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'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.

In Defense of Algorithms

They’re good for us. They might even be good for democracy.

California Wants to Run Out of Gas

In late august, California air regulators announced that the state would ban the sale of most gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, a policy aimed at encouraging a shift to electric vehicles (E.V.s). A week later, amid a massive heat wave, California officials begged E.V. owners not to recharge their cars during peak evening hours so as not to overload the state's energy grid.

Immigration: America Needs 'Low-skilled' Workers

At a moment when even modest immigration reform is politically contentious, several Republicans in Congress are open to letting in more "high-skilled" immigrants. But that approach overlooks the fact that the country would benefit from admitting workers at all skill levels.

Argentina's Inflation Crisis

Argentina is no stranger to economic turmoil, having defaulted on its national debt three times since 2001.

Jennifer Sey Keeps Getting Canceled for Speaking Up

In 2008, Jennifer Sey was subjected to a vicious backlash after the 1986 USA Gymnastics national champion released Chalked Up, the first memoir published about rampant abuse in the sport. Her new book, Levi's Unbuttoned: The Woke Mob Took My Job but Gave Me My Voice, feels like a continuation of that story, detailing Sey's ouster from the jeans juggernaut-where she was set to become its first female CEO-after she again ruffled feathers earlier this year. This time she wasn't speaking out against abuse in sports; she was speaking out against COVID-19 school closures.

The Case for 50 Percent Open Borders

A call for restricting immigration accidentally makes the case for radical liberalization.

The Everything Bubble

How the Fed redistributed wealth upward and encouraged reckless corporate behavior

IS THERE A FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF TOMORROW?

THE CONSEQUENCES, OF OUR OBSESSION 7 WITH URBAN DYSTOPIAS AND UTOPIAS

Can Larry Krasner Fix Philly's Crime Problem?

Philadelphia's progressive district attorney tried to enact criminal justice reform and got impeached for his trouble.

KAMALA HARRIS IS A FLOP

THE UNDERWHELMING VICE PRESIDENCY OF AN UNPOPULAR FORMER PROSECUTOR HAS CREATED A SUCCESSION PROBLEM FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

CIVIL LIBERTIES: WHERE WAS THE MIDTERM PUBLIC SAFETY BACKLASH?

DESPITE PREDICTIONS THAT rising violent crime would sink candidates who support criminal justice reforms, those candidates mostly survived their 2022 midterm elections. What's more, reform-minded prosecutor and sheriff candidates defeated incumbents in a few key races.

DRUGS: A WIN FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL FREEDOM IN COLORADO

A DECADE AGO, Colorado became the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use, something 20 other states have done since then. Colorado set a new precedent for drug policy reform in November, when its voters approved a ballot initiative that decriminalizes a wide range of conduct related to consuming five natural psychedelics.