There is a typical pattern when a celebrity figure’s speech comes under scrutiny: confusion over the application of the First Amendment (conflating public and private actors), and then a revelation…
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April 17th – er, 18th – was the deadline to submit federal income tax returns. As always, the tediousness of the process was infuriating for all. But if you thought…
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Discriminatory Abortions: The Scylla and Charybdis of Identity Politics and Reproductive Rights
H.R. 4660, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2017, was recently introduced in Congress. And if there ever were a piece of legislation that put a pro-choice, progressive, multiculturalist “between…
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“Do you still beat your wife?” is the paradigmatic example of a loaded question. Responding “no” implies you did but don’t anymore; responding “yes” implies…well, there is no implication: you…
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You may remember the 2002 film “Minority Report,” and the particular scene where Tom Cruise walks into a Gap clothing store. A camera at the entrance scans his face, confirms…
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Remember that time when a federal judge in Hawaii blocked President Trump’s Muslim travel ban? Or when a federal judge in California blocked Trump’s efforts to stop sanctuary cities from…
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The attorneys at Allergan deserve a raise after the clever legal maneuvering they employed to dodge a patent challenge. Here’s what happened: Allergan sued a generic drug company, Mylan, for…
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It’s NFL Sunday, you’re a Dallas Cowboys fan, and you turn on the TV to watch the Cowboys play the Atlanta Falcons. Which is more irritating: seeing the Falcons kneeling…