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This ad from Donald Trump ran during Thursday's debate. That is, even before Joe Biden's terrible performance:  I don't personally have a strong opinion about Kamala Harris. But that doesn't matter. It's hard to overstate just how long and how intensely Fox News and others have been demonizing her. By now even moderate Republicans ...continue reading "President Harris?"

California recently passed a bill requiring high school students to take a class in financial literacy in order to graduate. I was curious about just what this entailed, so I took a look at the bill. There are a dozen basic curriculum requirements: Fundamentals of banking for personal use, including, but not limited to, savings ...continue reading "California now requires financial literacy in high school"

I've seen a surprising amount of confusion over what it means that the Supreme Court has killed "Chevron deference." But it's not complicated. In the Chevron case 40 years ago, the Court didn't say that federal agencies could just make up their own rules—or that judges couldn't overrule them. Judges can and do overrule agencies ...continue reading "Chevron was not a complicated decision"

Authorities say a man set his own vehicle on fire Saturday afternoon in Fairview Heights as a domestic dispute escalated.

It's commonplace these days to note with alarm the growing influence of extremist right wing parties in Europe. I think this is generally overblown, but it's worth noting that, to the extent it's true, it's largely because these parties have made themselves over as less extreme. In France, for example, Marine Le Pen took over ...continue reading "Is France’s extreme right still all that extreme?"

The cause of the fire and explosion remains under investigation.

Jonathan India doubled twice in his eighth consecutive multihit game, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Saturday.

Getting rid of tires. That was the goal at Saturday's tire amnesty day event in St. Louis.