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SOMETIMES BIGGER IS BETTER

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON AN ANTITRUST PUSH AGAINST BIG TECH. IT WILL BACKFIRE BIG-TIME.

Keeping Up With the Lees

SINGAPORE IS NOT A MODEL FOR AMERICA.

Would the ACLU Still Defend Nazis' Right To March in Skokie?

Former Executive Director Ira Glasser discusses the past, present, and increasingly shaky future of free speech.

$75 BILLION IN BAND-AIDS WON'T CURE AILING AIRLINES

REGAL CINEMAS ANNOUNCED in early October that it will temporarily close all 536 of its U.S. locations as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep customers away. This move affects about 40,000 employees across the country. Yet nobody in Congress is talking about a bailout for theaters

COVID-19 DIDN'T BREAK THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT WAS ALREADY BROKEN.

FAMILIES ARE LEAVING TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS IN RECORD NUMBERS FOR PODS, HOMESCHOOLING, CHARTERS, AND MORE.

HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE BEING CANCELED

Kindly Inquisitors author Jonathan Rauch on the never-ending battle to defend free speech

PANDEMIC RULES ARE ONLY FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE

THE DEFINING MOMENT in the “rules for thee but not for me” ethos of the ruling class during the COVID-19 pandemic may have come when Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist behind Britain’s lockdown policy, met with his married girlfriend in defiance of the restrictions he promoted.

HOW FREDERICK DOUGLASS DESTROYED JOHN C.CALHOUN WITH THE POWER OF JOHN LOCKE

ARMED WITH THE CONSTITUTION, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE FAR- REACHING GUARANTEES OF LIBERTY AND EQUALITY THAT THEY CONTAINED, DOUGLASS TOOK THE FIGHT DIRECTLY TO THE SLAVEHOLDERS.

The Atlanta Sex Toy Magnate Who Can't Stop Picking Fights

MICHAEL MORRISON USED TO BE A BOXER. NOW HE BRAWLS WITH ZONING BOARDS AND TAX COLLECTORS.

PETER NAVARRO'S NO-GOOD ECONOMIC NATIONALISM

PETER NAVARRO IS a loser. Literally.

The Guillotine Mystique

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION HAS LONG INSPIRED PROGRESSIVE RADICALS READY FOR CHANGE AT ANY COST.

Abolish Qualified Immunity

This court-invented doctrine shields bad cops from civil liability.

The Case Against Biden | Joe Biden's Politics of Panic

THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF RECKLESS RESPONSES TO THE MENACES DU JOUR.

THE GAMES MUST GO ON

COVID-19 UPENDED THE NBA, THE NFL, THE NHL, AND MLB. HOW THE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES RESPONDED OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO OUR FUTURE.

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD CIVILIZATION

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED over the last few decades. For the first time in human history, a single global civilization emerged.

WHY CAN'T THEY BOTH LOSE?

THEY SAY IF you don’t vote you can’t complain.They’re wrong.

The Case Against Trump | Donald Trump Is an Enemy of Freedom

WHEN IT COMES TO LIMITING THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT AND PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, AMERICA’S 45TH PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY MALIGN.

SHROOMS ARE ON THE D.C. BALLOT

RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., will have a chance to vote for the decriminalization of certain psychedelic drugs this November. The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they’re optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.

MEAT BILLS ARE ON THE MENU IN CONGRESS

AMERICA’S MEAT SUPPLY has been hammered by COVID-19 outbreaks at many of the nation’s largest meat processing plants, and consumer meat prices have spiked as a result.

Political Ignorance Is Bliss

COULD PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO POLITICS BE BETTER FOR YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND SOCIETY?

PLEASE STAND BY

BE PATIENT: WE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO WON THE ELECTION RIGHT AWAY

IS THE SENATE FILIBUSTER A ‘JIM CROW RELIC'?

DURING HIS JULY eulogy for Rep. JohnLewis (D–Ga.), a leading figure in the civil rights movement, former PresidentBarack Obama expressed support for eliminating the Senate filibuster, which he called a “Jim Crow relic.” That position contradicted the one Obama took as a senator in a chamber controlled by Republicans, and his historical framing was more than a little misleading.

What It's Like to Be a Business Owner During Covid-19

Cheese shop owner Jill Erber on why she’s keeping her store open to take care of her customers and her community

WHY HONG KONG'S PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT

THE ESCALATION IS PART OF A STRATEGY TO UNMASK CHINA’S ABUSES BEFORE THE WORLD.

AMERICAN IDOLATRY MEETS WOKE ICONOCLASM

WHY DO PEOPLE PULL DOWN STATUES?

‘I Am More Optimistic Than I've Been in a Long Time'

The Washington Post ’s Radley Balko was a pioneer in reporting on the disastrous consequences of police militarization and the need for criminal justice reform. Now everyone else is catching up.

Regulate Use of Force

“WHEN YOU’RE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON... POSES A THREAT TO YOUR EXISTENCE, YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO BUILD OUT MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS.”

GUN CONTROL PUTS YOUR LIFE AT RISK

In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.

Rethink Crisis Response

PEOPLE WHO CALL 911 SHOULDN’T GET AN ILL-TRAINED POLICE OFFICER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’RE DEALING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.

HOPE FOR FREE MARKET REFORM IN URUGUAY

ALTHOUGH THE GLOBAL media barely covered last year’s elections in Uruguay, President Luis Lacalle Pou’s victory was significant for ending 15 years of governance by the leftist Broad Front.