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Education
Progressive judge: School can ban T-shirt saying ‘there are only two genders’
The First Amendment has long been understood to protect messages on kids’ T-shirts in school, as long as they weren’t…
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Education
Teenager loses government job after saying there are only two genders; Free speech violated
An Idaho teenager has lost a job with the U.S. Forest Service for telling classmates at his high school that…
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Foreign Affairs
Legal scholars want UN to order America to pay trillions of dollars in reparations to blacks
African-American law professors and critical race theorists are urging the United Nations to order America to pay millions of dollars…
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Education
Generation Z was wrongly taught that Native Americans lived in peace and harmony before whites arrived
The Iroquois exterminated a neighboring tribe, the Huron, killing almost all of its 30,000 men, women, and children. Torture was…
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Education
Biden administration seeks to eradicate corporal punishment in schools, exceeding its authority
The Supreme Court upheld corporal punishment in the schools in Ingraham v. Wright (1977). But the Biden administration is trying…
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Law and Government
Biden wants to fund wasteful transit project that would use up more energy and harm buses
The Biden administration wants to spend another $500 million on a $9.3 billion project to expand the Bay Area Rapid…
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Education
Education Department implies that school policy debates can create hostile environment for students
Recently, the Biden administration was reported to have ruled that a school district’s “banning several pornographic books last year was…
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Unyielding
Feds want to spend $8.8 billion to expand a rail station operating at less than half of its existing capacity
Washington’s Union Station is operating at less than half of its existing capacity. But the Biden administration wants to expand…
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Politics
Republicans lose control of two of the few big cities they run
Given a choice between Democrats they see as too far to the left, and Republicans they see as too far…
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Economy
Legalizing kidney sales would end America’s lethal kidney shortage
In a recent article in Regulation, economist Frank McCormick and medical school professor Philip Held describe how America could solve…
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Law and Government
Biden can’t invoke 14th Amendment to keep spending money
If Congress doesn’t lift the national debt limit — because President Biden won’t agree to Republican demands to reduce the…
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Law and Government
Justice Department: Crime Statistics Are Racist, Shouldn’t Be Used to Focus Resources on High-Crime Areas
A draft Justice Department policy would forbid federal law enforcement officers from taking into account crime rates in “making decisions…
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Education
University of Texas features high-paid speaker who bashes capitalism and defends Communist mass incarceration of dissenters
The College Fix reports that a “prominent communist activist typically paid between $25,000 and $38,000 per speech used a recent…
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Law and Government
California reparations task force recommends paying black residents up to $1.2 million based on their race
The reparations task force set up by California’s legislature has proposed paying each black California resident up to $1.2 million.…
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Law and Government
Food stamps make recipients fatter and less healthy, according to studies
It’s not clear why, but receiving food stamps appears to make recipients less healthy and more obese. If there are…
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Education
Colorado teachers union passes resolution wrongly claiming capitalism inherently exploits children, harms education
The Colorado Education Association passed a Marxist resolution declaring that capitalism inherently exploits children and harms education. The resolution declares…
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Law and Government
Celebrated murderer kills two more people after being released and praised by the press
“A murderer was released early, celebrated by soft-on-crime groups, then charged with two more killings. Tragic and completely avoidable,” notes…
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Foreign Affairs
Today is Victims of Communism Day
Today is not just May Day, but also Victims of Communism Day. As law professor Ilya Somin explains, The authoritative…
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Law and Government
Supreme Court may rein in interstate agreements that harm other states
Since the 1970s, the courts have turned a blind eye to agreements between some states that extract wealth from other…
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Economy
Inflation Reduction Act will increase national debt and inflation
The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by Joe Biden will cost three times as much as supporters claimed, notes…
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Law and Government
Progressive official missed Silicon Valley Bank’s warning signs before it collapsed
President Biden’s massive government spending caused inflation that led to the collapse of a big bank, by shrinking the value…
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Law and Government
Serial killers get short sentences under new Alameda district attorney
In November, the progressive candidate, Pamela Price, was elected district attorney of Alameda County, California, after pledging to “disrupt the…
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Foreign Affairs
Anti-GMO activists are starving the people of Kenya
Kenya wants its farmers to grow pest-resistant, drought-tolerant corn, as pests devour much of its corn crop, and Kenya faces…
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Business
Legislation would let some transgender people avoid repaying their debts
If people can both change their name, and also hide the fact they changed their name, they can sometimes avoid…
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Foreign Affairs
Lab Leak likely caused COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. government officials say
“The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a…
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Economy
Kamala Harris falsely claims Biden administration cut electricity and heating bills
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris falsely claimed she and President Biden “have reduced heating and electricity bills.” “But in…
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Economy
Higher minimum wage causes more crime, study finds
A higher minimum wage results in more crime, notes Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute. A small fraction of low-wage…
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Business
Government-funded group blacklists conservative media, cutting off their ad revenue
Conservative and libertarian-leaning media are now being starved of advertising dollars because of a taxpayer-funded progressive group — the Global…
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Law and Government
Virginia Senate approves early-release bill for inmates; Many violent criminals could be released
The Virginia Senate has voted 24 to 15 to approve SB 842, the so-called “second look” bill. If it becomes…
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Law and Government
Many big cities in the U.S. now have more murders than El Salvador
El Salvador’s murder rate, which used to be 20 times the U.S. rate, dropped by more than half in 2022…
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Education
School system: High school students may become ‘clingy’ and tearful over minor mishap involving kid they never heard of
I received an email from the Arlington County Public Schools schools telling me that a single “student was found unconscious…
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Law and Government
Biden administration says it may impose rent control on housing with federally-backed mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)—which regulates the mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae—will explore ways it could “limit…
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Law and Government
Virginia Senate committee passes bill allowing all offenders to seek release after 15 years, the Second Look bill
Does every inmate deserve a chance for release? Even a serial killer, or a serial rapist with a long history…
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Economy
Congressional Democrats ask Biden to impose national rent control
Progressive Democrats are asking the Biden administration “to impose rent control on the entire country,” reports Reason magazine. A letter…
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Unyielding
San Francisco should pay trillions in reparations to black people, panel decides
San Francisco’s reparations committee has proposed that San Francisco pay $5 million each to virtually all black San Francisco residents…
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Law and Government
Virginia Democrats introduce rent control bills, which would make housing scarcer
In Virginia’s legislature, rent-control legislation has been introduced by 5 Democratic delegates and a Democratic State Senator. Economists oppose rent…
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