This Court Case Could Make It a Crime To Be a Journalist in Texas
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
If the midterms favor Republicans, their top priority needs to be the fight against inflation—whether or not they feel like they created the problem.
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
Norma Thornton of Bullhead City, Arizona, is suing for the right to help people in need.
The idea that the Fed has the knowledge necessary to control the economy with perfectly calibrated policies was always an illusion.
A highway engineer got qualified immunity for detaining drivers—despite not being a cop.
The free market allows people to cooperate, fix errors, and adapt to changing circumstances.
From immigration to drug reform, there is plenty of potential for productive compromise.
His administration has expanded deficits by $400 billion more than expected, even before we count recent spending.
No, a big storm does not require big government.
Businesses are all in favor of competition, tax cuts, and deregulation only until they aren't—meaning only until subsidies might benefit them.
Many Americans don’t seem to like any economic systems, and they’re no closer to agreement.
Hopefully King Charles III follows his mother’s example and stays out of politics.
A little readiness is a good hedge against the surprises the world just seems to keep throwing our way.
Government should not penalize investment, thwart competition, discourage innovation and work, or obstruct production.
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The president's attack on the "extreme ideology" of "MAGA Republicans" elides the tension between majority rule and individual freedom.
From cronyist subsidies to an unfair tax code, there are several key fixes Congress could make to better serve the public.
Why should we believe that this boondoggle will produce better results than hundreds of other corporate welfare programs?
"It was learning by doing," says one ambulance driver. "Most things that happen here are done by volunteers, not government officials."
McCullough didn't just build on academic historians' work—he filled a gap they left.
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The president's anticipated executive order stopped short of feared regulations but suggests federal unease with uncontrolled development.
From the CDC to the FDA, there are too many missteps to list.
The lonely crusade against government hubris.
Musk's finally ready to admit that government subsidies distort markets and that government actors are terrible at capital allocation.
Today's highly successful space race "is not something for two billionaires to be directing," says Sanders, who favors the government spending taxpayer money to do the same damn thing (but more slowly).
No matter what the public wants, crises typically leave the state more powerful.
That’s why its role in our lives should be reduced to the minimum.
"There really is no overarching federal strategy to guide the government’s efforts to improve Americans’ diets," says a new government report, which indicates that overlap in initiatives is creating waste.
Senegalese app developer Fodé Diop sees bitcoin as a way to end "monetary colonialism" in the developing world.
If you support "my body, my choice," you cannot support vaccine mandates.
The same institution that's unable to run the Postal Service or Amtrak orchestrated our invasion and withdrawal of Afghanistan.
Billionaires are going to space. They will help us get there too.
Governments at the state, local, and federal levels can obstruct our pursuit of happiness and at times even jeopardize our safety.
Americans distract themselves with freak-show headlines while political institutions escape their control.
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Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is force. We could use a little less of that, please.
In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.
By virtue of representing the correct vision of the good, these conservatives say, they have every right to use the coercive power of the state to interfere with others' choices.
Hold agencies and regulators accountable for outcomes, not compliance.
We need to remove all the ways that government deters people from seeking treatment.