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The Florida Republican Party overwhelmingly voted on Monday to remove its chairman, Christian Ziegler, as police investigate him for a rape allegation.

A Florida Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would make it defamation to accuse someone of racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia, a measure that would deal a devastating blow to freedom of speech in the Sunshine State.

A new pro-Trump campaign ad is doubling down on the former president’s Hitler rhetoric—and attacking Nikki Haley over her stance on immigration.

Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted he urged January 6 rioters to protest peacefully. But according to a new report, he didn’t even write one of the main tweets he cites in this defense.

Anyone under the age of 40 reading this may find it hard to believe, but there was a time when the Republican Party had a brain. There were a number of interesting Republicans—moderates, even liberals (if you go back far enough)—and thoughtful conservatives who, though conservative and ergo anti-government, bothered to learn enough about policy details so that they could shrink the government knowledgeably rather than recklessly.

The last time I tried to “teach” Madame Bovary was in an advanced undergraduate course at a London university, and I had expected better results. The students either hated it, or found it  “boring,” and even when they did “sort of like” it, they hated the central character, and said things like: “How can I like someone who cheats on their husband?” Or “That woman had everything and she was never happy.” They found Emma completely unsympathetic—a problem I never had teaching other novels about adulterous women... Читать дальше...

When the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, dings a corporation for a labor violation, the typical chief executive’s response is to shrug and pay the man the five dollars. Corporations with a public image to protect may litigate matters for a while, but litigation is expensive—whereas NLRB penalties are scandalously cheap, consisting typically only of reinstatement and back pay to whoever got fired; the posting of public notices; or perhaps a modest change to workplace procedures. The NLRB... Читать дальше...

In 2023, most large U.S. cities saw a precipitous drop in the rate of homicides. Despite the public perception of a rise in violent crime in major metropolitan areas, cities like Chicago and New York City saw dramatic declines in murders from 2022. But a few cities bucked that trend, including the nation’s capital. With the fifth-highest murder rate among the country’s most populous cities, Washington, D.C. has drawn national attention for its recent spike in violent crime.