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THE EXPENSIVE SEDUCTIVE NOSTALGIA OF FIELD OF DREAMS

WHY ARE SO MANY FILMGOERS AND POLITICIANS EAGER TO PROP UP BASEBALL'S BOONDOGGLES?

PUBLIC UNIONS VS.THE PUBLIC GOOD

ELECTED LEADERS COME AND GO, BUT PUBLIC UNIONS JUST SAY NO.

PROPOSITION: BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WORLD

AFFIRMATIVE: Optimism Is the Rational Approach

PROPOSITION: BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE! OF FREE EXCHANGE

AFFIRMATIVE: Bitcoin Is an Effective Tool for Liberty

PROPOSITION: MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS PEOPLE MUST BE LOCKED UP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

AFFIRMATIVE: Choosing the Streets Over Shelters Is Dangerous for Everyone

PROPOSITION: THE U.S. SHOULD INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DEFENSE OF UKRAINE

AFFIRMATIVE: Ukraine's Liberal Democracy Deserves Our Aid

PROPOSITION: THE E.U. WAS A MISTAKE

AFFIRMATIVE: Small States Are Best, and the E.U. Is Huge

PROPOSITION: TO PRESERVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, GOVERNMENT MUST AFFIRMATIVELY INTERVENE IN THE CULTURE WAR

AFFIRMATIVE: You May Not Be Interested in the Culture War, But the Culture War Is Interested in You

PROPOSITION: DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS

AFFIRMATIVE:  When We Are Governed, Ballots Are Best

PROPOSITION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SHOULD BE REGULATED

AFFIRMATIVE: Don't Trust Governments With A.I. Facial Recognition Technology

PROPOSITION: IT'S TIME FOR A NATIONAL DIVORCE

AFFIRMATIVE: A National Divorce Is an Opportunity for Peaceful Coexistence

DEBATE IS FOR THE COOL KIDS

\"STUDIES SHOW THAT debate is good for you\" is exactly the sort of thing you'd expect someone in an ill-fitting blazer and awkward shoes to say at a high school debate competition.

'All the Parents Want Is a Chance To Make That Choice'

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears wants state education dollars "to follow the child instead of the brick building."

Sen. Pat Toomey on Cryptocurrency and FTX's Collapse

Former Sen. Pat Toomey’s time in Congress, which began in 1999 after he won a House seat in eastern Pennsylvania, officially ended on January 3 when the new Senate session began.

Is Online Illness Culture Keeping People Sick?

WHILE THE FDA KEEPS EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS OUT OF REACH, THE SPOONIE WORLD MAKES A DIAGNOSIS INTO AN IDENTITY.

SHODDY RESEARCH REINFORCES ANTI-VAPING NARRATIVE

Three years later, the World Journal of Oncology published a study that claimed vapers face about the same cancer risk as smokers. The authors said “prospective studies should be planned to mitigate the risk.”

THE BUDGET BATTLE BOOK

That job includes authoring, debating, and passing a budget for the astounding amount of discretionary federal spending that Congress is charged with managing each year—in this case, about $1.7 trillion.

NEW LAWS STOP COPS FROM LYING TO KIDS

Maryland and Washington state already enforce such a rule. And in 2021, Illinois and Oregon became the first two states to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations.

REAL ESTATE XENOPHOBIA

THERE’S A SPECTER supposedly haunting the globe’s expensive housing markets: the absentee foreign owner.

TO FIX POLICING, PUNISH BAD COPS

Jordan took a lot of abuse for his remark, which was generally interpreted as boobish and nihilistic.

The Luddites' Veto

BEWARE OF ACTIVISTS TOUTING \"RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.\" THE SENSIBLE-SOUNDING SLOGAN MASKS A REACTIONARY AGENDA.

THE ZONING THEORY OF EVERYTHING

LAND USE POLICIES EXPLAIN THE BATTLES OVER EVERYTHING FROM RECESSION TO ABORTION TO DONALD TRUMP.

Ron DeSantis Is on Deck

DOES HE WANT TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT, OR DOES HE JUST WANT TO WIN AT ALL COSTS?

Don't Underestimate Clarence Thomas

Critics of the enigmatic Supreme Court Justice have overlooked his influence for too long.

How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex

As someone who covers the intersection of sex and technology, I was primed to love Samantha Cole's How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex. A great book could be written on this topic-but this is not it.

Bodies Against the State

In China, crowds of people line the streets. They are holding blank sheets of paper. There's nothing special about the paper; it's ordinary A4 letter size. The police nonetheless know what they mean. The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party know what they mean. The world knows what they mean.

Biden's Antitrust Crusade

In summer 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on "Promoting Competition in the American Economy." A White House fact sheet declared that the economy was "booming under President Biden's leadership," saying the order was "building on this economic momentum" by pushing back against corporate consolidation, primarily through aggressive antitrust enforcement.

Biden's 'Marijuana Reform' Leaves Prohibition Untouched

According to the New York Times, the "marijuana reform" that President Joe Biden announced in October represented "a fundamental change in America's response to a drug that has been at the center of a clash between culture and policing for more than a half-century." If only.

What Women Want

Maybe it’s to be treated as individuals?

A Modern History of 'groomer' Politics

The social changes that paved the way for gay and trans acceptance have made pedophile acceptance less likely, not more.