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Courts Are Coming for Digital Libraries
Reason magazine

Courts Are Coming for Digital Libraries

IN SEPTEMBER, A federal appeals court dealt a major blow to the Internet Archive-one of the largest online repositories of free books, media, and software-in a copyright case with significant implications for publishers, libraries, and readers.

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December 2024
Pearl Clutchers in Hot Spring County
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Pearl Clutchers in Hot Spring County

IS THE FILM Night of the Living Dead too racy for daytime television? What about double entendres about \"spotted dick\" pudding? Or a travel documentary about Paris featuring burlesque dancers and a museum with nude paintings? These were just some of the federal obscenity complaints that made Hot Spring County, Arkansas, the most prudish place in America.

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December 2024
Q & A: Jane Coaston
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Q & A: Jane Coaston

JANE COASTON IS a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times who describes herself as having “libertarian tendencies.”

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December 2024
Censorship on Campus
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Censorship on Campus

LAST YEAR, STUDENT-LED protests over the Israel-Hamas war broke out at dozens of college campuses. With the new school year well underway, student demonstrations have begun again in earnest.

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December 2024
There's More to the 'Motherhood Penalty'
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There's More to the 'Motherhood Penalty'

IS MOTHERHOOD BAD for women's careers? Conventional wisdom says \"yes,\" but a new study suggests \"maybe not.\"

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December 2024
Citizen Journalism Under Threat
Reason magazine

Citizen Journalism Under Threat

CIVIL LIBERTIES

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December 2024
Modern Crafters Rediscover an Old Sweater
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Modern Crafters Rediscover an Old Sweater

YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE been picking up fiber arts such as knitting in recent years, spurred by social media trends and pandemic-era boredom. Knitting forums now feature young crafters not just rediscovering traditional patterns but reinventing them for modern times.

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December 2024
A Psychedelic Ban Would Disrupt Important Research
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A Psychedelic Ban Would Disrupt Important Research

YOU HAVE PROBABLY never heard of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI), much less worried about its possible abuse. Yet the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants to ban this synthetic psychedelic, a promising research chemical used in more than 900 published studies, by placing it in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), which defeated a previous DEA attempt to ban DOI in 2022, is determined to stop the agency's interference with science again.

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December 2024
What Is the 'Working Class'?
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What Is the 'Working Class'?

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS alike want to be seen as champions of the working class-understandably so, since that cohort of Americans is understood as essential to winning several presidential swing states.

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December 2024
Gimme Shelter  - The U.S. confronts a growing homelessness problem. Does Miami have the answer?
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Gimme Shelter - The U.S. confronts a growing homelessness problem. Does Miami have the answer?

The U.S. confronts a growing homelessness problem. Does Miami have the answer?

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July 2024
AI Is Coming for Hollywood's Jobs
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AI Is Coming for Hollywood's Jobs

But so is everyone else.

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June 2024
AI Can Do Paperwork Doctors Hate
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AI Can Do Paperwork Doctors Hate

With help from AI, doctors can focus on patients.

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June 2024
Antitrust May Smother the Power of AI
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Antitrust May Smother the Power of AI

Left alone, AI could actually help small firms compete with tech giants.

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June 2024
A Brief, Biased History of the Culture Wars
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A Brief, Biased History of the Culture Wars

THE FIRST PAR AGR APH of the book jacket lays it out: “There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past.

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July 2024
FAMILIES NEED A VIBE SHIFT
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FAMILIES NEED A VIBE SHIFT

THE AUTHORS OF FOUR NEW BOOKSWITH 24 KIDS BETWEEN THEM-SAY THE AMERICAN FAMILY NEEDS A COURSE CORRECTION.

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July 2024
"The Past Is There To Teach Us What Can Happen'
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"The Past Is There To Teach Us What Can Happen'

Hardcore History's Dan Carlin on hero worship and moral assumptions in the study of the past

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July 2024
Cutting Off Israel
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Cutting Off Israel

ENDING U.S. AID WOULD GIVE WASHINGTON LESS LEVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THAT’S WHY IT’S WORTH DOING.

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July 2024
WHAT CAUSED THE D.C.CRIME WAVE?
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WHAT CAUSED THE D.C.CRIME WAVE?

GOVERNMENT MISMANAGEMENT, NOT SENTENCING REFORM OR SPARSE SOCIAL SPENDING, DESERVES THE BLAME.

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July 2024
States Turn Their Backs on Criminal Justice Reform
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States Turn Their Backs on Criminal Justice Reform

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE to avoid the “strange bedfellows” cliché when reading about the criminal justice reform movement in the 2010s.

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July 2024
Florida's Citrus Slaughter
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Florida's Citrus Slaughter

MANY SOUTH FLORIDA residents remember with grief a day in the early ’00s when the government came for their citrus trees.

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July 2024
Q&A Bryan Caplan
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Q&A Bryan Caplan

BRYAN CAPLAN IS known for his unconventional approach to tackling big issues.

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July 2024
Republican Defenders of Abortion in Arizona
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Republican Defenders of Abortion in Arizona

THOUGH STILL ON the books, Arizona’s near-total ban on abortion was buried deep in the state’s history—until recently.

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July 2024
New York's Predictable Legal Pot 'Disaster'
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New York's Predictable Legal Pot 'Disaster'

AS OF EARLY May, more than three years after New York legalized recreational marijuana, just 119 licensed dispensaries were serving that market in the entire state.

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July 2024
The Black Panther Who Was Banned From the Ballot
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The Black Panther Who Was Banned From the Ballot

DONALD TRUMP WAS not the first celebrity presidential candidate who could reasonably be accused of insurrection against the United States.

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July 2024
SWAT Goes to College
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SWAT Goes to College

A GRAY-HAIRED DARTMOUTH professor was tackled, zip-tied, and detained on May 1 along with about 90 other protesters.

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July 2024
50 Years of D&D: You Can't Copyright Fun
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50 Years of D&D: You Can't Copyright Fun

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the original edition of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the granddaddy of tabletop role-playing games and one of the urtexts of nerd culture.

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May 2024
The Alzheimer's Test You're Not Allowed To Have
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The Alzheimer's Test You're Not Allowed To Have

MILLIONS FACE THE shadow of Alzheimer’s, a disease that steals memories and devastates lives.

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June 2024
An Early Test for Alzheimer's
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An Early Test for Alzheimer's

SHOULD YOU BE allowed to take a blood test that could tell you if you’re already at risk of Alzheimer’s disease? Last year, Quest Diagnostics began offering a consumer-initiated blood test for $399 (not covered by insurance) that detects the buildup of proteins associated with the development of Alzheimer’s in customers’ plasma.

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June 2024
Caging Lab-Grown Meat
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Caging Lab-Grown Meat

LAB-GROWN MEAT IS a scientific marvel. We’ve managed, through pure human ingenuity, to create something that looks like meat, cooks like meat, tastes pretty much like meat, and comes from animal cells—yet doesn’t require the slaughter of a single living animal.

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June 2024
The 'Migrant Crime' Wave, Debunked
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The 'Migrant Crime' Wave, Debunked

“THE UNITED STATES is being overrun by the Biden migrant crime,” said former President Donald Trump during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in February. “It’s a new form of vicious violation to our country.”

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June 2024