To Save Bars and Restaurants, California Extends Relaxed Booze Rules
Newsom makes the smart move by preserving liberalized alcohol policies.
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Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning is central to both material and moral progress.
Biden Administration Set To Reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Next Month
The Trump-era border measure relegated 70,000 migrants to dangerous conditions in Mexico while they awaited immigration court dates.
Federal Judges Are Increasingly Rebelling Against 'Overly Severe' Penalties for Nonviolent Sex Offenders
People convicted of possessing child pornography receive long sentences, but new data suggest they are rarely arrested for contact offenses after their release.
In Gavin Newsom's California, COVID-19 Rules Are for Those Without Political Power
Newsom's opposition to a judge's order requiring vaccinations for prison staffers lays bare the hypocrisy of the governor.
Judge: Police Can't Blame a Bystander for a Cop Killing Another Cop
It was unconstitutional to charge Jenna Holm with manslaughter. But the state wanted to protect its own.
An Anonymous Jokester Installed a 'Merge Simpson' Sign Near a Portland Interstate. City Killjoys Took It Down.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation said that the sign was a safety hazard and therefore had to go.
No, Joe Biden Can't Save Christmas
We've turned the presidency into an omnipotent office, and we expect that our gifts and government checks will be delivered on time.
Queens Is a Highly Entertaining Hip-Hop Soap Opera
Chock full of drama, the show is a wry and often endearing commentary on both the wisdom and the decrepitude of advancing age.
Joe Biden's Proposed Ban on Fast, Effective Dishwashers Is a Gift to Big Business
Donald Trump legalized energy-hungry short-cycle dishwashers. The current administration is undoing that progress.
The Last Duel Is More Than a Medieval #MeToo
Ridley Scott's jousting film is also a slyly subversive take on cultural perspectives.
More Confusion Over Boosters as FDA Panel Recommends Additional Moderna Shots
Plus: Most Americans favor smaller government as the pandemic fades, consumer spending grows despite supply chain issues, and more...
California Voters Might Have a Chance To Ban Government Unions in 2022
One of two ballot measures already proposed for 2022 in California takes on some of the most powerful special interests in state politics.
Facebook's Blacklists Are Another Way To Constrain Competition
Upstart competitors can’t hope to match the resources required to compile a list of banned individuals and organizations.
The Chosen
Christian media has a track record of creating hopelessly bad productions, but Dallas Jenkins' TV series is a cut above.
Woman Convicted of Manslaughter, Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Having a Miscarriage
Whatever this system is, it is not pro-life.
Dems Want to Soak the Rich by Snooping on the Poor
Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, and co. insist that the IRS needs to know about $600 bank accounts.
The Racial Gap Among the Vaccinated Has Essentially Disappeared
While the president insists on a top-down mandate, individuals making their own choices are achieving vaccination goals.
Texas Court Recommends a New Trial for a Man on Death Row, Saying the Trial Judge's Anti-Jewish Bias Violated Due Process
A district court judge found "overwhelming evidence" of Vickers Cunningham's bigotry.
Natural Experiments Make the Case for Liberty
One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in economics inadvertently created a pro-liberty methodology.
Can Antibiotic Goop and an Army of Divers Save Florida's Ailing Coral Reefs?
How an innovative collaboration could help bring back America's only barrier reef from the brink of destruction.
Netflix Staff Apparently Unaware That Dave Chappelle's Comedy Special Would Include Jokes
No one is safe from Chappelle's jokes—but also, everyone is safe from Chappelle's jokes.
Trump's Tariffs Didn't Work. Biden's Won't Work Either.
They favor special interests, hurt consumers, and have utterly failed to rein in China.
Keeping Warm This Winter Could Be More Costly As Inflation Heats Up
Plus: Psychedelic entrepreneurs, American seafood stuck in Canada, and more...
Biden, Like Trump, Uses the Pandemic To Expel Migrants
Title 42 expulsions are a cruel and indiscriminate pandemic mitigation measure.
Steven Pinker: Rationality Has Made Us Richer, Kinder, and More Free
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning and critical thinking are behind massive increases in material and moral progress.
After Becoming the Oldest Man To Visit Space, William Shatner Makes an Emotional Case for Private Space Tourism
Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule carried the 90-year-old former Star Trek actor and three crewmembers 66 miles above the Earth's surface.
The FDA Wants To Take Your Salt Away
Most Americans are not consuming excessive amounts of sodium.
Don't Use the Term 'Trap House' in Your Party Invite at Yale Law School
Administrators attempted to force an apology out of a second-year law student whose Federalist Society affiliations and use of the term "trap house" were "triggering" to his peers.
A Louisiana Prosecutor Escapes Responsibility After Allegedly Covering Up Rape Allegations Against a Prison Official
No accountability for government corruption.
Why Millennials and Gen Z Hate Boomers, and What To Do About It.
Karla Vermeulen's Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 is a starting place to mend the new generation gap.
High Inflation Is Here To Stay
But the people in power won’t even say as much, let alone do something about it.
FDA Approves an E-Cigarette for the First Time but Still Seems Bent on Banning the Flavors Former Smokers Overwhelmingly Prefer
If teenagers like an e-liquid flavor, the agency seems to think, adults should not be allowed to buy it.
We Have Vaccines. We Don't Need Pandemic Restrictions.
Denmark recently lifted all COVID mandates. The U.S. should do the same.
Facebook Welcomes Regulations, Specifically Those That Hurt Its Competition
Tech giants expressing openness to amending Section 230 are doing so out of naked self-interest, not the goodness of their hearts.
This Year's Nobel Prize in Economics Is a Victory for Objectivity and Rigor
It's a defense of scientific values that sadly need defending.
Congress Raised the Debt Ceiling Again Without Doing Anything To Fix the $28 Trillion National Debt
Plus: Why "reforming" Section 230 makes little sense, the FDA finally admits vaping is safer than smoking, the U.S. will reopen its land borders with Canada and Mexico, and more...
Feds Undermine Themselves by Targeting Parents Who Criticize School Officials
Muzzling critics of government policy will just make them angrier.
Ted Henken on How Internet Access Is Changing Cuba
"A key part of the control in Cuba is keeping people afraid, keeping them isolated from one another," says Henken. The internet has mitigated this.
Without Roe v. Wade, Abortion Will Remain Legal in Most States
The experience with the Texas Heartbeat Act offers a preview of what that means.
Top Cop Who Presided Over Deadly Corruption in Houston Loses His New Job in Miami 6 Months After He Was Hired
Art Acevedo provoked many complaints, but they paled in comparison to his prior record of negligence and obliviousness.
Bad Jobs Numbers Raise More Questions About Unemployment Insurance
Is the problem government cash or have we entered a new paradigm?
New York City Considers Requiring Landlords to Provide Free Internet to Tenants
A new bill introduced by Council Member Ben Kallos would require landlords to provide broadband internet. It would also forbid them from passing on the costs of internet service to tenants.
Federal Court Upholds California's Oppressive Restrictions on Freelance Writers
A panel has unanimously determined the First Amendment isn’t violated if state regulations keep independent writers from landing work.
