A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
What happens when you are 50, 60, or 70 years old and the career you spent a lifetime building suddenly disappears? Maybe your company downsizes. Maybe technology makes your job obsolete. Artificial intelligence may change your profession. Or, as happened to me and thousands of others, a pandemic comes along and turns a successful business […]
Economists know how important psychological factors are in the economy, yet they have paid little attention to the effects of a social climate in which rich people are seen either as role models or as scapegoats. Is there a connection between attitudes toward the rich and a country’s economic success? A comparison of 12 countries […]
In Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and beyond, opponents of school choice have sought to force public school tests on private schools participating in school choice programs. While they’ve been thwarted for now, proponents of education choice should remain ready to defend assessment choice. It’s what lets a school’s own academic standard, not a borrowed one, be […]
People are increasingly concerned about healthcare these days, yet most overlook daily nutrition, a critical component of health and wellness. Addressing this will not only make huge improvements to people’s health, it will also lower their healthcare costs and reduce enormous strain on both the U.S. healthcare industry and economy at large, increasing the country’s […]
American military planes were already in the air. Armed personnel were preparing for a possible boarding of a Chinese vessel. Then, according to CNN reporting published Friday, more experienced analysts reopened the intelligence behind the operation and found that its central claim was false. CNN reported that an analyst with a military special operations command […]
As we approach the third anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023, an Israeli military announcement has brought a measure of justice to an American family whose son was killed that morning. For Orna and Ronen Neutra, news that Israel killed a Hamas commander involved in abducting their son, Omer, and members of his tank crew, is […]
Across the country, local county courts face high storage costs and aging systems. To solve this, many local governments are moving their records to private, out-of-state cloud networks. The North Carolina Judicial Branch recently shifted its entire statewide court system to the cloud. While this is sold to taxpayers as a simple efficiency upgrade, it […]
September marks Deaf Awareness Month — and the final two-month sprint toward the 2026 midterm elections. Politicians should connect the two. In most campaigns, they could not be further apart. Affordability is now the magic ticket in American politics. Candidates promise cheaper housing, healthcare, groceries, childcare, and energy. Listen long enough, however, and one group […]
The question asked isn’t just about a possible end to a life, but whether or not life is worth continuing. Hamlet, in the soliloquy, wrestles with the question of existence and uncertainty. Which is something we all must do. Which naturally brings us to baseball. The familiar phrase “the tie goes to the runner” has […]
American voters — and their elected leaders — are fed up with the cost of prescription drugs. And they’re looking for someone to blame. That blame ought to fall squarely on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurers, which are siphoning off a growing share of total drug spending. Inflation-adjusted net drug prices — the average […]
Now that a significant portion of America’s high school graduates are enrolled in college for the first time, it may be worth reviewing whether that’s a good thing. Many of these students think they are making a meaningful investment in their future. As they see it, as many of their parents do, a college degree […]
Politics can bring out the worst in us, and when it comes to college sports, it has brought the worst out in Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). “Look at the massive crowd behind them and tell me with a straight face that college sports are in ‘absolute chaos,’” Murphy posted in response to former Alabama Crimson […]
Accurately describe what the Left’s culture warriors do with government power, and you’ll sound like a conspiracy theorist. Public schools in blue states are — according to some parents, at least — convincing girls that they are boys, and if the parents object, the state will take away custody. State law in multiple blue states […]
