Kathy Hochul's focus on "assault weapons" is puzzling, since the perpetrator easily could have killed the same number of people with a gun that did not fall into that politically defined category.
The success of "contingency management" belies the notion that addiction is an uncontrollable disease caused by a drug's impact on dopamine levels.
The New York Times columnist warns that digital life may be eroding the cultural foundations needed to sustain meaning, family, and community.
I was one of 35 legal scholars who took part.
Democrats would have a stronger rebuke to Trumpism if civic service in blue states were the national model rather than a laughingstock.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board should be Trump's ally in a battle against the deep state. So why is he undermining it?
A New York Times essay helps illustrate why the surgeon general's new report on alcohol and cancer leaves out crucial context and nuance.
"It is very smart to be the people who are like, 'We are normal moms and dads who love football, freedom, and faith, and we want to keep your freedoms intact,' " the New York Times contributor tells Reason.
The former president's authoritarian tendencies are alarming enough without inventing new outrages.
Innovation and defiance hobble government efforts at control.
Some politicians and environmentalists want to tear down Snake River dams in Washington state, even though they generate tons of electricity.
Fact check: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is the leader of the Socialist Party.
Growth of regulation slowed under former President Trump, but it still increased.
How a single photograph transformed Trump into a mythical leader for some critics and supporters alike.
The podcasting pioneer discusses capturing the real J.K. Rowling, quitting The New York Times, and his new show Reflector.
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
Vance thinks that jobs lost because of incompetent central planning don't matter—but that jobs lost to immigrants do.
Whatever Trump did after the 2016 presidential election, it seems safe to say that it did not retroactively promote his victory.
About 20 years ago, many American bees did die. Then that steadily diminished—but hysteria in the press continued.
Without providing any evidence, the paper says "loosened restrictions on firearms" contributed to gun violence in Columbus.
Cyber intrusions, arson, bombings, and other mayhem feature in the conflict between West and East.
Economist and author Phil Magness debunks a recent New York Times piece and shoddy academic work about the rich and their taxes.
The case hinged on statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban.
U.S. prosecutors are looking to wriggle out of an espionage trial for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The newspaper portrays the constitutional challenge to the government's social media meddling as a conspiracy by Donald Trump's supporters.
After blaming the state's bathroom law, The New York Times says "it has never been clear" whether gender identity figured in the fight that preceded Nex Benedict's death.
The Chick-fil-A story heard 'round the world.
Plus: Migrant resettlement, Tom Cotton op-ed scandal, oppressors-in-training, and more...
Don’t let culture war politics overwhelm a commitment to the facts.
They should be heard, not shouted down.
Researchers trumpeted a statistically insignificant finding and attempted to explain away contrary data. The Gray Lady further garbled the evidence.
We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?
Intoxicating drugs never do as much damage as the laws that impotently attempt to eradicate them.
There is no solid evidence that P2P meth is more dangerous than pseudoephedrine-derived meth and no reason to think it would be.
A New York Times podcast tells a story about both the drug war and institutional incompetence.
A new report details how the city's famed social housing system is suffering from diminishing affordability, deteriorating quality, and funding shortfalls.
Prominent reporters and powerful officials know each other, share attitudes, and trust each other.
Plus: Fewer cops, less crime; free beer; and more....
The New York Times tries to blame social media for conspiracy theories that have been around for decades. Don't fall for it.
The paper's editorial board is happy to endorse the centralization of decision making when it supports their liberal policy preferences.
Plus: Senate Judiciary Committee considers the EARN IT Act, the FTC has A.I. in its crosshairs, and more...
The duty to retreat from public confrontations has nothing to do with the cases cited in recent stories about seemingly unjustified shootings.
Fauci says public officials should have listened to other advisers and made better decisions. That's true! It's also incredibly frustrating.
Plus: Should committed libertarians be opposed to pro-natalist policies?
Two historians go head-to-head on whether the controversial New York Times project has any value.
Two historians go head-to-head on whether the controversial New York Times project has any value.
The 1964 Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Sullivan makes it more difficult for public figures to prove defamation—but as we saw this week, not impossible.
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