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A Tail Wagging a Dog, Forever

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Trump v. Second Amendment

The Feds Can’t Charge Anyone With ‘Domestic Terrorism’

The Electoral College Gets Redder?

A Deadly Immigration Crackdown

Panama City: Made by Trade

Cold War Surveillance Film Turned Into Art

(Don’t) Hold Your Genetically Enhanced Horses

Conservatives Want You To Have More Kids

Globalization Made Howard Lutnick Rich (and America Too)

Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ Isn’t Much of a Plan

Q&A Pete Buttigieg

Who Can Stop the President? • THERE ARE FAR TOO FEW CHECKS LEFT ON EXECUTIVE POWER.

Nationwide Injunctions Are Not Dead Yet • THE COURTS’ POWER TO PAUSE FEDERAL POLICY IS AN IMPORTANT BULWARK AGAINST PRESIDENTIAL OVERREACH.

Damn It Feels Good To Be a Boomer • THE BABY BOOMERS ARE THE RICHEST GENERATION IN HISTORY. WHY DO POLITICIANS KEEP GIVING THEM MORE PERKS?

WELFARE ON WHEELS • IS THERE REALLY A TRUCK DRIVER SHORTAGE? OR ARE COMPANIES JUST USING THAT STORY TO PULL OFF AN OUTRAGEOUS CORPORATE WELFARE SCAM?

Government Jawboning Is a Menace to Freedom of Speech • FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS KEEP CROSSING A CONSTITUTIONAL LINE THAT THE SUPREME COURT DREW IN 1963.

Democrats and Republicans Both Want To Regulate AI. They Just Can’t Agree on How. • WILL AI SURVIVE THE MISGUIDED ATTENTIONS OF LAWMAKERS?

THIS BITCOINER IS NOW IN PRISON • KEONNE RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE “OPERATED SAMOURAI WALLET OPENLY AND NOTORIOUSLY BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO CLEAR THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW.”

The Age of Peak Content Has Begun • SCREENS HAVE BECOME LESS PASSIVE, MORE PARTICIPATORY, AND MORE OPEN TO ALL KINDS OF MOVING PICTURES.

Woodrow Wilson’s War at Home • How the U.S. government targeted its critics during World War I

Hobohemian Rhapsody • There is no Big Fix for homelessness.

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