How Social Media Have Changed Campus Climate

Oxford University Press has recently published a new book on campus discourse that we co-authored. The book, titled “Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American …

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Political Ignorance Is Bliss

Here’s something dumb I do every year. At some point during October in Virginia, the weather cools down enough that I switch the thermostat from air conditioning to heating. But …

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Brickbat: Impulse Decision

The Berkeley, California, City Council has unanimously voted to bar junk food from the checkout lanes of local supermarkets. The new law bars food items with over 5 grams of added …

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Today in Supreme Court History: October 4, 1965

10/4/1965: Justice Abe Fortas takes the oath. Justice Abe Fortas ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil …

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Mask Mandate Doesn’t Violate the First Amendment

Yesterday’s Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Walz, decided by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz (D. Minn.), correctly rejects the argument that the Minnesota mask mandate “violates the First Amendment because it does …

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