New York's Liquor Authority Wants Uber Eats to Get a Liquor License
Proposed regulations would require food delivery apps to cut fees or be added to restaurants' liquor licenses.
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Cops Prevent Students From Advertising Fake 'Pot' Brownies Outside Free Speech Zone
Western Illinois University clamps down on student speech.
Trump Mulls Orwellian Proposal to Stop Mass Shootings by Monitoring 'Mentally Ill People' for Signs of Imminent Violence
The program would try to develop a surveillance system based on predictive tests that don't exist.
Boston Judge Smacked Down for Overruling D.A. Who Tried To Drop 'Straight Pride' Protest Charges
Top justice rules that trying to push a criminal case forward over prosecutors’ objections is a violation of separation of powers.
Bill de Blasio's Proposed 'Robot Tax' Is Completely Unnecessary, Just Like His Candidacy
Forcing future Americans to do manual labor that could be automated isn't "saving" them from job losses. It's trapping them in jobs that could be made more efficient, more productive, and more rewarding.
Did You Download an App that Connects to Your Rifle Scope? If So, the Justice Department Wants to Know Who You Are.
Feds go fishing for private data in order to track down illegal exporters.
Congressional Report on 'Deaths of Despair' Highlights the Hazards of Drug Prohibition
Policies aimed at curtailing the harms caused by substance abuse may instead magnify those harms.
Boat Company and Border Officials Tell Different Stories About Rejection of Dorian-Displaced Bahamians
Plus: Support for Sanders and Harris drops, Trump fears losing his fans to socialists, and more...
Study Finds That the Vast Majority of Respiratory Diseases in Vapers Are Linked to Illegal THC Products
Among patients in Illinois and Wisconsin, 83 percent admitted vaping cannabis extracts bought on the black market.
The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock
Meet the economist who understood NASCAR crashes, the sale of indulgences, and the feeding habits of coal tits.
Former S.C. Congressman Mark Sanford Launches Longshot Primary Bid One Day After GOP Cancels S.C. Primary
In Sunday morning announcement, Sanford says Trump is the "king of debt," and promises to champion fiscal issues.
Hells Angels Meet Housewives on Harleys
How bikers turned into their parents and turned off their kids
Don't Just Do Something
Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? Who knows? Do something!
Uber and Lyft Offer Drivers a $21 Minimum Wage. California Lawmakers Say It's Not Enough.
The state is set to pass a sweeping bill that would reclassify drivers as employees.
San Francisco's Anti-NRA Policy Could Be Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has said the First Amendment protects government contractors against termination based on their political views.
Latest Trade War Casualties: More Than 10,000 Layoffs in August
The trade war should be thought of as a massive tax and regulatory scheme.
No, Trump Rallies Didn't Increase Hate Crimes by 226 Percent
In fact, they didn’t have any detectable impact at all.
Antonin Scalia's Surprising Role in the Latest Supreme Court Fight Over Legal Protections for Gays
Understanding what’s at stake in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia
Alabama Dean Resigns After Conservative Snowflakes Publicize His Old Tweets
Right-wing cancel culture comes for Jamie Riley, who dared to criticize the American flag.
Teen Witnesses to 9/11 Reminisce About the Horrors They Saw That Day
New HBO documentary is moving … until it wanders into our current politics.
Union-Backed Ballot Initiative Would Limit Grocery Stores to 2 Self-Checkout Machines
The Oregon AFL-CIO argues that self-checkout machines are costing jobs and increasing social isolation.
Mississippi Retreats on Stupid Attempts to Censor 'Veggie Burger' Labels
Nobody is being "confused" by vegetarian meat substitutes.
Trump Is Terrible on Trade. Top 2020 Dems Are No Better.
Democrats are happy to criticize the president's trade war—but many are tacitly endorsing the same protectionist views.
Investigators Identify a Possible Culprit in Vaping-Related Respiratory Illnesses
The findings reinforce the suspicion that patients' symptoms are caused largely by additives or contaminants in black-market THC products.
The GOP Deals With Trump Competition by Canceling Elections
President with 90% approval ratings among Republicans will be shielded from Bill Weld and Joe Walsh in four states, reports Politico.
Trump's Trade War Is Making America Love Trade Again. So Why Are Democrats Going Protectionist?
The leading candidates are even more hostile to free trade than Trump.
The Peace-Loving Military Robots' Plot
Friday A/V Club: That time NBC broadcast a radical Philip K. Dick fable to a 1950s audience
The Press Fans Overblown Fears About Diet Soda—Again
Plus: understanding consent in sex work, beyond "Medicare for All," and more...
Unions Aiming to Repeal California's Property Tax Caps
Californians' tax rates are among the nation's highest in almost every category, but their property tax levels have remained reasonable. That could change soon.
Review: It Chapter Two
Bill Hader and Jessica Chastain in a very long and crowded horror sequel.
The Lavender Scare
In 1953, President Eisenhower ordered a purge of gay federal employees, who were deemed security risks. A new documentary delves deeper into this executive order.
Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game
What if politics were a strategic, underhanded, zero-sum game that was actually kind of fun?
A Suspiciously Selective, Logically Shaky Analysis of Mass Shooting Data Claims the Federal 'Assault Weapon' Ban 'Really Did Work'
The law's impact on weapon choice cannot plausibly account for reductions or increases in fatalities.
4 Memorable Moments From CNN's Climate Town Hall
From Joe Biden's call for high-speed rail to Kamala Harris' call for banning plastic straws, the Democratic presidential candidates pushed a hard-green agenda.
Feds to YouTube: No More Cookies for Children!
The Federal Trade Commission's settlement with YouTube will cripple online video functionality.
Boston Judge Turns Stupid Straight Pride Parade Fighting Into Bizarre Constitutional Drama
An attempt by the district attorney to drop charges against nonviolent protesters was overruled.
A Government-Run Health Insurance Plan Would Be Less Radical Than Medicare For All. But It Still Wouldn't Work.
The public option comes with plenty of pitfalls.
Berkeley Might Become Third City in the Country to Decriminalize Shrooms
Next week, the Berkeley city council will consider a measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms and other "entheogenic" substances.
Does the Texas Shooting Show That 'Universal Background Checks' Are a Good Way to Prevent Mass Murder?
The policy is unenforceable and poorly tailored to the problem it is meant to address.
Corporations and the First Amendment: Free Speech Rules (Episode 6)
Episode 6 of Free Speech Rules, from UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
Walmart's Ammo Sales Decision Doesn't Violate the Second Amendment. But the Government Ordering Them To Stop Selling Ammo Would.
Defenders, and enemies, of gun access need to get used to their fight being more cultural than political.
TSA Admits Coke Bottles Shaped Like Fictional Weapons Aren't a Threat, Will Allow Them on Planes
It took the TSA multiple weeks to complete its review and conclude that Coke bottles are not a tool of terrorism.
The FBI's Infamous List of 'Known Terrorists' Is Ruled Unconstitutional
Plus: millennials are buying homes after all, protecting Pinterest from anti-vaxxers, and more...
The Futility of a Gun Buyback
Before you ask how many Americans will give up their guns, ask how many cops will even try to take them.
