The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into Tesla on Thursday, reports the Associated Press. Though every preventable death is a tragedy, not every death should trigger a federal investigation and potential recall of overwhelmingly safe technology. The NHTSA’s overzealous scrutiny of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature is unwarranted and counterproductive. The […]
“Awareness is descending on Russia that the existence of Ukraine as an independent country is an existential threat to Russia. The liberation of Donbas does not demilitarize and deNazify Ukraine or replace Ukraine’s puppet government with an independent one. Will the Russian public and the Russian General Staff permit Putin to agree to end the […]
Since the beginning of this year’s abbreviated presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have told different stories about crime trends during the Biden administration. As the Trump campaign tells it, “homicides are skyrocketing,” and violent crime has risen dramatically since Trump left office. While the first claim is inconsistent with […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman welcome back special guest Stephanie Slade to chat about the latest in polling results and the shape of the electorate two weeks ahead of the presidential election. 02:16—Latest in polling data two weeks out from the presidential election 33:04—Weekly listener question 44:15—Takeaways […]
Long before there was Alan Greenspan to turn the Federal Reserve int Read More Article from Mises Institute Mises InstituteThe Mises Institute’s website is a treasure trove for enthusiasts of Austrian economics, libertarian philosophy, and classical liberalism. Serving as both an educational platform and a research resource, the site offers a vast array of articles, […]
This morning the Supreme Court denied certiorari in a case asking the justices to revisit Humphrey’s Executor. Do not think for a moment that this means we are not in for a significant administrative law term. There are some potentially big cases in the pipeline, and the Court has quite a few cases this term that […]
To understand what’s unfolding in this election year, we need to view Trump not only as a candidate, and not merely as a man, but as a symbol—as if he were the personification of Uncle Sam brought to life in an attempt to save America from a passel of formidable enemies, both foreign and domestic, […]
One of the important points made by Carl Menger in his 1871 Princip Read More Article from Mises Institute Mises InstituteThe Mises Institute’s website is a treasure trove for enthusiasts of Austrian economics, libertarian philosophy, and classical liberalism. Serving as both an educational platform and a research resource, the site offers a vast array of […]