Section 230 shields an ecosystem. Rather than protecting particular platforms or offering separate rules for different sorts of services, it protects all internet intermediaries equally, regardless of their size, purpose, or policies. Under this uniform, predicable arrangement, specific platforms may set their own rules, choosing to cater to mass audiences or niche subcultures and governing … Continue reading Section 230 and the Whole Internet
This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Cari Tuna, and the threat those prosecutors pose to crime victims and others alike. Previous entries in the series focused on prosecutors in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and Fairfax County, Virginia. Rachael Rollins, the … Continue reading Rogue US Attorneys Coming to a City Near You?
The World Trade Organization has released a new report that offers recommendations to world governments on how to stimulate innovation in digital economies. Regrettably, the policy recommendations are heavy on big government intervention and ignore a fundamental principal of free-market economics: that governments should first and foremost get out of the way of competitive entrepreneurial activity. The … Continue reading The World Trade Organization Gets It Wrong: It Is Not the Government’s Job to Pick Innovators
Matthew Humphrey recently lost $4,000 worth of goods in a theft of his Seattle barbershop. Under a new proposal the Seattle City Council is considering this month, what happened to him wouldn’t even be a crime—if the thieves claimed they were driven by poverty, that is. “I think it’s insane,” the victimized barber told a … Continue reading Why Seattle’s Proposed ‘Poverty Excuse’ for Crimes Would Destroy the City’s Economy
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to promote transparency by making it easier for Americans to see how it makes regulatory decisions.Many on the left, however, are attacking those efforts. Two current examples highlight this campaign against open government.First, there’s the EPA’s final cost-benefit rule under the Clean Air Act, which would require the preparation of a … Continue reading Why Is the Left Attacking Transparency at the EPA?
Edl Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico The mystery ailment that has afflicted U.S. embassy staff and CIA officers off and on over the last four years in Cuba, China, Russia and other countries appears to have been caused by high-power microwaves, according to a report released by the National Academies. A committee of 19 experts … Continue reading Scientists suggest US embassies were hit with high-power microwaves – here’s how the weapons work
Joe Biden plans to hit the ground running after Inauguration Day. Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, have released a sweeping transition agenda they hope to implement after taking power. It focuses on several main issues: COVID-19, economic stimulus, racial equity, and climate change. While Biden campaigned as a moderate Democrat, this transition agenda … Continue reading Joe Biden’s ‘Transition Agenda’ is Full of Big Government Power Grabs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee concluded its Thursday meeting by recommending that a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer be granted an emergency use authorization. Another vaccine, developed by biotech company Moderna, is expected to be authorized soon. Both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines show 95% efficacy in preventing infections, which means the … Continue reading I’m a Doctor. Here’s Why I Plan to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine.
Larry M. Silverberg, North Carolina State University Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter? This question has long been tricky for those who think about it – especially for the physicists. Reflecting recent trends in physics, my colleague Jeffrey Eischen and I have described an updated way to think about … Continue reading Fragments of energy – not waves or particles – may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe
Last week, Oregon voted to decriminalize the possession of all drugs. Ballot Measure 110 passed with a whopping 59 percent of the vote. Numerous other states voted to legalize recreational cannabis on Election Day as well, namely Arizona, New Jersey, Montana, and South Dakota. Across the board, voters struck down policies that supported the War … Continue reading Oregon Takes the Lead on Ending the War on Drugs
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