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Should Congress Revise Federal Laws Against Lying?
“When Justice Ginsburg reviewed his case, her concurring opinion warned that the federal false statements statute arms government agents with authority to generate felonies.”
The First Step Act Doesn’t Do Enough about Gangs
“Communities do not have ‘gang problems.’ America has a gang crisis.”
A Response to Matthew Pinna: The Market Is Not Top-Down
“The mere fact that ‘girl’ scooters exist proves that girls tend to have different preferences than boys when making consumer decisions.”
Trump’s Real Victory Is Redefining the Republican Party
“Johnson understood that winning an election was much less important than winning a party. Elected offices came and went every couple of years; parties were institutions anchored in place by their coalitions and organizers.”
From UC Berkeley to Washington, Radicalism Prevails
“In a democracy like ours, perception is reality, and the predictable outcome at Berkeley (and other places) was groupthink and radicalization because a fact-based discourse failed to materialize.”
New Jersey Should Not Be Funding Local Journalism
“I agree that without local news, communities suffer from a dearth of necessary information, but this bill opens up way more problems than it fixes.”
Let Them Speak: Censoring Controversial Speakers Gets Us Nowhere
“If a speaker from the alt-right attracts listeners, it is useless to rush to block him. The better approach is to engage in deep thinking to determine why so many people are willing to follow these messages.”
U.S. Attorney: A Plan to Curb the Opioid Epidemic
“Through persistent and coordinated action by federal, state, and local authorities, together with the assistance of medical professionals and other leaders in our community, we can put a stop to the spread of opioids and their wake of destruction.”
Anderson Cooper Is Wrong; Journalists Should Vote Too
“I hope that on Tuesday, Anderson Cooper—and all journalists wrestling with the same question—show up to the polls.”
Mobs, Jobs, and the Need for a National Gang Prosecution Law
“Putting Georgia gang membership calculations into chilling context, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia Bobby Christine imparted, ‘Think about that. At its height, ISIS probably didn’t have 35,000 members.'”
Jordan Peterson, Women, and Who Really Makes 80% of Consumer Decisions
“The debate about gender and the market can’t be won with a single sentence—or with a single disputed statistic like the 80% figure. It is a nuanced discussion.”
Feminists of the West, Women Are Hurting in the Middle East
Instead of worrying about “manspreading” or subtle displays of sexism, feminists in the West need to focus on major problems affecting women in the world, like being shot going to school or female genital mutilation.
Are Hispanics White? The Answer Has Sweeping Political Implications
“For those of us nerdy enough to frequent the annals of the U.S. Census, it was a jarring thing to hear that Puerto Rico is 70 percent white, according to its own inhabitants!”
When Facebook Spills Blood
“There is no debate about whether social media might fuel genocidal violence. It already has. The question is how best to meet our moral responsibility.”