By SCOTT SHACKFORD The ID overhaul, presented as a national security safeguard more than 15 years ago, still hasn’t been fully implemented. It has been…
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By J.D. TUCCILLE Many things once done as a matter of right are now privileges to be dispensed or withheld by those in power. The…
By JACOB SULLUM A rational debate requires acknowledging both the strengths and the weaknesses of the scientific evidence. Like many Americans, I do not like…
By RONALD BAILEY Researchers admit there are absolutely no current examples of low-energy societies providing a decent living standard for their citizens. Examples of “evidence of…
By ROBBY SOAVE Today two Democratic members of Congress sent letters to the presidents of Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Cox, Dish, and other cable and satellite…
By CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI Retail stores in most of California are only allowed to operate at 25 percent capacity. A new bill in the state legislature…
By JIM EPSTEIN “Blackstone is one of the largest landlords in [the] world,” tweeted the New York tenant advocacy group Housing Justice for All in May. “We know they’re…
By JOSH BLACKMAN On Monday, the Court issued a lengthy order list. This order purged from the docket many Trump-related cases, and set the stage for…
Coronavirus Relief By PETER SUDERMAN Over and over again, President Joe Biden has pitched his $1.9 trillion Coronavirus Relief plan as vital to restoring a…
By J.D. TUCCILLE Inspired by Germany’s notorious hate-speech law, more countries seek to impose steep penalties on platforms that don’t comply with their censorship whims. Even…
By ROBBY SOAVE It was a gorgeous August weekend in New York City, and Andy—a college senior at New York University (NYU)—decided to attend a rooftop…
By J.D. TUCCILLE Pandemic maps are all the rage, these days, but the latest one from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a little different; instead…
Setting the cops on social-distancing scofflaws is dangerous to public health and a free society. In the time of the pandemic the world’s snitches are…