In this issue

RON DESANTIS IS ON DECK - Does he want to limit government, or does he just
want to win at all costs?

THE DRUG EXCEPTION TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT - Conservatives have been slow to recognize the threat that drug prohibition poses to gun rights and other civil liberties.

THE LUDDITES’ VETO - Beware of activists touting “responsible research and innovation.” The sensiblesounding slogan masks a reactionary agenda.

TO FIX POLICING, PUNISH BAD COPS

Jordan took a lot of abuse for his remark, which was generally interpreted as boobish and nihilistic.

4 mins

REAL ESTATE XENOPHOBIA

THERE’S A SPECTER supposedly haunting the globe’s expensive housing markets: the absentee foreign owner.

2 mins

Where's Your Adderall?

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, prescriptions for Adderall, the stimulant medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), skyrocketed.

2 mins

NEW LAWS STOP COPS FROM LYING TO KIDS

Maryland and Washington state already enforce such a rule. And in 2021, Illinois and Oregon became the first two states to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations.

2 mins

THE BUDGET BATTLE BOOK

That job includes authoring, debating, and passing a budget for the astounding amount of discretionary federal spending that Congress is charged with managing each year—in this case, about $1.7 trillion.

4 mins

SHODDY RESEARCH REINFORCES ANTI-VAPING NARRATIVE

Three years later, the World Journal of Oncology published a study that claimed vapers face about the same cancer risk as smokers. The authors said “prospective studies should be planned to mitigate the risk.”

5 mins

A.I. Is Here

ChatGPT can create everything from novel dad jokes to fairly well-written computer code. At my prompting, it wrote a serviceable sonnet describing Gilgamesh’s failed quest for immortality.

3 mins

Ron DeSantis Is on Deck

DOES HE WANT TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT, OR DOES HE JUST WANT TO WIN AT ALL COSTS?

10+ mins

THE ZONING THEORY OF EVERYTHING

LAND USE POLICIES EXPLAIN THE BATTLES OVER EVERYTHING FROM RECESSION TO ABORTION TO DONALD TRUMP.

10+ mins

The Luddites' Veto

BEWARE OF ACTIVISTS TOUTING \"RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.\" THE SENSIBLE-SOUNDING SLOGAN MASKS A REACTIONARY AGENDA.

10+ mins

'All the Parents Want Is a Chance To Make That Choice'

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears wants state education dollars "to follow the child instead of the brick building."

10+ mins

Is Online Illness Culture Keeping People Sick?

WHILE THE FDA KEEPS EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS OUT OF REACH, THE SPOONIE WORLD MAKES A DIAGNOSIS INTO AN IDENTITY.

10+ mins

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