In the 19th century, we had snake oil salesmen. Today, we have Amazon—or so Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) seems to suggest. If not the salesmen themselves, then Amazon is certainly the enabler, the means by which the salesmen successfully lure their gullible customers, at least according to Warren. Last week the senator sent a letter […]
Californians viewing the Olympics may have seen a new ad starring Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) opposing the recall of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. There’s nothing new or unexpected about the content of the advertisement. She accuses Republicans of “abusing” the recall process (they did not—they collected more than the required number of citizen signatures to […]
Over the weekend, the space billionaires appear to have taken up rent-free space in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s head. “The richest guy on Earth can launch himself into space while over half the country lives paycheck to paycheck, nearly 43 million are saddled with student debt, and child care costs force millions out of work,” the Massachusetts […]
Earlier this week, New York Times editorial board member Binyamin Applebaum wrote an opinion column criticizing Intuit’s decision to exit from the federal program that allowed some people to use the free version of the company’s TurboTax software. Applebaum accused Intuit of “abandoning the pretense of good citizenship” in favor of seeking profit before making his real […]
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie are all about the IRS budget increases, taxes, and surveillance you’ve been hearing about—all about getting rid of them, that is. Tune in for their takes on the latest headlines on this week’s Reason Roundtable. Discussed in the show: 2:22: The Biden administration, Elizabeth Warren, and […]