Opinion
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Urbanist dreams foiled by lousy big-city governments
One of the silliest things about the urbanism movement is its insistence that suburbanites abandon single-family homes, spacious yards and placid neighborhoods for the excitement of big-city living.
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Low-Energy Fridays: Can the president ban fracking? Well yes, but actually no.
Like fictional gubernatorial candidate Peter Russo from House of Cards, presidential nominee Kamala Harris is getting nailed ...
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Watch Out for Rent-Control Madness
For the latest example of why “local control” is no kind of governing principle, I present readers with the example of ...
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Celebrating the First Continental Congress and America’s Founding Ideals
In a little less than two years, the United States will celebrate its semiquincentennial, marking 250 years since a group of ...
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Trust-busters look to undermine business at all costs
The trust-busters are back, and they want to ruin your cell phones. Following a wide-reaching case, they may get their way ...
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The Great Jobs Deception
Claims of misinformation and disinformation have become commonplace in U.S. politics over the past several years, with what ...
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The New Information Control
Autocrats have always attacked speech platforms and those who provide them, but recent actions by government officials in the ...
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Clicks, Compliance, and Consumers in the Tug-of-War Between Data Privacy and Advertising Personalization
Tormenting consumer eyes with irrelevant product advertising—like The Smart Clapper—on television shows with unclear ...
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Why, yes, let’s put California policies in the national spotlight
After Vice President Kamala Harris secured the Democratic nomination for president, many news outlets featured news stories ...
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Low Energy Fridays: Should we block the sun’s rays to fight climate change?
People have many ideas for addressing climate change. Proposed solutions range from the basic (plant a tree, or maybe a ...
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The Real Smokescreen is Nicotine Disinformation
The head of the American Lung Association (ALA) recently penned a letter to the editor (LTE) in The Washington Post in ...
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R Street Institute joint comments before the Federal Communications Commission regarding the 900 MHz band proposed reforms
COMMENTS OF ITIF AND R STREET INSTITUTE Before theFederal Communications CommissionWashington, D.C. In the Matter of:Nextnav Petition For Rulemaking WT Docket No. 24-240 September 5, 2024 INTRODUCTION ...