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America is still a fundamentally good experiment'one still in progress, and worth keeping
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (339+ words) I guess they're in good company. "Oh my country," John Adams once wrote. "How I mourn over thy follies and Vices, thine ignorance and imbecility, Thy contempt of Wisdom and Virtue and overweening Admiration of fools and Knaves!" More broadly,…...
Today in Supreme Court History: July 2, 1908
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (7+ words) 7/2/1908: Justice Thurgood Marshall's birthday....
"Kids, if Your Parents Are MAGA, They Love Child Rapists" Sign Protected by First Amendment
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (22+ words) From Judge Randolph Moss (D. D. C.) Monday in Accountability Now USA v. Griess, decided Monday (correctly, I think): Plaintiff Accountability Now. .....
Why Patrick Henry is the most fascinating Founding Father
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (9+ words) Henry's warning about presidential powers is especially prescient today....
Thomas Paine: The Founding Father worth celebrating
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (249+ words) On June 8, 1809, 72-year-old Thomas Paine took his last breath inside a small house in Greenwich Village. The next day the best-selling author and revolutionary's body was loaded onto a cart and taken to his farm in New Rochelle, about 22 miles…...
Brickbat: Knock It Off
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (73+ words) NEXT: New Study of Billions of m RNA Vaccine Shots Confirms Their Safety and Efficacy Charles Oliver | 7. 2. 2026 4: 00 AM Ronald Bailey | 7. 1. 2026 4: 50 PM Jeremiah Alondra | 7. 1. 2026 4: 31 PM Reem Ibrahim | 7. 1. 2026 3: 21 PM John Stossel | 7. 1. 2026 2: 55 PM Celebrate your independence with a subscription to Reason magazine, your…...
Conservation Commandeering Is Still Commandeering
14+ hour, 8+ min ago (155+ words) Courts allow litigants to commandeer state and local governments under the Endangered Species Act. Jonathan H. Adler | 7. 1. 2026 9: 39 PM Lights along the beach can create problems for turtles. Bright lights at night can disorient sea turtle hatchlings and prevent them from crawling…...
It Is Time To Revisit Kennedy v. Louisiana
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (21+ words) Even if there was an actual "national consensus" against capital punishment for child rape in 2008, the facts are different today....
Jack Goldsmith and Sai Prakash on Slaughter and Cook
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (20+ words) A very interesting video and transcript. Sai's summary from the end (though of course it's just a summary, and the. .....
Mar'a Corina Machado says Venezuela is blocking her return as earthquake rescue efforts stall
19+ hour, 17+ min ago (265+ words) Mere days after devastating twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela and left tens of thousands dead, missing, or injured, opposition leader Mar'a Corina Machado is accusing the Venezuelan government of blocking her and others like her from entering the country. The exiled…...