So alleges Retraction Watch (Rita Aksenfeld): Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book {Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced}. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors…. The book’s author, Govindakumar Madhavan, asked for an additional “week or two” to fully […]
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A typical example is the Politico article, on July 3rd, “Three reasons why Republicans cut Medicaid”, which at its opening asks and answers the question: “why did the GOP slash deeply into the health insurance program in its megabill? Three reasons: [1] Republicans desperately needed money to avoid a big tax increase next year, [2] they […]
After attorney general Pam Bondi claimed that she had Jeffrey Epstein’s client list on her desk, her FBI leaked a memo to Axios that says Read More Article from LewRockwell
Last week, I submitted a comment to the Supreme Court of Texas. In short, I argued that SCOTX should discount the opinions of the law school deans, as they do not represent the public interest. I’ve now reviewed the letter signed by deans from eight law schools, including my own. With respect, I did not […]
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Reason reporter Eric Boehm unpack the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, focusing on its tax carve-outs, special-interest subsidies, and what happens when key provisions expire in 2028. They also examine the potential fallout from Trump’s looming trade deadline with the European […]
Bob Murphy and David Howden explore essa Read More Article from Mises Institute
Thanks, Johnny Kramer. Interesting Engineering The post 2,000-year-old Roman ‘Bigfoot’ mystery: 5,000 giant shoes unearthed Read More Article from LewRockwell
It’s a news cycle as old as the weather. A terrible natural disaster results in the loss of life and property. The chattering classes immediately begin to heap blame on their political enemies for bringing about the disaster, while partisans on the other side insist that they are blameless. Initial comments from officials—who often have […]
For more than a decade, it seems that different rules apply to Obamacare cases. In NFIB v. Sebelius (2012), a penalty was rewritten into a tax, and a mandatory Medicaid expansion was rewritten into a voluntary program. In King v. Burwell (2014), “established by the State” was rewritten as “established by the federal government.” In […]