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UN publishes anti-Semitic, BDS-ready ‘blacklist’ linked to terror group PFLP; names U.S. companies among others
UN outdoes itself again: Modern ostracism meets the oldest hatred.
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New York City censors fashion industry
Assailing one of the last, if unlikeliest, outposts of First Amendment freedom.
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Virginia legislature passes Virginia Values Act, transforming state anti-discrimination law
Another flaw of the Virginia Values Act is that it provides for unlimited punitive damages, ‘without limitation otherwise imposed by…
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Legislators discard element of sexual harassment definition, broadening liability
Gutting the essential meaning of an open-ended litigation risk.
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‘Ban the Box’ laws backfire
As usual: the unintended consequences are negative, and intended consequences don't materialize.
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On MLK Day, Ocasio-Cortez channels Obama’s ‘you didn’t build that’ routine, gets ovation
It wasn't true when Barack Obama said it, and it's not true now. But Democratic wunderkind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a…
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Virginia may adopt strange sexual harassment law
If your boss looks at you funny, can you sue, even if his dirty look didn't make your work environment…
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New employment legislation would harm state’s economy
A law that would "devalue" Virginia, one suit at a time.
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Big Oil’s monster decade reveals why energy experts are not very good at making predictions
Birol’s comments reinforce a point energy analysts are making: Natural gas is slashing emission levels. The effect such technologies have…
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Biden: Jail energy and insurance executives
Presidential candidate Joe Biden is calling for jailing energy executives. On Sunday, he called for first “doing away with any…
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IRS placed lien on Hunter Biden for $113K in unpaid taxes from year he served on Burisma board
It does not appear that Hunter Biden has resolved his tax debt to the IRS. No corresponding lien release form…
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Obama’s regulatory ghost is haunting American companies
Just two days before former President Obama left office, the DOL filed a lawsuit against Oracle America, Inc. alleging that the technology…
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Defense contractors shift to the left
Political correctness and meal-ticket bias afflict this industry, as they do all.
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Warren’s ‘Billionaire Tears’ mug is sold through a billionaire-run company
The $25 mug, which Warren’s presidential campaign introduced Wednesday, is sold through Shopify, a Canadian e-commerce company whose founder and CEO, Tobias Lütke,…
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There’s a middle way between insane prescription drug prices and Medicare for All
Cures for All beats Medicare for All.
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Delta Airlines agrees to show un-edited gay sex films on its flights
And what about likely complaints from parents and other passengers flying with small children? Delta hasn't clarified, though I'm pretty…
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Left-wing billionaires spend millions on Virginia elections
You may not be following Virginia's legislative elections, which will occur on November 5. But liberal billionaires across the country…
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Virginia may repeal law protecting workers against having to join union
One giant step backward for Virginians and the state economy, if Democrats have their way.
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Kellogg’s introduces cereal exclusively for the LGBTQ community
You might think I'm pulling your leggo, but it's for real. Breakfast cereal manufacturing giant Kellogg’s is about to roll…
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Rent control harms workers and tenants
Consequences: second-order, unintended - and very costly.
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What do people mean by ‘corporate welfare’?
To people on the Right, corporate welfare means that a company gets a taxpayer subsidy, or that it gets a…
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Is everything ‘commerce’ that Congress can restrict?
Spiders and their fate lack any qualitative relationship to interstate commerce.
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NYC seeks to curb speech about illegal aliens
'It is illegal for a person’s employer, coworkers, or housing provider such as landlords to use derogatory or offensive terms…
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Ocasio-Cortez trying to prevent new jobs from coming into her district … again
According to a poll conducted in June, first-term Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a 22% approval rating among members of her…
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Burger King takes the ‘ham’ out of ‘hamburgers’ so as not to offend Muslims: Just one problem
Meantime, who wants to be the one to tell Muslims that their religion's founder has the word ham in his…
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Elizabeth Warren to struggling families dependent on oil jobs: There are other jobs
'They’re worried about jobs, and so what do you tell the pipe fitters and cafeteria workers in Port Arthur, what…
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This is the most important religious liberty decision since Masterpiece Cakeshop
Rules or regulations that have unintentional effects on speech rights are generally lawful.
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An empirical comparison: Journalist goes to buy a gun, blogger goes to buy cold pills
A live test, documented and attested.
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Civil rights law doesn’t cover transgender workers, Trump administration tells SCOTUS
'Proving discrimination because of sex under Title VII requires showing that an employer treated members of one sex less favorably…
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Turmoil at mega-bank HSBC tracks with cresting of Hong Kong, UK/Brexit, and Epstein dramas
Interesting banking times.
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God backs job-killing minimum-wage law, Buttigieg says
There are many low-cost areas where a couple each making $12 per hour can afford a perfectly good middle class…
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Ben & Jerry’s founders create new ice cream flavor in honor of Bernie Sanders candidacy
The flagship flavor of ‘Vermont's Finest Senator’ brand (the packaging for which looks precariously close to the original B&J design)…
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Amazon at-home surveillance system partners with law enforcement; gets taxpayer subsidies to help people buy system
Big Brother is spending your money to pay Amazon to help watch you.
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Support for $15 minimum wage plummets when Americans are told about its economic impact
By Jon Miltimore Minimum wage laws, I’ve noted, are popular with the public. This no doubt explains why House Democrats passed a bill…
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