Chris Edwards President Trump is moving to shut down the federal Department of Education. Congress will need to make any cuts permanent, but downsizing the federal education bureaucracy is a long-overdue reform. The department, however, is not the only way that the federal government intervenes in the nation’s schools. The government also spends $35 billion a year on school food programs through the Department of Agriculture. The school lunch program was enacted in 1946 and has morphed into […]
I am happy to pass along this announcement from my friends at the Heritage Foundation: Title: Research Associate, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies Reports to: Director, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies Job Summary: The Research Associate is responsible for managing various Meese Center programs and projects, particularly its amicus and moot court programs, with opportunities to conduct research and author commentary on new cases and current legal issues. This role requires strong administrative skills, […]
Tufts University. (Tufts University) The Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech. That includes even speech that does not even support terrorism, as in the case of a Tufts graduate student detained for an anti-Israel op ed that, however flawed, does not endorse Hamas terrorism, or indeed even mention it. Such detention and deportation is an assault on freedom of speech, and violates the First Amendment, which […]
Has anyone put together a pamphlet for sharing with strangers about our lord and savior… freedom? Not trying to go full cult or corny with it, just wondering if there’s a clean, approachable way to introduce Ancap ideas to people without immediately triggering their statism defenses. Something simple, readable, and grounded. Has anyone tried it? Got examples? Thinking about putting one together if not. submitted by /u/Intelligent-End7336 [link] [comments]
O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promoveu mudanças em sua equipe no Palácio do Planalto. Valdomiro Luis de Sousa, que ocupava o cargo de chefe de gabinete adjunto no Gabinete Pessoal da Presidência da República, foi rebaixado para assessor especial. Na nova função, receberá R$ 14,8 mil por mês, abaixo dos R$ 22,7 mil estabelecidos para a antiga função. + Leia mais notícias de Política em Oeste Essa mudança ocorreu dois meses depois de uma visita de […]
Avery Richard Smith, a former corrections officer in Berkeley County, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison—the maximum—after pleading guilty to four counts of first-degree assault and battery, five counts of third-degree assault and battery, and two counts of misconduct in office. His victims included at least nine inmates under his supervision and at least one subordinate. The post Brickbat: From Officer to Inmate appeared first on Reason.com.
From Judge Arun Subramanian’s order today in Khalil v. Trustees of Columbia Univ. (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiffs are students who say the federal government has unlawfully coerced Columbia University to suppress their protected speech. They claim that the government investigated Columbia and threatened to cut off $400 million in funding to enlist the university in stifling political advocacy the government disfavors. Shortly after filing their complaint, plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order. Among other things, the motion […]