The Media’s Role in Concealing Stalin’s Evils Exposed in Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones. Available now from Amazon Prime. The scene is Moscow, the year is 1932, and two reporters are in a venomous argument. One has just admitted to filing false stories …
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Drugs and Ammo
Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs, by Peter Andreas, Oxford University Press, 338 pages, $29.95 The military use of performance-enhancing drugs hasn’t evolved much since Vikings rushed …
Identitarianism Comes to Hollywood
The Simpsons announced that white actors will not be permitted to “voice” non-white characters. This raises so many questions. Is Hank Azaria–who is Sephardic and thus Hispanic under federal law–white? …
New York’s Pandemic-Inspired Restrictions on Church and Synagogue Services Are Unconstitutional, a Federal Judge Rules
Today a federal judge in Albany, New York, ordered state and local officials to stop enforcing COVID-19 control measures that impose special restrictions on religious services. Responding to a lawsuit …
Twitter Wins Lawsuit Over “Devin Nunes’ Cow” Twitter Feed
Nunes argued (in the court’s words) that “Twitter has a bias towards a point of view and that bias is so extreme that it governs its decisions regarding content that …
The 9th Circuit Erred Again: Youngstown does not support the existence of an “equitable ultra vires cause of action”
Today the 9th Circuit decided Sierra Club v. Trump. In this case, the environmental group challenged the Trump administration’s transfer of appropriated funds to construct a border wall. The 9th …
How To Reboot the Government with Common Sense
“The virus teaches us something. It’s a wakeup call,” says Philip K. Howard, the founder of the nonprofit Common Good and author of such bestsellers as The Death of Common …
Radley Balko and Rafael Mangual Debate Systemic Racism
There is overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist. That was the resolution of an online Soho Forum debate held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. It featured The …
Here We Go Again: Trump Wants New Tariffs on Canadian Aluminum
Just days before a new trade deal among the United States, Canada, and Mexico is set to take effect, the administration is reportedly considering reimposing tariffs on Canadian aluminum that …
New on NRO: “Justice Gorsuch’s Half-Way Textualism Surprises and Disappoints in the Title VII Cases”
Randy Barnett and I published a new essay in National Review Online, titled “Justice Gorsuch’s Half-Way Textualism Surprises and Disappoints in the Title VII Cases.” We spent some time thinking …