The creeping authoritarianism of facial recognition
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The same technology that Russia uses to keep its people in line has come to America
Taylor Millard
Wednesday
Tuesday
Democracy and economic freedom are in decline
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Two new reports show how Covid restrictions and technocrats are threatening liberties worldwide
Wednesday
Congress’s latest assault on internet freedom
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The EARN IT Act is supposed to protect children, but it’s a bonanza for snoops and lawyers
Saturday
The research is in and lockdowns don’t work
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Unless by ‘work’ you mean stagnating the economy while doing little to slow the spread
Saturday
Sanctions on Russia won’t work
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Politicians love them because they’re cheap and easy but they end up entrenching regimes rather than dislodging them
Friday
Congress’s half-baked assault on Big Tech
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The bill claims it would help competition but unintended consequences abound
Thursday
Blame Congress, not companies, for staggering inflation
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They spent too much — and now they want to blow through even more?
Wednesday
A New York senator declares war on the First Amendment
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The bill seeks to ‘protect’ public health and offers a glimpse into our anti-free-speech future
Saturday
Build Back Better won’t make insulin more affordable
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Price controls are not the answer
Tuesday
Both parties want to control what you say on the internet
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Those who yearn for government control over Big Tech forget an important thing: politics
Thursday
Is Twitter about to step up its censorship?
Farewell then @jack. Jack Dorsey’s departure from Twitter on Monday came as no surprise given that the firm Elliott Management, one of Twitter’s activist investors, almost ousted him last year. Only the coronavirus may have prolonged the inevitable. Twitter’s stock keeps dropping. It may not reach the revenue and daily user projections for 2023 that
Friday
The Federal Reserve is still political
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Biden keeps Jerome Powell, Trump’s Fed chair, as progressives apply pressure
Saturday
Yes, Build Back Better will raise the deficit
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The CBO warns of red ink — and that’s only part of the story
Tuesday
Democrats’ new tobacco tax would hit the poor hard
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While doing little to reduce smoking or vaping
Monday
Blame Trump for Texas’s ban on vaccine mandates
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Greg Abbott is worried the ex-president might turn on him
