Beltway Confidential
The rEVolution costs everybody extra
Electric vehicles remain the future of transportation, if only because Democratic politicians are going to force you to buy them. But until that day comes, it turns…
May 7, 2024
When the woke begin to hate: Campus protests show 'anti-racism' classes aren't working
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Is abortion the key to winning Arizona for Biden-Harris ticket?
One hour after news began circulating that an abortion law written in 1864 would take effect in Arizona, Vice President Kamala Harris announced she was traveling to…
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Biden rushes to hedge his regulatory bets against GOP wins
President Joe Biden may be projecting confidence that he will be reelected in November, but his administration is hedging its bets against the possibility that former President…
Business
Are noncompete agreements over? The Biden administration’s Federal Trade Commission wants to make it so
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce met the Federal Trade Commission’s late April announcement that it would ban all future employee noncompete agreements with a simple, uncompromising declaration:…
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Scoutless schools
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I attended Boy Scout meetings at a neighborhood public school in Oakland, California, every Thursday. OK, it…
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Wherefore art thou baseball?
Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, a legendary Canadian comedy duo, had a memorable sketch, “A Shakespearean Baseball Game.” First broadcast on CBC in 1958 and later performed…
Defense
Can America’s belated $61 billion lifeline save Ukraine?
When recalcitrant MAGA-wing House Republicans dug in, blocking the flow of U.S. arms and ammunition to Ukraine for six months, it was the gift that kept on…
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A new Koch? RFK Jr’s running mate is a key campaign funder
LOS ANGELES, California — California is often referred to as an ATM of politics for the frequency with which candidates of both parties jet in to scoop…
Entertainment
The tributaries of Lou Reed
Once, all albums were collections of covers. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley didn’t just record songs written by other people. They had hits with songs that other…
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NATO’s third act: America asks European states to step up
Reports of the death of NATO are exaggerated. If former President Donald Trump wins back the White House in November and decides the United States should withdraw…