


What have the wildfires done to southern California and the people who live there? And could any of this destruction have been prevented? Just asking questions. The wildfires breaking out across Greater Los Angeles have so far killed at least 25 people and damaged or destroyed over 12,000 structures, according to the Los Angeles Times. […]

The Federal Reserve’s premature victory lap over inflation reveals a worrisome misunderstanding of the predicament we still find ourselves in. Unprecedented government spending and debt, combined with mounting fears that the debt can’t (or won’t) be repaid, played a misunderstood role in inflation’s rise several years ago. As such, fiscal policy must be part of […]

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is ending searches of passengers at airports and other mass transit hubs after years of investigations by government watchdogs, civil liberties groups, and media outlets documenting how agents seized legal cash from innocent American travelers. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced in a memo last week that the agency was scrapping […]

A crypto trader renowned for his savvy acquisitions during the 2021 bull run has recently made another buy that caught the attention of the crypto world. The legendary trader has acquired the trending WallitIQ (WLTQ) token in its ongoing presale for only $0.0420. He calls the WallitIQ (WLTQ) AI wallet the ‘Trust Wallet killer’ and […]

As President Joe Biden exits the White House, it’s worth looking back—not to his presidency, but to more than a decade ago, when Barack Obama was president and Biden was still second in command. In July 2012, Obama delivered a speech in which the signature line was, “You didn’t build that.” The speech was, among other […]

Victoria, Seychelles, January 16th, 2025, Chainwire Recently, despite the pressure due to the appeal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, XRP has shown strength, with market sentiment reaching new highs. Multiple positive factors have driven XRP’s price to soar, and analysts are optimistic about its prospects, predicting a potential breakthrough of the $5 milestone. […]

Toronto, Canada, January 16th, 2025, Chainwire Torram, a Web2.5 infrastructure company, has announced the successful closure of its $710,000 pre-seed funding round in early December 2024. The company is focused on developing institutional-grade decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure directly on Bitcoin, positioning itself as a key enabler of innovation in the evolving financial ecosystem. The funding […]

When she’s not railing against voter integrity efforts or denying the results of her own gubernatorial elections, Georgia’s Stacey Abrams is apparently heading up non-profits with an extensive rap sheet of violating campaign finance laws. The New Georgia Project, a nonprofit organization founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013, has agreed to pay a record fine […]

[I am serializing my short Harvard Law Review Forum essay titled “Free Speech and Private Power”, responding to the Harvard Law Review’s publication of Evelyn Douek & Genevieve Lakier’s excellent new article, Lochner.com? I actually agree with much of what Douek & Lakier say, but offer a somewhat different perspective on the matter, mostly asking what the Court’s recent cases mean going […]

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