How Mortal Kombat Went From National Panic to Nostalgic Camp
Even with copious gore, the new movie is too tame to be a controversy. There's a lesson in its trajectory.
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Just Don't Call It a War
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ATF Rule Changes Could Ease Restrictions for Gun Owners and Dealers
While not groundbreaking, the regulatory shifts offer some welcome relief.
Review: The Boring History for Sleep Podcast Mostly Delivers on Its Promise
If this podcast has a flaw, it's that occasionally the episodes are slightly too interesting.
Federal Court: Trump's Newest Tariffs Are Also Illegal
Trump's use of Section 122 ignored the plain language of the law and invoked a broad executive power where Congress clearly provided a narrow one.
Expect the Data Center Backlash To Get Worse
Despite their limited negative externalities and extreme economic importance, people's hatred of data centers is only growing.
Did The New York Times Discriminate Against a White Male Employee?
Read the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit here.
DHS Reportedly Weighs Closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Over Mounting Costs
Sources say the immigration detention center costs more than $1 million a day to run.
Pastor Found Guilty of Violating U.K. Speech Laws for Preaching John 3:16 Sermon Near Hospital
Clive Johnston's conviction marks the first of its kind under buffer zone laws involving speech entirely unrelated to abortion.
DOJ Challenges Denver's 'Assault Weapon' Ban and Colorado's Magazine Limit
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon argues that both laws violate the Second Amendment by banning arms in common use for lawful purposes.
Why Oil-Rich Alberta May Secede From Canada
Economic grievances and political alienation are fueling a separatist movement in the Canadian province just north of Montana.
Trump's Government-Funded Retirement Plan Misses the Point
The fiscal objection is serious. But the deeper problem is that the proposal misunderstands the saving behavior of the households it aims to help.
Trump's Health Bureaucrats Are Undermining Confidence in Vaccines
From spiked CDC reports to blocked FDA studies, officials sidelined evidence showing vaccines are safe and effective.
Florida Wins the Curriculum Wars
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11 Big SCOTUS Cases That Will Be Decided Soon
From immigration and guns to executive power, transgender athletes, and mail-in ballots, these are the Supreme Court cases to watch out for in May and June.
Photo: Technology Is Bringing Lost Paintings Into the Public Eye
This Rembrandt painting was identified by Dutch researchers after being held by a private individual for over 60 years.
Whatever Evidence the DOJ Has Against James Comey, It Cannot Transform '86 47' Into a Death Threat
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche implausibly claims prosecutors can prove Comey "knowingly and willfully" threatened to murder the president.
A Dispatch From the AI Psychosis Summit
Digital artists, Claude devotees, and aspiring builders embraced AI obsession in NYC.
No One Can Define 'Ultra-Processed Food.' Why Is RFK Jr. Trying To Regulate It?
How to raise food prices without giving consumers any useful information.
The War on Data Centers Is Here—and It Doesn't Add Up
So far, electricity prices haven't risen. If and when they do, the solution is more power generation.
Republicans Want To Borrow Every Single Dollar of the $72 Billion Bill To Fund ICE and Trump's Ballroom
The party of fiscal responsibility strikes again.
How a Scientific Cartel Protects Fraudsters and Rakes in Billions of Taxpayer Dollars
Corrupt scientists rarely face accountability. The real victims are everyone else.
Louisiana Says Men Are Spiking Women's Drinks With Abortion Pills. There's Scant Evidence of That.
Mail-order mifepristone is how countless women bypass abortion bans. That could soon change if Louisiana gets its way before the Supreme Court.
Trump's Bluff to Iran Didn't Work
After trying to open the Strait of Hormuz by force, the U.S. is ready to accept an Iranian proposal it had rejected.
Damned if You Do
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Surveillance Tools Intended for Border Control Are Being Used Against Americans
U.S. citizens are being monitored and punished with technology meant to battle illegal immigration.
Trump's Responses to Kimmel and Comey Highlight His Contempt for Freedom of Speech
The president is not shy about using government power to punish people for saying things that offend him.
Elizabeth Warren Wrongly Implies Jeff Bezos Isn't Paying Enough Taxes
The rich pay more than their "fair share."
The People vs. CEQA
An initiative that would streamline California's development-killing environmental review law appears to be headed to the ballot.
How the Slaveholding Founders Really Felt About Slavery
Angst, guilt, and more self-awareness than you might expect
Can We Ever Trust the Government To Be Honest About War?
Trump joins a long line of presidents unwilling to be transparent about the causes and goals of their adventurism abroad.
Why the Courts Will 86 the Flagrantly Unconstitutional Charges Against James Comey
The case defies more than half a century of rulings on the “true threat” exception to the First Amendment.
What To Do About Saudi Arabia's Sports Takeover? Nothing, Apparently.
Plus: The NFL has no easy response to the Dianna Russini–Mike Vrabel affair, and how ketamine may have helped the Sixers upset the Celtics
The Truce That Wasn't
Plus: Homeschooling discourse, AI regulation, Christian cell network blocking porn, and more...
Gorsuch Says SCOTUS Is Doing 'Pretty Darn Well' in Handling the 'Hardest Cases'
The justice defends the Supreme Court as a model of respectful and principled adjudication.
The Happy Capitalism of Richard Scarry's Busytown
Welcome to the pro-market world of children's book author and illustrator Richard Scarry.
Congress Gave Away Its Authority To Declare War and Enabled Trump's Iran War
Congress hasn't voted to declare war since 1942, yet the legislative branch constantly refuses to rein in presidents.
Why Do Big City Democrats Keep Electing Socialists?
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California Says It Detected a Disease-Carrying Bug. So it Destroyed 32,000 Trees, 5 Miles Away.
How heavy-handed state regulations led to one farmer suing the state for $3 million in damages
Trump's New European Car Tariffs Demonstrate Why His 'Deals' Are Worthless
A trade deal that can be terminated by one person at any time and for any reason isn't really a trade deal at all.
Condemning Nicotine Pouches, Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Reveals Her Hostility to Harm Reduction
Nicole Saphier seems determined to obscure the health advantages of a much less hazardous alternative to cigarettes.
How a Bill Banning AI Companions for Kids Could Usher in Widespread ID Checks Online
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Justice Neil Gorsuch: 'Aspirations for Power Need To Be Checked'
The Supreme Court justice discusses the Declaration of Independence, how unchecked power threatens liberty, and what the Founders can teach future generations.
