Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Who Decides What Health Care Is 'Needed'?
Too often, it's government bureaucrats acting under the influence of special interests and against the wishes of doctors and patients, with sometimes tragic results.
Too often, it's government bureaucrats acting under the influence of special interests and against the wishes of doctors and patients, with sometimes tragic results.
Former NPR and Slate fixture Mike Pesca discusses media meltdowns, objectivity vs. moral clarity, and whether we are better or worse off now that media gatekeepers have less influence.
The digital world has not effaced our humanity, no matter what social critics like Christine Rosen say.
In his haste to cram complex events into crisp little episodes, the historian passes over inconvenient details.
Newsom's "emergency" rules banning all THC in hemp products doesn't square with his insistence that his state provides more freedom than Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Good intentions, bad results.
Drivers in the state narrowly avoided an even harsher restriction on their automotive freedom.
Author Christa Brown shares her story of abuse and exposes the hypocrisy inherent in the Southern Baptist Convention's cover-up.
An aging comedian wrestles with woke campus culture in the new season of the Max series.
The former president's attempts to put a positive spin on the term are consistent with his alarmingly authoritarian instincts.
In Pax Economica, historian Marc-William Palen chronicles the left-wing history of free trade.
Priscilla Villarreal, known as "Lagordiloca," is suing law enforcement for violating her First Amendment rights. She is appealing to the Supreme Court.
If you want to drink alcohol in California after 2 a.m., it helps to be the billionaire owner of the L.A. Clippers.
Freedom "requires you to curtail freedom of speech and freedom of the press," the book declares.
Legendary musician and writer Nick Cave discusses his forthcoming album Wild God, Roger Waters and the BDS movement, and the role of freedom in seeking transcendence.
One official was concerned that lifting tariffs would lead to "lots of questions from domestic dairy producers."
Plus: Does the government own too much land in Utah? And the latest response to Friends star Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death.
Kirstie Allsopp posted online about her teen son's trip around Europe. Then someone reported her to the government.
The Telegram co-founder may become a free-expression martyr for the terrible crime of enabling permissionless speech.
Needing permission to travel hands a dangerous tool to authoritarians.
The lawsuit deserves to lose. But it may well lead to a prolonged legal battle.
Author Annie Jacobsen envisions a swift end of the world after nuclear conflict erupts.
And probably because Republicans have foolishly abandoned it as a unifying theme.
The New York Times contributor discusses the Democratic National Convention and the rhetoric of "freedom" on Just Asking Questions.
Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.
Plus: RFK Jr.'s exit, anti-Israel protesters at the DNC, and more...
Which is not the same as party politics at all.
Now more than ever, people’s freedom lies in their ability to communicate and access information with privacy and security.
A half-baked idea that is just as dubious as Donald Trump's tariffs.
Javier Milei’s plan to let nonprofit teams convert to for-profit entities may inject capital into a struggling soccer league.
"I never thought that this was even humanly possible," says Sabra Brucker.
After the crackdown on anarchists died down, it became more difficult to imagine anyone could go to jail in America solely for political heresy.
After a Michigan couple indicated their intent to open a green cemetery, their local township passed an ordinance to forbid it. A judge found the rule unconstitutional.
The taut, grisly new entry plays like a greatest-hits reel.
Rob Henderson's new book documents his journey from a troubled adoption to Yale and Cambridge.
Personal data retained by government or private entities are always at risk of compromise, misuse, or access by law enforcement.
The ban was "enacted with the express purpose of insulating Florida agricultural businesses from innovative, out-of-state competition," according to the suit.
Would a YIMBY building boom rejuvenate urban family life or produce sterile, megacity hellscapes?
Disney said they wanted to "avoid reinforcing stereotypes." The company's solution was to take away roles from a group that has almost no opportunity in Hollywood.
"The conversations are overwhelmingly productive and positive," says a representative from Decriminalize Sex Work.
Dorr Legg saw the government as homosexuals' enemy.