Reason Last week, Great Britain’s Department of Health and Social Care announced sweeping plans to combat obesity by “empowering adults and children to live healthier lives.” “Many people have tried to …
8/8/2009: Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes oath. Justice Sonia Sotomayor ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, …
Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between, by Eric Nusbaum, PublicAffairs, 331 pages, $28 On July 24, 1950, the city of Los Angeles sent a …
On Friday, a divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit decided Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida. This case found that Title IX requires a school to allow …
On Friday, President Trump teased a new executive order on healthcare: “That’s a big thing. I’ve always been very strongly in favor. We have to cover pre-existing conditions so we will be pursuing a major executive …
Joe Arpaio will not face Democratic candidate Paul Penzone in the race for Maricopa County Sheriff in the Arizona general election this fall. The Associated Press called Tuesday’s Republican primary race, …
I just got this e-mail; my sense is that this is pretty novel, though some other universities have adopted it recently as well. To support the health and well-being of …
Two weeks ago, I blogged about the Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision that approved a modified diploma privilege. At the time, the Court only had six members. An ad hoc member …
Last week, I blogged about the Ohio State University. OSU asked members of the community to sign a “pledge” that acknowledges “Buckeye values.” I agree with co-blogger Keith Whittington: “Universities …
“In response to the killing of George Floyd, the massive Black Lives Matter protests and pressure from students,” write Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, “dozens of colleges and universities have made public commitments …