Last week, Florida’s Legislature passed H.B. 1, a bill that would expand the state’s school choice program, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, to all Florida students. Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law, a welcome change from his usual tendencies toward state authority. Under current law, students can opt out of their local public […]
Last month, police in Virginia’s Fairfax County shot and killed a man suspected of shoplifting sunglasses. This week, the department released body camera footage and fired an officer involved, but questions remain over why a suspected thief had to die. On February 22, officers responded to reports of a shoplifter at Tysons Corner Center, a […]
Amid issues like climate change and fluctuations in the global price of oil, American motorists are increasingly interested in electric vehicles (E.V.s). In early 2022, new E.V. registrations rose 60 percent even as overall new car registrations declined by 18 percent. Of all considerations, the biggest barrier to acceptance is price: The price of the […]
All across the country, young people are stealing cars and taking them for joyrides, including teenagers who don’t have driver’s licenses. The trend is dangerous, having resulted in at least 14 recent crashes and eight deaths. And government officials in New York and California know exactly who to blame: carmakers. And for good measure, TikTok. […]
“Buy land,” says the old investment axiom. “They’re not making any more of it.” And yet, depending on which country you come from, some U.S. lawmakers would deny you the right. Between 2009 and 2016, China’s global expenditures on agricultural land increased more than tenfold, according to data cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, prescriptions for Adderall, the stimulant medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), skyrocketed. There were two main reasons. Due to social distancing, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allowed physicians to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances via telehealth appointments. And second, parents noticed that their children, suddenly relegated to […]
VinFast is the first company to develop electric vehicles in its native Vietnam, and it’s now making inroads into the American market. Last year, it announced it would build a factory in North Carolina that would manufacture both electric cars and batteries. Then, last week, the company said it would not be able to begin […]
In November 2021, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley killed four fellow students at his Michigan high school with a gun his father bought him as an early Christmas present. Prosecutors charged Crumbley with murder, assault, and terrorism, to which he pleaded guilty. Prosecutors also charged his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. […]
Attendants of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) heard many topics of contention raised, like transgender rights or tech companies. And also, oddly enough, Alaska’s U.S. House race. In 2020, Alaskan voters approved a new electoral process in which every candidate of any party runs in the same primary, and the four with the […]
Though it was released under the “HBO Documentary Films” banner, Pelosi in the House—which depicts Nancy Pelosi’s two tenures as speaker of the House of Representatives—bills itself as a “home movie.” That’s because the film is directed by her daughter Alexandra Pelosi, using candid hand-held footage of the speaker at home and behind the scenes. […]