Brickbat: Anonymous Sources
In Colorado, officials at Loveland High School barred Nathan Myers from classes after someone used an anonymous tip service run by the state attorney general’s office to report he was …
Reason
Could a Warren/Sanders Team-up Topple Biden?
Call it the socialist scenario—the risk that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren could combine forces to defeat Joseph Biden in the Democratic primary. The RealClearPolitics polling averages have Biden leading …
So Much Wrongness in Just One Matthew Dowd Tweet
On August 15th, President Trump tweeted: “It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is …
PragerU’s Lawsuit Against Google Seeks To Rewrite the First Amendment
Lawyers for Prager University, a nonprofit headed by radio host Dennis Prager that produces conservative videos, appeared before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to argue that …
Republicans Choose Trumpism Over Property Rights and the Rule of Law
In more placid times, news that the president of the United States was encouraging aides to break the law by seizing swaths of private property along the southwestern border to build a …
Hard Lessons From the Russian Civil War
The official 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which birthed the world’s first Communist state, came and went two years ago. But the revolution actually played out over five horrific …
Brickbat: Urine Trouble Now
A Cleveland, Ohio, cop has been charged with attempted kidnapping, pandering obscenity, disseminating material harmful to juveniles, assault, endangering children, child enticement, interfering with custody and public indecency. Officials say …
Noble Savage Media
I just learned about this company, which describes itself as “a Native American-owned media firm” and copublishes what I’m told is a popular web site for news about Indian country, …
Houston’s Police Chief Insists That Cops Who Executed a Deadly Drug Raid Based on Lies ‘Had Probable Cause to Be There’
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo insists that the narcotics officers who shot and killed a middle-aged couple on January 28 after breaking into their home “had probable cause to be …
Neal Stephenson Wants To Tell Big Stories
Neal Stephenson is the author of some of the most prescient and beloved science fiction of the last 30 years, including Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and Seveneves. His fiction deals heavily with …