Reason magazine
D.C. Vs. The Wide Open West
ONE OF THE great ironies of life in mountain and desert states is that many of the people you meet are either escapees or descendants of the East Coast—but they ended up in a place where Washington, D.C., has an enormous presence.
3 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
The Twilight Of Asset Forfeiture?
2018 WAS A bad year for civil asset forfeiture, the infamous practice by which police can seize property even if the owner is not charged with a crime.
2 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
The New Socialists Didn't Win
But they’re still in charge for the next couple of years.
5 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out Of Reach
Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms?
5 min |
January 2019
AppleMagazine
EPA Seeks New Truck Pollution Rules; Says Air Won't Suffer
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rewrite rules that limit pollution from heavy trucks but that the EPA says slow the economy.
3 min |
November 16, 2018
New York magazine
The National Interest: Jonathan Chait
Trump, Trapped A weakened president takes another step to protect himself at all costs.
5 min |
November 12, 2018
Techlife News
Softbank CEO Decries Journalist's Death, Defends Saudi Fund
SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son denounced Monday the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but defended the Japanese technology giant’s investment fund, which includes Saudi money, as work that needs to be finished.
1 min |
November 11, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
Wilbur Ross Is The Happy Trade Warrior
Tariff s good. China bad. The commerce secretary has this thing figured out.
10+ min |
November 12, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Battle Inside 7-Eleven
The company has been fighting with its store owners for years. It seems to have found a new tool: U.S. immigration authorities.
10+ min |
November 12, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
Google Just Can't Quit China
Can “don’t be evil” survive China’s great firewall?
10+ min |
November 12, 2018
AppleMagazine
UK-Canadian ‘Grand Committee' Seeks To Question Zuckerberg
Parliamentary committees in Britain and Canada on Wednesday urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before a joint hearing of international lawmakers examining fake news and the internet.
1 min |
November 2, 2018
AppleMagazine
European Tech Leaders Warn Against Eu Digital Services Tax
Technology company chiefs have warned that a digital services tax proposed by the European Union would hinder innovation and hurt economic growth.
2 min |
November 2, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
Fake News In Brazil
For Stela Wanda Pereira da Silva, the breaking point came when her father posted a video of a woman getting assassinated to the family’s private WhatsApp group, calling it an example of the violence that would ensue if leftist Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad prevailed in Brazil’s presidential election.
9 min |
November 5,2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
India's Toilet Revolution
Meera Devi was an early adopter. In 2007 the mother of three took out a loan to pay for … not an iPhone or a PC, but a squat latrine, the first in the village of Kachhpura, located just across the river from the Taj Mahal.
1 min |
November 5,2018
National Enquirer
Harry & Meghan Cheat Death In Sabotaged Jet!
Terrorists planted device to attract lightning bolts & blow up plane
2 min |
November 5, 2018
Techlife News
Melinda Gates Speaks On Smoothing The Shift To Digital Age
Instead of destroying jobs and leaving legions of people without work, the digital revolution can open doors to unseen opportunities and industries, but only if everyone has access to the internet and the ability to use it, Melinda Gates said in a recent interview.
5 min |
Techlife News #365
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Khashoggi Affair Tests US Influence in The Mideast
The U.S. needs to keep the Saudis and the Turks on its side. The Khashoggi affair makes that a difficult game
6 min |
October 29, 2018
Mother Jones
Better Dead Than Red!
Why one conservative stalwart now believes we need to destroy the Republican Party
10+ min |
November/December 2018
Mother Jones
The Last Dinosaur
Trump and the fossil fuel lobby can stall for time. But change is coming faster than you think.
6 min |
November/December 2018
Mother Jones
The Most Important Election Of Your Lives
The mid-terms will determine whether Donald Trump's two-year assault on democratic norms will be repudiated or validated. No pressure.
8 min |
November/December 2018
Reason magazine
Can Laundry And Lettuce Save Cleaveland?
A worker-owned co-op that even a capitalist could love is washing linens for the cleveland clinic and growing vegetables for the city.
10+ min |
November 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Oil Recovery Skipped Canada
A shortage of pipelines is weighing on prices for the countrys crude
4 min |
October 08, 2018
AppleMagazine
Losses From Natural Disasters Surge Over Last 20 Years
The U.N. office for disaster risk reduction said that worldwide reported economic losses from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters surged to total nearly $2.9 trillion over the past 20 years.
1 min |
October 12, 2018
Globe
Kate & Meghan's Vicious Catfight With Fergie's Girls!
Fergies daughters at war with Kate & Meghan as Camilla stirs pot!
2 min |
October 22, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
Prince Mohammed's Revolution Takes An Ominous Turn
Saudi Arabias would-be reformer is snared in warfare and caught up in diplomatic outrage
9 min |
October 15, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
Banning Rupees Didn't Work. This Might
The technological nudge thats making mobile payment easier and could bring more Indians into the financial system
4 min |
October 15, 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Former Obama Oppo Researcher Builds A New Anti GOP Attack Machine
How John Burton, a former Obama opponent researcher, built a new anti-republican attack machine
10+ min |
October 08, 2018
Reason magazine
Congress Needs An Opioid Intervention
In an effortto combat the opioid crisis in America, Congress is calling for a slate of governmental interventions that have been tried, tested, and shown to cause more harm.
4 min |
November 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
An Invasive Asian Pest Threatens To Spread Destruction Across The U.S.
A bizarre invasive pest from Asia is spreading fast and putting billions of dollars worth of resources at risk
10+ min |
October 08, 2018
New York magazine
The Kavanaugh- Blasey Ford Hearing- A Turning Point Day In America
The hearing that broke America.
3 min |