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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Clings To His Pedestal

A year ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was a pandemic hero.

THE ALT-CURRENCY MARTYR

BEFORE THE FEDS FEARED BITCOIN, THEY FEARED E-GOLD.

This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice

Dickie Lynn’s story shows how the drug war warped the Criminal Justice System.

In The Tank

Ethanol’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air.

Rescue On The High Rise Bridge

With his truck dangling 70 feet above a roiling river and a storm whipping 50-mph winds, a trapped driver’s only hope is a team of trained emergency rescuers—who are stuck in traffic

Extremely Online and Wildly Out of Control

Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel explores the mind, and heart, of an internet-addled protagonist.

The United States of Amazon

How the giant company has transformed the geography of wealth and power

When America Became a Democracy

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally delivered on the stated ideals of this country. Now it hangs by a thread.

Bring Back The Nervous Breakdown

It used to be okay to admit that the world had simply become too much.

Is There a Future for Fusionism?

In the years since the Cold War, conservatives have lost sight of the relationship between liberty and personal responsibility.

A Practical Wish List For Joe Biden

Some doable libertarian ideas for the new President

Will New York Lead The Way In Screwing Up School Reopening?

For those of us subject to his misrule, the second week of December did not seem a particularly auspicious week for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to start touting his experience with reopening public schools as a model for the rest of the country.

More Than the Vote

The suffragists’ struggle produced undaunted trailblazers, Black and white, who continued to pursue social reform.

The Committee on Life and Death

As COVID-19 has overwhelmed hospitals, the lack of clear bioethical guidelines has meant that doctors have had to make wrenching life-and-death decisions on the fly. The result has been chaos and unnecessary suffering, among both patients and clinicians. As the country prepares to distribute vaccines, we’re at risk of reprising this chaos.

How Great Is Martin Amis?

Assessing the legacy of a comic master who grasps for seriousness

Jeans Now, Pay Later

Are the new online services that allow you to buy just about anything in installments—interest-free—too good to be true?

Congress Targets Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google for Being Popular

With fresh faces in the White House and Congress, many Trump-era political agendas will soon be discarded.

In Defense of Covid Billionaires

People love to hate billionaires. And they really love to hate large pharmaceutical companies.

RED STATE REBELLION

Can Utah—of all places—show voters how to seize power from conservative supermajorities?

True Stories

To beat anti-science trolls, sometimes you have to think like one.

Mixed Media – The Mother Of Conspiracies

How QAnon found a home in parenting groups

To Depose A President

Trump is about to lose his biggest defense gainst the women suing him for defamation.

THE HISTORIAN WHO SEES THE FUTURE

PETER TURCHIN BELIEVES HE HAS DISCOVERED IRON LAWS THAT DICTATE THE RISE AND FALL OF CIVILIZATIONS. HE PREDICTS A DIRE DECADE FOR THE UNITED STATES.

Through Their Eyes

CBS News’s Michelle Miller, Jeff Pegues, and Jericka Duncan bring their experience and passion to covering some of today’s most important stories.

MURKY LAWS MAKE IT TOO EASY TO LABEL GOOD PARENTS ‘NEGLECTFUL'

IS IT LEGAL for parents to let their kids play outside on their own or stay home alone for a little while? That’s a simple question without a simple answer.

STATES ARE FINALLY REVOKING COPS' LICENSE TO STEAL

A RECENT FLURRY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTS WHY FORFEITURE REFORM SUCCEEDS—AND WHY IT FAILS.

The Truth About the Free Market Family

HERE IS AN ambiguity, if not a bait and switch, at the heart of Maxine Eichner’s The FreeMarket Family. In her telling, the last 40 years of American public policy have left families to fend for themselves in the marketplace while providing little in the way of support for children and working parents. Filled with both broad data and specific anecdotes, the book argues that we are failing to raise healthy, well-adjusted children because market incentives and poor public policy make it hard for parents to juggle work and child care, even as growing economic inequality, driven by free markets, has made it harder for lower-income adults to find good jobs.

WILL CITIES SURVIVE 2020?

COVID-19 IS REIGNITING OLD DEBATES ABOUT ZONING, PUBLIC HEALTH, URBAN PLANNING, AND SUBURBAN SPRAWL.

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.