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A sign that says "Don't Shoplift! Any person caught stealing or causing damaged will be prosecuted." | Heide Pinkall | Dreamstime.com

Crime

Brickbat: Do This, Don't Do That

Charles Oliver | 8.26.2025 4:00 AM

President Donald Trump is seen in the Roosevelt Room of the White House | Chris Kleponis - Pool via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News

Tariffs

Berating the Businesses

Plus: Tim Dillon takes on the establishment, Chicago's racist hiring strategies, train fetishes, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 5.20.2025 9:30 AM

President Donald Trump against the Walmart logo. | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Gary Arbach | Dreamstime.com | Midjourney

Tariffs

Trump Threatens Walmart Not To React to His Tariffs

On the bright side, at least Trump finally admitted his tariffs are, indeed, paid by Americans.

Joe Lancaster | 5.19.2025 10:39 AM

Jared Polis | Lex Villena

Nanny State

'Libertarian' Gov. Jared Polis Signs 'Restrictive' Gun Law and Booze Ban

Is the small-government Democrat beefing up state power?

Nick Gillespie | 4.14.2025 8:32 PM

NEXT clothing storefront on Oxford Street in London. | Yujie Chen | Dreamstime.com

Retail

Brickbat: Equal Pay for Unequal Work

Charles Oliver | 9.6.2024 4:00 AM

A street-corner liquor store lit up at night. | Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@linginit?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Andrew Ling</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-red-store-front-during-night-time-iOe1-sFNItc?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>

Alcohol

Grocery Store Booze Doesn't Hurt Mom-and-Pop Stores

But 11 states still forbid wine from being sold in grocery stores anyway.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 8.4.2024 7:00 AM

A Target store location | Robwilson39 | Dreamstime.com

Crime

Brickbat: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Report No Evil

Charles Oliver | 7.17.2024 4:00 AM

Shelves and cooler in a convenience store. | Tonny Anwar | Dreamstime.com

Retail

Brickbat: How Inconvenient

Charles Oliver | 6.27.2024 4:00 AM

A collage of coupons, offering discounts ranging between 20–50 percent. | Haywiremedia | Dreamstime.com

Retail

Brickbat: Never Low Prices

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2024 4:00 AM

An empty shopping cart in the middle of the dairy aisle of a grocery store. | Igor Bukhlin | Dreamstime.com

Grocery stores

Brickbat: Don't Go Yet

Charles Oliver | 2.27.2024 4:00 AM

Donald Trump on stage speaking at a campaign event | Alex Wroblewski/UPI/Newscom

Politics

Welcome to the Hyperbole Factory

Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 12.18.2023 4:43 PM

A shopper outside a Target store. | Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/Newscom

Crime

Target Shuts Stores as Criminal Justice Reform Gets Mugged

We need less intrusive law enforcement, not the treatment of crime as a lark.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.29.2023 7:00 AM

Migrants border wall San Diego | Carlos A. Moreno/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Immigration

Most Americans Say Immigrants Make the U.S. Better. So Why Don't Politicians Do Anything About It?

Democrats pander to immigrants but do little to liberalize the system. Meanwhile, Republicans' hostility to immigrants has increased.

Veronique de Rugy | 9.22.2022 11:50 AM

Man surveys options at gun store | Nomadsoul1 / Dreamstime.com

Guns

New Gun Store Tracking Code Deputizes Private Firms To Do Government's Bidding

Politicians bypass hard legislative work and constitutional protections to target activities they don’t like.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.14.2022 7:00 AM

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Policy

Brickbat: Up for Rent

Charles Oliver | 5.10.2022 4:00 AM

minis_Amazon | Amazon

Retail

Amazon Fresh

D.C.'s innovative new grocery store has no cash registers or cashiers.

Christian Britschgi | 2.18.2022 6:20 AM

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