Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
“What to do about tech platforms” has fixated on Section 230, when more should be done.
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Think US Evangelicals Are Dying Out? Well, Define Evangelicalism …
Evangelicals are becoming less church-going, which means their numbers are probably under-estimated.
Read more...The Oregon Republican Party Issues a Condemnation (and a Reader Query)
Soliciting reader help on identifying the ethnographics of the diehard Republican.
Read more...‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
America’s inability to devise and implement Covid-containment strategies in schools illustrates why the disease won’t be vanquished soon.
Read more...Alabama to Get New Marine Sanctuary?
Just off the Alabama coast lies a unique submerged 60,000 year-old cypress forest. Legislation is pending to preserve it from marauders.
Read more...Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.
Read more...Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Character Clause May Bar Any Candidate from Election to Baseball Hall of Fame This Year
An expansive interpretation of a character test is excluding baseball’s top performers from induction into the Hall of Fame; should it?
Read more...Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency’s Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
Defense Intelligence Agency skirts constitutional warrant requirements by buying location data from data brokers.
Read more...The Organizational Capacity and Behavioral Characteristics of the Capitol Rioters (First Cut)
What did the Capitol rioters actually do?
Read more...Rise of the Superstar Firms: Taking Oligopoly Seriously in Macroeconomics
Quelle surprise! Only now that EU and US officials are up in arms about monopolies are macroeconomics pros taking it seriously.
Read more...Ins and Outs of Congressional Review Act and Climate Change Rules
The Biden administration could use the Congressional Review Act to reverse Trump rulemaking. But it’s easier said than done.
Read more...The CDC’s Mission Impossible
Sadly, the CDC’s new head does not look up to turning around the agency, even before getting to bizarre plans to expand its mission.
Read more...Wikipedia: The Overlooked Monopoly
Low-quality anonymous “editors” combined with a Google tie-up turned an interesting experiment into an overlooked but destructive monopoly.
Read more...The American Rescue Act: Do Whatever It Takes
The economy is likely to be crippled for months and fiscal rescue on a large scale, once again, is very much necessary.
Read more...Will North Korea Explode After Biden Becomes President?
North Korea is in even more of an economic mess than before. Will that lead to more brinksmanship?
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