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We're Lying to Ourselves About Taxes, Spending, and the Debt
31 July 2025 @ 4:03 am
It's time to ask what level of spending Americans truly want with the money we actually have.
You Shouldn't Need a License to Talk
31 July 2025 @ 3:36 am
Occupational licensing can be useless, harmful—and even a threat to free speech.
Woman Who Died of Heart Disease in ICE Custody Reportedly Told Son She Wasn't Allowed to See Doctor for Chest Pains
30 July 2025 @ 9:37 pm
Questions about the death of Marie Blaise at a South Florida ICE detention center have lingered since she collapsed in April.
The Government Took Their Home Equity Over Modest Debts. Michigan's Supreme Court Just Threw Them a Lifeline.
30 July 2025 @ 9:16 pm
Years after home equity theft was ruled unconstitutional, Michigan keeps looking for ways around the ruling.
New York's Governor Blames Nevada's 'Weak Gun Laws' for the Manhattan Mass Shooting
30 July 2025 @ 9:00 pm
Kathy Hochul's focus on "assault weapons" is puzzling, since the perpetrator easily could have killed the same number of people with a gun that did not fall into that politically defined category.
The Federal Reserve Rightly Rejects Trump's Calls for Lower Interest Rates
30 July 2025 @ 8:25 pm
Maintaining the elevated federal funds rate makes borrowing more expensive, but the alternative is artificially cheap money, malinvestment, and inflation.
Can Trump Use Emergency Powers To Tax All Imports? His Tariffs Are Back in Court on Thursday.
30 July 2025 @ 8:05 pm
To win in court, the Trump administration will have to argue against a pair of legal theories that conservatives have spent years developing as a way to check executive power.
South Park's Trump Takedown Joins a Proud American Tradition
30 July 2025 @ 6:15 pm
The cartoon’s savage Season 27 premiere puts a tiny, naked Trump in bed with Satan—and lands squarely in the American tradition of using outrageous satire to hold the powerful accountable.
Union-Backed Boston Ordinance Would Require Drivers in Driverless Waymos
30 July 2025 @ 5:50 pm
Unionized drivers and politicians say regulation is needed to stop autonomous vehicles from replacing jobs.