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Documentary on First Lady Goes Deeper Than You’d Think
Brett Ratner’s documentary Melania is a peek into the first lady’s life in the weeks leading up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration – and so much more than that.
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Poll: Paxton, Crockett Lead Texas Senate Primary Bids
The survey findings released Monday come just eight days before the start of early voting.
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SCOTUS Should Ban Illegal Aliens From Census Count
Census figures used for congressional apportionment, redistricting, and redistributing federal funds have historically counted illegal aliens.
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Could California Elect a GOP Governor?
California’s nonpartisan primary pits eight Democrats against two Republicans; only the top two finishers advance. Do the math.
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Caring for Mom Is an Education in Scams and Fraud
It was summer 2021, and my mother’s desk was a mess, including a torn envelope from the IRS shoved in the back of a drawer.
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Second Amendment Roundup: Sensitive Places Require Government-Provided Armed Security
The Second Amendment, Sensitive Places, and Comprehensive Government Security compendium by Dr. Angus McClellan has just been posted on SSRN. This comprehensive survey of historic “gun free zones” demonstrates that when the government required its citizens to disarm to enter such locations, it protected them with armed security. Holding a Ph.D. in American government and […]
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Libertarians Tried To Warn You About Executive Power
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss Katherine’s New York Times op-ed, “Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump,” which lays out how Trump-era governance has repeatedly vindicated libertarian warnings about executive power, civil liberties, and the risks of trading principle for partisan advantage. The group then turns to Speaker of the House […]
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Jimmy Lai Got a 20-Year Sentence for Saying Things the Chinese Government Didn’t Like
In the U.S., criticizing the government is a national pastime—whether in polite conversation, on social media, or across the dinner table. There’s a reason Thanksgiving predictably gives way to yearly advice columns on how to placate the crazy uncle who somehow finds a way to make mashed potatoes political. In China, meanwhile, it can effectively […]
