1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (501+ words) Eric Boehm | 4. 2. 2026 4: 00 PM As many Americans have learned over the past year since "Liberation Day," tariffs can warp supply chains in a variety of ways. Most importantly, they raise prices for consumers. In fact, consumers end up paying the full…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (334+ words) Eric Claeys | 8. 20. 2025 8: 01 AM But even though ownership is only one form of property, it is probably the most familiar form. Most people associate "property" with their personal possessions, their real estate, and their wealth. All of those resources can be…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (772+ words) C. J. Ciaramella | 1. 6. 2026 4: 47 PM In a case of fatal medical neglect that led a disgusted federal judge to hold the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in contempt, government investigators confirmed that prison officials allowed an incarcerated man to waste away from highly treatable…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (538+ words) Sophia Mandt | 8. 14. 2025 5: 05 PM When a Louisiana family agreed to nurse a blind deer back to health, they were looking to do the right thing and didn't want any trouble. But that's exactly what they got last December." In 2018, a woman…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (898+ words) To read some of the press coverage, one would think the biggest winner of yesterday's Texas Republican primary runoff is James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate. He now gets to run against the scandal-plagued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1315+ words) Niko Vorobyov | 3. 23. 2026 6: 00 AM "Her dream was to go to school," Lydjay Acopio says of her daughter Myca, speaking in her native Tagalog. "When my eldest son was in first grade, she helped him put on his uniform. But she never…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1006+ words) Gary Leff | From the August/September 2025 issue But even the best airports and lounges are merely waypoints to the real destination. By my count, I've traveled to a majority of the world's countries (including some like the Maldives half a…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (487+ words) J. D. Tuccille | 11. 7. 2025 7: 00 AM After this week's election, many Americans cling to the hope that the victories of a couple of moderate-ish Democrats in blue states signal a future for that party different than the one heralded by the rock-star rise of…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago  (640+ words) This summer, the United States celebrates its 250th birthday. In 1776, few people believed this new version of self-government would last. After the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government the Founding Fathers had created. "A republic," he replied,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (511+ words) Last week, Republican senators grilled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the $1. 8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" created by President Donald Trump's settlement of his lawsuit against the IRS. About 45 senators attended the meeting, and "at least half of them were blasting…...