In the absence of a deal, a nationwide freight-rail shutdown due to a strike or lockout would have been possible starting December 9.
Category: National Review
Neither Side in Freight-Rail Dispute Wanted the Status Quo Extended
Nor did it want to make a deal.
<i>Washington Post</i> Boosts Suicide by Self-Starvation
The assisted-suicide movement boosts suicide in many forms. One of the most insidious is known in euthanasia parlance as VSED.
Apparently, No Lawyer Wants to Defend Cochise County’s Refusal to Certify Election Results
Apparently, no lawyer wants to defend the supervisors of Cochise County, Ariz., who refuse to certify their own election results.
Today in Capital Matters: Earmarks and FTC
Romina Boccia writes on earmarks in legislation, and Brian Albrecht covers some new moves from the FTC.
Adventures in Central Planning: Electric Vehicles and Energy Costs
I’m not sure that either Berlin or Brussels has thought this all through, but central planning is like that.
Don’t Fear Robots
If we are going to give police guns — and helicopters, armored cars, and all sorts of other matériel — why not give them robots?
Twitter, Censorship, and the EU
Brussels’s censors are on the march.
Actually, It’s ‘Football’
Which game — British or American football — involves more feet?
Rule by Swarm
The non-democratic form of governance that many young people have habituated themselves to enduring as they live their lives online.