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**40 Percent of Liberal Professors Are Afraid They'll Lose Their Jobs Over a Misunderstanding**

A new survey from FIRE reveals rampant illiberalism and self-censorship among young faculty.

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**What is at Stake in Florida Higher Ed Reform Bill?**

A poorly drafted and conceptually ambitious upending of norms of state university independence

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**Teachers Union: Oppose Bill Mandating Teaching Dangers of Communism Because Many Communist Countries Are Asian**

From Fox News (Bradford Betz) last week: Virginia Democrats last week rejected a bill that would have required schools to teach about…

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**Bringing the Child Tax Credit Back to Life Is Too Costly**

Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation reported that a permanent expansion would cost more than $1.4 trillion over a decade.

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**Bringing the Child Tax Credit Back to Life Is Too Costly**

Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation reported that a permanent expansion would cost more than $1.4 trillion over a decade.

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**Waco Offers New Insights From ATF Agents**

Historian Jeff Guinn's account focuses on the ATF's oft-overlooked fiasco in the 1993 affair rather than the FBI's widely reported involvement.

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**Brickbat: Walk This Way**

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is looking into an incident in which a Paulding County sheriff's deputy threw a man to the ground. Officials said Deputy Michael McMaster was investigating a report of someone br…

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**Biden's New Trump-Lite Asylum Policy Proposal**

It's less bad than Trump-era efforts along the same lines. But saying that is damning with faint praise.

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**Biden's New Trump-Lite Asylum Policy Proposal**

It's less bad than Trump-era efforts along the same lines. But saying that is damning with faint praise.

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**Can the Vice President Invoke the Speech or Debate Clause Privilege at All? [Updated]**

Professor Michael McConnell writes to suggest that even if VIce President Pence was performing legislative functions on January 6, the Constitution's text doe…

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**Can the Vice President Invoke the Speech or Debate Clause Privilege at All?**

Professor Michael McConnell writes to suggest that even if VIce President Pence was performing legislative functions on January 6, the Constitution's text does not exte…

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**Can the Vice President Invoke the Speech or Debate Clause Privilege at All?**

Professor Michael McConnell writes to suggest that even if VIce President Pence was performing legislative functions on January 6, the Constitution's text does not exte…

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**Now the CHIPS Act Is Going To Subsidize Child Care Too**

If Congress wants to spend taxpayer money on child care services, it should pass a bill authorizing that.

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**Copyright Is the Latest Battle in the War Over A.I.**

The U.S. Copyright Office determined that images produced by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted, even though they are generated by user-written prompts.

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**Virginia Next for Occupational Licensing Reform**

The state will fast-track applicants who have out-of-state credentials or experience.

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**Where Do We Go To Get Our Mask Apology?**

Plus: The editors reveal their favorite issues and articles from the Reason magazine catalog.

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**Need an Adderall Prescription? Good Luck Getting It Over Telehealth.**

On Friday, the DEA unveiled a plan to restrict doctors' ability to prescribe controlled drugs over telehealth.

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**New York's Message to Gun Owners: You Can Have a Carry Permit. Good Luck Using It.**

A New York Times story about the state's location-specific gun bans glosses over the vast territory they cover.

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