stLouISTElon Musk Shows How Oligarchy Poisons the Speech Commons
Free speech is not when one rich guy gets to shout 1,000 times louder than anyone else.
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Mourning on the Red Cedar River
Three college students are left dead. Five injured. The rest of the state is wracked in grief.
FTC Forum Shows the Oppression of Noncompete Agreements
From the top to the bottom of the wage scale, these contract clauses are abusive and predatory.
Feinstein in Retrospect
Today on TAP: Her centrist politics made her an outlier among California Democrats.
Hochul and Senate Clash on Public Power, With Utility Workers on the Sidelines
The New York Power Authority manages resources built half a century ago. But a plan to make it the vanguard of clean energy could be hamstrung by labor-environmentalist divisions.
How Noncompete Agreements Hamstrung America’s Pandemic Response
When COVID-19 was at its worst, many doctors wanted to go where they were most needed. Their bosses said no.
Passing the Buck Along the Forgotten Canadian Border
The problems posed by migrants seeking entry into Canada from New York illuminate the tensions over a bilateral immigration agreement that has outlived its usefulness.
Senate Republicans Claim to Care About Taxpayer Rights
In the first hearing for Daniel Werfel to head the IRS, Democrats praised the Inflation Reduction Act as Republicans derided the agency’s new funding.
The Wildly Misleading Inflation Numbers
Today on TAP: The Consumer Price Index gets the story of housing costs backwards.
The Chinese Spy Balloon Is No Big Deal
Intelligence gathering is always going to happen between great powers.
The Border Patrol’s Power Grab
The agency seeks more authority from the legislature to nab trespassers and others in Texas.
Those Things Floating in the Sky, Explained
Today on TAP consults an expert.
Chemical Desolation in Appalachia
Freight rail companies are running their trains ragged to boost profits. Sometimes they crash.
Breaking Up (With China) Is Hard to Do
In the absence of more attention to the supply chain, the U.S. is becoming even more reliant on Beijing—and ‘friendshoring’ often increases that dependence.
Does COVID-19 Damage the Immune System?
The balance of evidence strongly indicates that outside of rare cases, it does not.
A Cure for the Biden Blues?
Today on TAP: Or 21 months of nail-biting between now and November 2024
The Last Pandemic Welfare Supports Get Kicked Out
Expirations around Medicaid and food stamps reinforce how Democrats failed to live up to professed ambitions on the welfare state.
Republicans Furiously Defend Insurance Company Looting of Medicare
Medicare Advantage is a scam. That’s why conservatives love it.
The Difference Between Expertise and Marketing
Attacks on aggressive antitrust enforcement from ‘fellow Democrats’ who work for monopolists should be seen for what they are.
Julie Su as Labor Secretary Is a Three-Fer
Today on TAP: She opens space for Biden to name someone better than Lael Brainard to head the NEC.