Just saw this announcement from FIRE; very glad to hear it. I copy below my explanation from Dec. 18 for why I think Trump’s claim is unsound. [* * *] [The] Complaint in this case essentially alleges that pollster Ann Selzer’s Nov. 2 poll for the Des Moines Register, which showed Harris ahead in Iowa […]
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‘Malta Needs Fresh Voices’: Young Entrepreneur To Contest Election With Libertarian Capitalist Vision  Lovin Malta Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News In The NewsVarious articles mentioning Libertarians, libertarian thought or the Libertarian Party.
There is a plausible theory of the case for the dramatic rise in illiberal, speech-stultifying wokeness in America beginning a dozen or so years ago: that it’s largely a bottom-up, millennial affair. “In late 2013,” Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), explained in Reason‘s January 2022 issue, “there was […]
Ireland is suffering from the same kind of housing crisi 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, academic papers, […]
Last fall, I noticed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had redesigned portions of its website, creating a new opinions portal. Alas, as I noted at the time, the new portal actually made it more difficult to find opinions because it lacks a search function. Today the D.C. Circuit provided a […]
The term “doxing” is not well defined, but is often used broadly to refer to publicly disclosing a person’s name, photograph, address, phone number, employer name, and the like, in connection with some express or implied condemnation of the person. The concern is that such disclosure can instigate or facilitate violence or vandalism targeting the […]
As he signed a sweeping executive order in July 2021 intended to crack down on anticompetitive business practices, President Joe Biden declared that “capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism, it’s exploitation.” That would become something of a catchphrase for Biden’s presidency—and a mission statement for his appointees. Biden’s Justice Department blocked the merger of JetBlue and […]
I’m delighted to be able to pass along this item from my Stanford colleague Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford Law School), one of the nation’s leading scholars on the Religion Clauses: The Supreme Court has a unique opportunity this Term (or next) to hear four cases with major implications for religious liberty. One case is already […]
Happy Tuesday and Happy New Year! With the cost of housing ever-present in the public consciousness, state legislatures reconvening, and elections out of the way, we can expect 2025 to be action-packed with lots of wonky housing policy fights. Rent Free will be here to cover them all. As policymakers go about considering reforms aimed […]