[1.] An excerpt from the long decision in Braun v. Day, decided by Judge Mary Rowland (N.D. Ill.) Friday: [Plaintiff] Propson is a resident of the state of Wisconsin and a licensed mortician. Propson operates at least one social media account under the handle “Lauren the Mortician,” where she posts about matters related to her […]
We have previously discussed polling showing the media at record lows in public trust. Well, the latest survey from Gallup shows that the media hit another all-time low. What is most impressive is that plummeting readers, revenues, and layoffs have done little to convince the mainstream media that the problem is not the public but themselves. The […]
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is off to a decent start in making initial cuts in federal waste and overall cost and—importantly—normalizing the reality that reducing government expenditures is a good thing. But if the DOGE is to live up to its avowed mission of making the bloated federal government even slightly affordable, at […]
3/3/2019: Schenck v. United States decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: March Read More Article from Reason.com
In a 1999 Hoover Institution interview, economist Milton Friedman was asked which federal agencies he would abolish. As host Peter Robinson rattled off the Cabinet list, Friedman gave a blunt verdict on most: “Abolish.” Departments of Agriculture and Commerce? “Abolish.” Education and Energy? “Abolish.” Housing and Urban Development? Gone. Labor? Gone. Transportation? Gone. Even Veterans […]
Can Donald Trump and Elon Musk actually Read More Article from Mises Institute
During his recent campaign for president, Donald Trump repeatedly stated that he had a secret plan for settling the war in Ukraine. He suggested that he would be able to resolve the conflict within a day of so of taking office. That obviously was political hyperbole because the war is still going on. Trump and […]
“I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years, but please leave me my old age. Please leave a small light at the end of the tunnel.” In 2015, with his sentencing hearing looming, Ross Ulbricht begged for a glimmer of hope. Today, at age 40, he is free. On […]
Last week, I started blogging about my new article Expressive Discrimination: Universities’ First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action, just published by the Florida Law Review. In these days of federal attacks on private DEI, maybe some private universities might find this useful as a strategy for fighting back against the Trump Administration! If you want […]
Hale: Reforming Department of Education is best option  Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News