Hanover Police Selectively Enforce Underage Drinking Laws Against Dartmouth Students
Criminal prosecution is an inappropriate response to tragedy.
Criminal prosecution is an inappropriate response to tragedy.
On this small issue, America has finally come to its senses.
We're entering peak stupidity with "election interference" claims.
The group reportedly faked rescue stories—including one involving a baby saved from traffickers—and lied about where funds were going.
No, but a Stanford psychologist says people under age 21 should be banned from buying some nonalcoholic drinks to protect kids from "drinking culture."
Prosecutors say the Buenos Aires Yoga School was a sex trafficking cult, but the alleged victims say this isn't true.
The company's confusing statements about how ChatGPT should respond to sexual prompts
Teens who use social media heavily also spend the most in-person time with friends.
Another blow to the idea that algorithms are driving our political dysfunction.
For sex workers and their clients, Super Bowl season can mean a higher chance of getting nabbed by cops.
It could also outlaw any sort of sexualized image, play, or performance, pornographic or not.
While minors were required to be accompanied by an adult to attend the event, state regulators still went after the "not appropriate" drag performance.
When computers came to offices, bosses found a new way to worry that workers were wasting time.
We should all be skeptical that the same government that can't balance a budget can revamp the dominant form of modern communications and boost young people's self-esteem.
Plus: A listener inquires about the potential positive effects of ranked-choice voting reforms.
Plus: Backpage trial pushed back, Bidenomics doens't resonate, and more...
The ruling is the latest in a series of legal defeats for anti-drag laws.
It should be obvious that drag performances are protected by the First Amendment, but that hasn't kept government officials from trying to ban them.
Plus: A listener question considers the pros and cons of the libertarian focus on political processes rather than political results.
How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.
Plus: Naked Feminism, marijuana legalization in Minnesota, and more...
Plus: Americans are increasingly changing religions, court pauses rejection of "free" preventative care mandate, and more...
As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.
In rebuking the legislation, the president showed that he may not know what's in it.
Plus: Liberal teens are more depressed than conservative ones, the outsize role of immigrants in U.S. innovation, and more...
It’s already illegal to expose minors to obscenity, so what is this bill really for?
Plus: New York "hate speech" law is likely unconstitutional, FTC Commissioner quits because of chair Lina Khan's antics, and more...
Apparently, parents’ rights don’t extend to letting their kids listen to naughty Christmas lyrics.
It's hard to believe its arguments will hold up in court.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
A slew of recent research suggests parents should relax a bit about screen time.
Some conservatives toss “parents’ rights” out the window in a holiday culture war against kids at live shows.
Senator Warren wants to extend the financial surveillance state cooked up by drug warriors and anti-terrorism fearmongers to cryptocurrencies.
It's still the economy, stupid.
Plus: Pandemic learning loss, German weed legalization, and more...
Plus: Fiona Apple fights for court transparency, ACLU asks SCOTUS to consider boycott ban, and more...
Plus: the pandemic baby bump, how government is killing starter homes, and more...
Plus: Criminal sentencing before the Supreme Court, TikTok pushes back against security threat claims, and more...
Politicians respond to often unfounded fears with aggressive laws that interfere with individual and family choices.
Plus: Biden wants to ramp up military and law enforcement spending, study challenges conventional wisdom about social media misinformation, and more...
In a win for liberty, Idaho's Senate will likely not vote on a bill that would punish librarians for failing to sufficiently protect minors from "harmful" content.
Censors wore out their welcome during the 20th century's indecency wars.
Plus: Texas voting law likely unconstitutional, remote workers and rural towns, and more...
Plus: Texas attacks TikTok, Neil Young's anti-science past, IRS reconsidering face scans, and more...
Plus: Substack stands up for free speech, a nonprofit challenges lawyers' stranglehold on giving legal advice, and more...
British police want greater surveillance powers and they’re willing to destroy everybody’s cybersecurity to get them.
The latest bill to “fight big tech” could turn your online experience into a miserable slog.
TikTok's "devious licks" trend has earned the company and its teen users plenty of scorn. But what's actually going on?
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