Campaign to Recall Gavin Newsom Picks up Steam
The recall effort aimed at California Gov. Gavin Newsom is steadily marching toward gathering the 1.5 million signatures needed to reach the ballot. The prospect that the effort may reach…
We Don’t Need a Government ‘Reality Czar’
Does the federal government need a “reality czar” who would lead a group of high-minded officials in a crusade to “tackle disinformation and domestic extremism?” There are some who think…
A Very Bad Proposal to Incentivize Online Snitches
Some of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January are beginning to feel the consequences of their actions. But the consequences may extend well beyond the mob if…
Push for a New Fairness Doctrine is a Big Threat to Liberty
Some self-described free speech advocates have an uncanny ability to embrace censorship. One of the more recent examples is the push among some on the left to have Fox News…
CDC Unleashes the TSA Mask Police
From the “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” file comes word that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now mandating mask usage on public transportation. Okay… But the CDC isn’t…
GAO: Feds Still Not Focused on Fixing Coronavirus Problems
The federal government’s role in distributing coronavirus vaccines has hovered somewhere between terrible and downright rotten. There’s some hope Uncle Sam might get his act together soon. But as the…
New York A.G. Report on Nursing Home Deaths Tarnishes Cuomo’s Leadership Tale
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has used the coronavirus pandemic to reinvent himself as a bold, truth-talking leader who is willing to make the hard decision necessary to save lives….
Democratizing Markets Against the Backdrop of a Fed Gone Wild
The biggest news on Wall Street is the arrival of a decentralized activist group of traders stalking the short sellers and roiling the markets. Despite the hype, the flood of…
A Pentagon Watchdog Office is Quietly Erased
Buried inside the annual Defense Department spending bill approved in the last Congress was a small section that, on first glance looks innocent enough. But as Jonathan Bydlak writes, those…
Parents Fighting the Education Status Quo
Lots of ink and even more chatter is being focused on the mini-rebellion of individual investors against hedge funds. Some hail the fight as the little guy finally holding the…