In a unanimous opinion in Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe, Justice Thurgood Marshall hilariously illustrates the topsy-turvy understanding of the relationship between...
There’s a common perception that politics is all about serving the public interest, a noble arena in which, in the words of David Brooks, people “develop the highest virtues.” This is bollocks. The truth is that politics is largely the art of doling out favors to friends and special interests. This idea has been explored […]
Reports suggested this week that the fast food chain Wendy’s was considering “surge pricing,” or raising prices during peak hours when demand is highest as Uber famously does. Then all hell broke loose. Left-wing social media influencers such as Robert Reich blasted the company’s “plans to price gouge you with Uber-style surge pricing,” and decried […]
Michael Sparks, the man accused of being the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted on charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying the election results. A federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted Sparks, 46, a Kentucky resident, on all six charges he faced,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing harder for a cease-fire in Gaza and demands that the United States send "not another nickel” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “My view, not another nickel for Netanyahu’s government if he’s going to continue this wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Friday. Sanders’...