Philip Guston Now
In an act of self-censoring condescension, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and three other leading galleries postponed from June 2021 until 2024 a major retrospective exhibition of …
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Brickbat: Cleaning Up Thailand
Thai officials announced in November the largest ketamine bust in the nation’s history, some 11.5 tons of the anesthetic. They now say they were wrong. The white powder was all actually …
Hey, Didn’t We See That Movie Already, But Set in Brazil?
RESULTS: Uunona Adolf Hitler of the SWAPO party is the duly elected councilor of the Ompundja Constituency.#NamVotes2020 #NamibiaVotes2020 #EagleFM pic.twitter.com/6ZQqaNctZx — Eagle FM Namibia (@EagleFMNam) November 26, 2020 The BBC …
A Few Hours After SCOTUS Punts on California Case, Governor Newsom Announces that “Regional Stay Home” Order That Would Prohibit All Indoor Religious Services
This morning, the Court punted away Harvest Rock v. Newsom. A few hours later, Governor Newsom announced a new “stay at home” order that could apply to huge portions of the …
If Biden Really Wants to Stimulate the Economy, He Should End Trump’s Trade War
For President-elect Joe Biden, the $908 billion stimulus plan being debated in Congress is just a “down payment.” Meanwhile, he’s neglecting a measure that would significantly stimulate the economy without …
The Reason Roundtable Takes Your Questions!
How does Katherine Mangu-Ward deal with all the damn statists surrounding her at work? How does Peter Suderman imagine persuading people that more government control of health insurance is not …
You Asked, We Told: The Reason Roundtable Fields Your Questions
How does Katherine Mangu-Ward deal with all the damn statists surrounding her at work? How does Peter Suderman imagine persuading people that more government control of health insurance is not …
SCOTUS Creatively Punts in COVID Appeal from 9th Circuit: Grants Cert Before Judgment, then Vacates and Remands
On September 2, 2020, the Central District of California denied a preliminary injunction in Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom. The five-page order upheld the Governor’s restrictions on houses of worship, …
Coronavirus Deaths Return to March/April Levels in Europe, U.S.
Here is the data from the Europe Center for Disease Prevention and Control; the blue bars are the totals for Europe (note that the dates are in the European format, …
Calling Neighbor “Slum Lord” on Facebook Found to Be Constitutionally Protected Opinion
From Bauer v. Brinkman, decided Monday by the Iowa Court of Appeals (in an opinion by Judge Paul Ahlers, joined by Chief Judge Thomas Bower and Judge David May): The …