How Sports Tickets Got So Expensive—Or Did They?
Plus: regulating college sports, forgiving baseball’s legends, and Happy Gilmore 2
Plus: regulating college sports, forgiving baseball’s legends, and Happy Gilmore 2
Plus: Wildfires alter air quality across the Northeast, fertility crisis narratives, and more...
The Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City challenges decades of sanctuary policies and local independence.
In FY 2024, over 200,000 Freedom of Information Act requests were backlogged, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Plus: Trump’s "woke AI" order, Gawker’s cultural legacy, and a listener question on deregulation and the BBB.
The twist underscores just how little accountability exists in civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets without charging the owner with a crime.
Two Venezuelan women were convicted of incitement to hatred, treason, and terrorism.
Environmental Protection Agency
Idaho landowners are facing ruinous fines because the Army Corps of Engineers refuses to follow the Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act ruling in Sackett v. EPA.
The Trump administration cut a deal with Venezuela to return a triple murderer to American shores while it tries to deport someone accused of much less.
The new warehousing fee targets booze producers, but drinkers could end up paying most of the tab.
The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.
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Golden State ammunition restrictions have been voided for violating the Second Amendment.
As I learned with ayahuasca, the greatest healing often comes from the most challenging experiences.
Donors have given nearly $900 million to the reconstruction project since a 2019 fire nearly destroyed the Paris cathedral.
A federal judge ruled that Peninsula Township’s former restrictions on music, events, and grape sourcing violated the rights of local wineries.
How a fringe marketing idea became the backbone of airline profits—and a gateway to global luxury travel
Federal subsidies undermine American companies, breed dependency, and stifle competition.
The 10 percent baseline reciprocal tariff rate was bad for America; the 15 percent rate is even worse.
Chairman Brendan Carr thinks his agency should strive to ensure that news coverage is fair and balanced—a role precluded by the First Amendment.
After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.
Trump believes he can deploy tariffs without tradeoffs or distortions. In reality, each new tariff move creates both.
A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.
A good enough take on Marvel's First Family that ignores its most interesting ideas.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has placed minor restraints on the government’s ability to impose gag orders on secret subpoenas issued to tech companies.
Plus: The Columbia settlement as a "blueprint" for going after other universities, South Park lampoons Trump, and more...
"Idea that the 'far right' and the 'far left' are closer together than they think"
Would wealthy men really choose a Waffle House waitress over a girlboss?
Trump's ability to shift acceptable policy debates poses dangers, given that many of the shifts obliterate political norms.
This “public health” position has long been a sinecure for professional activists.
Can this weekend's Hall of Fame induction of Dick Allen and Dave Parker teach us a lesson about politics?
On display are five real Viking ships, intentionally sunk in Roskilde Fjord around 1,000 years ago to form a defensive barrier.
The STOP HATE Act wants social media platforms to report their moderation policies and outcomes to the government. And it’s not the only censorial measure Rep. Josh Gottheimer wants.
The judgment is not surprising, since the president's reading of the 14th Amendment contradicts its text and history, plus 127 years of Supreme Court precedent.
Politicians' interest in controlling the content you see shifts from public media to social media.
Science journalist Gary Taubes discusses the MAHA Report, new dietary guidelines, and bad nutrition science on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The American AI industry doesn't need industrial policy, just freedom.
When even Keith Olbermann is providing a much-needed sanity check, it says something.
To reinstitute $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to implement plans to combat antisemitism and to appoint an independent monitor to oversee changes.
Senate Bill 771 would fine platforms up to $1 million if their algorithms relay hate speech to users.
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the New York State Police have been fighting for years over misconduct records that the state legislature made public in 2020.
A Lancet study’s inflated numbers are being used to push a partisan narrative, not inform public policy.
The executive branch wants to use the Federal Reserve as a tool to accommodate the government's frenzy of reckless borrowing.
Plus: Columbia settles, State Department releases murderer, and more...