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  • The Low Point of Jimmy Carter’s Awful Presidency

    The Low Point of Jimmy Carter’s Awful Presidency

    So, in July 1979, the nation was in a deep, Carter-induced funk. And Carter’s reaction was to … blame the nation. That was the theme of the

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  • Democrats Must Work With Trump–Strategically

    Democrats Must Work With Trump–Strategically

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  • Justin Trudeau’s ‘One Regret’ Is Not Implementing Ranked Choice Voting in Canada

    Justin Trudeau’s ‘One Regret’ Is Not Implementing Ranked Choice Voting in Canada

    As he heads for the exit, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his “one regret” is not overhauling the voting system Canadians will use to choose the next parliamentary majority. “I do wish that we’d been able to change the way we elect our governments in this country so that people could simply choose a […]

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  • Ozempic Class Action: What You Need to Know and How to Join the Ongoing Case

    Ozempic Class Action: What You Need to Know and How to Join the Ongoing Case

    As readers are probably aware, Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs have exploded in popularity in recent years. While some have been concerned about possible long-term effects, many Americans have forged ahead on their weight-loss journeys. Unforuntately, some of those users have experienced serious side effects, which has led to a class action lawsuit against the […]

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  • Midweek Midday Open Thread

    Midweek Midday Open Thread

    The post Midweek Midday Open Thread appeared first on Reason.com.

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  • NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Are Not Evidence of Climate Change

    NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Are Not Evidence of Climate Change

    “Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says,”  reported PBS earlier this year. “NOAA: US sees record number of billion-dollar weather, climate disasters in 2023,” observed Fox Weather. “U.S. Hit by Record Number of High-Cost Disasters in 2023,” declared The New York Times. These and many more headlines were based on […]

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  • Judge Acquits Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey on Most Counts

    Judge Acquits Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey on Most Counts

    A federal judge has acquitted Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey of dozens of counts, including a majority of those on which federal prosecutors planned to retry Lacey later this year. U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa also acquitted former Backpage executives Jed Brunst and Scott Spear on multiple counts of which they were convicted by a jury […]

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  • David Beito: Was FDR a Tyrant?

    David Beito: Was FDR a Tyrant?

    Why has President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s dark side been hidden? Scholars consistently rank FDR as one of America’s greatest presidents. The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey ranked him number two, below Lincoln, and respondents to the Siena College Research Institute studies have ranked him number one in six out of seven survey years.  Perhaps it’s […]

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  • Greenpeace Crusade Will Blind and Kill Children

    Greenpeace Crusade Will Blind and Kill Children

    Greenpeace and other anti-biotech activist groups have logged a win in a crusade that could ultimately blind and kill thousands of children annually. How? By persuading the Court of Appeals of the Philippines to issue a scientifically ignorant and morally hideous decision to ban the planting of vitamin A–enriched golden rice. The objective result will […]

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  • The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor’s Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator

    The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor’s Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator

    Back in August 2023, I wrote about a potential Seventeenth Amendment conflict in Kentucky. Under Kentucky law, in the event of a Senate vacancy, the Governor could only appoint a temporary Senator of the same political party as the former Senator. The Kentucky Legislature has a Republican super-majority with a Democratic Governor. And the Governor […]

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