Freeway interchange in Los Angeles, Calif. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) Over at Reason, Walter Olson looks at why building infrastructure has become so much slower and costlier in the United States than it used to be, and than it is in many other developed countries. Costs per mile of new interstate highways, for example, tripled between the 1960s and 1980s.
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In this article FTXL Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives to the basket against Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat during the second half at American Airlines Arena on March 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Michael Reaves | Getty Images A city trying to rebrand itself as the center of the crypto
A man has accused his former employer of a “childish” move – after he received his final payment of $915 (£666) in pennies. Andreas Flaten discovered the haul of 90,000 coins – which were covered in an oily, greasy substance – at the bottom of his driveway. On top of the pile was his final
The New York Times economist Paul Krugman tried to hoodwink Americans by downplaying inflation concerns brought on by President Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Krugman’s new op-ed was headlined, “How Not to Panic About Inflation.” The article was published just a few days before Axios released a story headlined, “77% of Americans are worried
Why is anyone asking Bill Gates about a viral epidemic in the age of “experts,” which generally means someone with deep knowledge of a narrow issue? Or global warming? Or what we should eat? This man basically wants you to go back to living an agricultural existence in deference to Gaia, eating only leaves and
Jazz wrote about this mystery on Tuesday and now print media is sniffing around it too. On March 2, Greg Abbott announced that he would lift the state’s mask mandate and reopen most businesses at 100 percent capacity on March 10. That seemed rash at the time given the spread of more contagious variants across
In a new video circulating online, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she has the right to control who is seated in the House of Representatives and who is not. Specifically, she said that she reserves the right to refuse to seat any of the Republicans if she wished. The comments came as Pelosi responded to
1. Covid Has Traumatized America. A Doctor Explains What We Need to Heal — an interview with Dr. Diane E. Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, at Mount Sinai Hospital: But couldn’t we always say that if people had access to better care then they wouldn’t consider this other option? What if
Sharon Stone is fed up about cancel culture. The 63-year-old Hollywood actress vehemently spoke out against the popular practice of people dog-piling on an individual or company to silence or deplatform them for behavior or speech that some deem to be offensive. Stone made an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Just Jenny” radio show, where she railed
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) vowed on Thursday to fight to “break up Big Tech” companies so they are not powerful enough to “heckle senators with snotty tweets.” Warren advanced this anti-free speech argument after the Twitter account for Amazon News challenged the progressive senator when she falsely asserted that Amazon paid “close to nothing” in
On Tuesday, Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler promoted a very questionable Washington Post article using the headline “There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.” After an uproar about their border “denialism,” the headline was revised to “The migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border is actually a predictable pattern.” (In other
Majority rule is a conservative principle. Filibuster reform is possible, but any further restrictions should be cautious. Demands for alteration of the filibuster rule in the Senate are not unreasonable. The Constitution does not require supermajorities for ordinary legislation, but only for matters relating to constitutional structure: constitutional amendments, ratification of treaties, impeachments, expulsion of
Lawmakers questioned CEOs of three of the world’s most powerful tech companies Thursday about censorship and false information on their platforms. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, and Google’s Sundar Pichai answered questions from members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. During the House hearing, lawmakers asked the three CEOs about their roles in
Dominion Voting Systems sued FOX News on Friday for $1.6 billion in a defamation lawsuit. Back in November FOX News host Dana Perino urged Dominion Voting Systems to sue Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. FOX News Dumpster Fire: Dana Perino Urges Dominion Voting to Sue Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — Attorney Lin Wood Responds
In yesterday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, titled, “The Importance of a Diverse Federal Judiciary” I was the only witness on the panel to assert that race should not be a factor in the selection of judges. I then noted that I’d filed a brief (along with my Commission colleague Gail Heriot) in the
piola666 | E+ | Getty Images Some £7.5 million ($10.33 million) of public funding will be used to support the development of eight wave energy projects led by U.K. universities, including one inspired by marine life, in a bid to boost the sector’s efficiency and resilience over the coming years. The money will come from
At least five people have died after a series of tornadoes tore through Alabama. Officials believe that as many as eight twisters passed through the US state – leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. The only confirmed deaths were from Calhoun County – but the extreme weather struck other areas in the region.
President Joe Biden just had his first ever press conference on Thursday and boy was it a snoozefest. The old man was tossed softball after softball question by his close journalist friends and even then he could hardly make it through a complete thought without his brain almost having to reboot. Of course, that’s textbook
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As targets go, it’s second only to You Know Who, but the fights get tougher as Dominion Voting Systems goes up in weight class. The company filed a $1.6 billion defamation claim against Fox News this morning — the first time it’s gone after a media company: Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6
Social media companies have policed coronavirus-related content based on information from top health organizations, even as those organizations have contradicted themselves. “We’re removing known harmful misinformation related to COVID-19, and when someone taps on a hashtag related to COVID-19, we show resources from WHO, CDC and local health authorities,” Facebook subsidiary Instagram’s policy stated. But
Students of New York University protest then president-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, N.Y., November 16, 2016. (Bria Webb/Reuters) That outstanding, classically liberal Australian site Quillette has been making its mark for over five years, publishing essays and podcasts that challenge the reigning “progressive” belief system. A few months ago, Quillette published a book entitled Panics
A high-profile psychiatrist says she was fired by Yale University over her claims that former President Donald Trump and his supporters are mentally ill, and she’s suing for unlawful termination. Dr. Bandy X. Lee was fired from her position as assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine in May after civil
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweeping election reform bill into law on Thursday, despite protests from Democrats — including a lawmaker who was arrested while trying to confront him over the measure. What are the details? Protesters chanted outside the Georgia Capitol prior to Kemp signing the legislation, in a last-ditch effort to
President Biden’s first formal press conference is in the books, and it was deeply embarrassing to anyone who thinks the media’s job is to hold presidents accountable. Taxpayer-enabled PBS White House reporter Yamiche Alcindor was the worst. She complimented the president: “You said over and over again that immigrants shouldn’t come to the country right
Anti-lockdowners were opposed in promoting cost-benefit analysis, now everyone else will suffer the consequences. Which shot did you get?” has become a recurring question in Europe, where many vaccines are now available on the market. After Pfizer/BioNTech became the first to be approved by the European Medicines Agency, European countries are also using the AstraZeneca
Commentator Deroy Murdock, besides being a Fox News regular and a contributing editor at National Review Online, is a senior fellow with the London Center for Policy Research. Murdock joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share his journey to conservatism, how he got started in journalism, and what he thinks conservatives can do better to
Dan Rodimer is a former WWE wrestler who is running for Congress in Texas. In one of his new ads, he takes aim at Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in Washington, DC and refers to them as ‘commies’ who are ruining America. If he keeps this up, his chances should be pretty good. The Daily Caller
President Joe Biden listens to a question as he holds his first formal news conference in the East Room of the White House, March 25, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) There is much to criticize in the substance of Joe Biden’s first press conference as president, including his egregious abandonment of his prior defenses of the Senate
In this article RH RH CEO Gary Friedman told CNBC on Thursday he was confident in the company’s expansion vision, even if some may question the luxury furniture retailer’s moves into the European market or new industries altogether. “It takes a long time to build something extraordinary in this world, and we still feel like we’re