Breaking the bonds of an imperial presidency
The drum beats of the 2022 and even 2024 elections is already rumbling through the land and with it come the cries from Team Red and Team Blue to get…
The lawbreakers on the federal bench
Federal Reserve senior officials aren’t the only government employees with fresh ethics problems. According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, more than 130 federal judges participated in court cases “involving…
Setting limits on our endless crises
There’s a saying that if everything is a crisis, then nothing is a crisis. Such sayings may be trite, but there’s a germ of truth to them. And a dark…
Trying to bring an end to the ‘Constitution-free zone’
The Supreme Court may be given another opportunity to fix the immunity problem it created – and allowed to spin out of control. According to the Institute for Justice, the…
Smith & Wesson HQ leaving Massachusetts for Tennessee
Gun control advocates in Massachusetts have succeeded in chasing a 170 year-old company out of the state. Smith & Wesson announced it will be moving its headquarters and “a significant…
Newsom’s allies turn their ire to the recall process
With California Gov. Gavin Newsom having successfully defeated a recall effort, his allies in the one-party state are exploring ways to make sure future recall efforts never get on the…
A prohibitionist law that’s still on the books
The United States ended its disastrous alcohol prohibition regime in 1933. But the tendrils of prohibition ran so deep that a few still survive today. Among them: a century-old federal…
More women and minorities buying firearms for the first time
New data from a national survey of gun owners shows that women are increasingly buying firearms and now make up almost half of new gun buyers. According to the Wall…
Authoritarians love internet shutdowns
There’s been plenty of online squawking about social media companies “censoring” this, that, or the other edge-lordy voice, coupled with demands the government force those companies to host any type…
The TSA gets a boost, when it should be getting the boot
The Biden administration is giving the Transportation Security Administration the power to levy stiff penalties on travelers who refuse to mask up or otherwise break health and safety rules. The…