If You Want to Fix Policing, Listen to the Pragmatists
Nobody likes pragmatists. To the revolutionary, the pragmatist sounds too much like an apologist for the status quo. To those who fear rule by the angry mob, the pragmatist has …
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Brickbat: That’s Not Who I Really Am
Arkansas County, Arkansas, Sheriff Todd Wright has resigned after he was recorded shouting racial slurs at a black man working in a local grocery store. Wright reportedly became angry when …
A Payroll Tax Holiday Is no Free Lunch
A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump proposed a payroll tax holiday to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year. The gesture is better described as a deferral of the …
Going Rogue
As we enter the height of presidential campaign season, the Trump administration is making its case for a second term in the White House. And oh what a case it …
George Mason University President Announces Anti-Racism Will Be “Important Component” of Reaccreditation
Today, the President of George Mason University sent a community-wide email. Here is an excerpt: I am pleased to announced that Mason’s Reaffirmation Leadership Team, with input from the Mason community, …
A Man Died After Police Held Him on Hot Asphalt for 6 Minutes. He Was Reported for Loitering.
The Phoenix Police Department (PPD) is conducting an internal investigation after a man was killed when three officers pinned and arrested him on hot asphalt. Ramon Lopez, who was 28 …
Let Volunteers Expose Themselves to COVID-19 To Speed Up a Vaccine
Would you allow scientists to expose you to the novel coronavirus if it would speed up vaccine development? Nearly 40,000 people from more than 160 countries have signed up to …
The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Threatens Landlords With $100,000 Fines, a Year in Jail for Noncompliance
The Trump administration is again pushing the envelope of its executive authority by issuing a new blanket eviction moratorium that applies to all rental properties nationwide. The order, published Tuesday, …
California Police Unions Once Again Side With Bad Cops To Kill a Good Bill
California is one of only five states that does not have a formal process for decertifying bad cops to keep them from finding patrol work. And it looks like it’s …
Time May Not Exist Anymore, but Tenet Does, and It’s in Theaters Now
I won’t spoil Tenet for you. Honestly, I’m not sure if I could. Instead, I will say this: Perhaps you have noticed that time seems to have no meaning. That …