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Foucault in the Panopticon
In 1958, the 32-year-old philosopher Michel Foucault arrived in Poland to assume the directorship of the Centre Français in Warsaw. He abruptly fled the country […]
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Food Trucks Still Being Squeezed Out by Local Governments
Detroit’s council passed new rules last week that allow food trucks in greater numbers to start operating next spring. “From an equity standpoint and from […]
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Today in Supreme Court History: November 27, 1964
11/27/1964: WGCB broadcast a fifteen-minute broadcast from Reverend Billy James Hargis, as part of its “Christian Crusade” series. Red Lion Broadcasting Co., v. Federal Communications […]
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Terrorwashing a Genocide
The United States sent 22 Uyghurs to Guantanamo bay in 2002. They joined over 700 detainees who were living outside the Geneva Convention. U.S. intelligence […]
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Brickbat: We Know Where You Live
Norma Garcia Lopez-Lopez was the co-chairperson of Fort Worth Independent Schools District’s Racial Equity Committee. Garcia Lopez didxx several parents for challenging COVID-19 and speaking […]
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Every Year, Police Pull People Over To Give Out Turkeys Instead of Tickets. That Could Be Illegal.
Thanksgiving is synonymous with tradition. Police departments have noticed a trend in recent years to pull over uninformed drivers and hand out turkeys rather than […]
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A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice. Federal officials, dear friends, are generally immune to claims for […]
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No “Defense of Others” Defense in Justina Pelletier Hospital Hacking Case
Start at U.S. v. GottesfeldThe First Circuit (Judge Kayatta joined by Judge Howard, Chief Judge Howard, and Judge Lynch) decided in favor of the following: […]
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University Administrators on the Rittenhouse Verdict
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic has an excellent article about this. Here’s an excerpt. Instead of encouraging independent scrutiny, many campus administrators have released statements that […]
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A Worrisome New COVID-19 Variant Identified in South Africa
South African scientists have reported the rapid rise of B.1.1.529, a COVID-19 variant that is highly mutational. The World Health Organization will likely assign it […]