wars have finally made America more likely to embrace military restraint.
North Carolina Banned This Beer Because Bureaucrats Dislike the Label
Now they'll have to explain to a federal judge how this isn't a violation of the First Amendment.
Americans Are Souring on Mask Mandates and Warrantless Surveillance: Poll
Plus: Tipped minimum wage kills jobs, how the U.S. "helped" out women in rural Afghanistan, and more...
Get Ready for Life Behind Tighter Borders
People and economies are retreating, or being pushed, back behind restricted frontiers.
Biden's Total Financial Surveillance
What if every one of your noncash financial transactions was automatically reported to a beefed-up, audit-hungry IRS?
The Texas Abortion Ban Violates Conservative Principles
S.B. 8 relies on litigation tricks that conservatives have long condemned as a threat to the rule of law.
Here's Why Twitter Briefly Suspended J.D. Vance's Campaign Account
Hint: It wasn't Big Tech censorship.
