Peter Van Doren The New York Times recently described a forthcoming election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the role of Elon Musk as the leading contributor to one of the candidates. His interest stems from the role of the court in adjudicating the fate of a Wisconsin law that mandates that cars be sold through franchised dealers. Tesla’s business model uses direct sales rather than dealers. The Wisconsin law and those in other states date from the 1930–1950 […]
From Judge Jessica Clarke’s opinion Monday in Delgado v. Sonnen (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff Arlene Delgado is a lawyer and former senior advisor to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Plaintiff filed this action on March 1, 2024 alleging that Defendant Chael Sonnen, a retired mixed martial arts fighter who previously competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”), defamed her while he was a guest on a podcast called Flagrant…. Plaintiff alleges that during Flagrant‘s March 7, 2023 podcast episode, Defendant […]
Question 1: Did Israel Kill JFK? Was Israel involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? (Is there any hard evidence or is it mostly conjecture?). And if Israel was involved, then what was the alleged motive? Ron Unz—Although there exists no smoking gun proof implicating Israel and its Mossad in the JFK Assassination, there is an enormous mass of circumstantial evidence that they played a central role in the conspiracy, and they certainly stood very high with […]
O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) arquivou a investigação sobre a suposta importunação de uma baleia jubarte pelo ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro durante um passeio de jet ski em São Sebastião, no litoral de São Paulo. Em documento, o MPF afirma que a aproximação de Bolsonaro, “a uma distância tão pequena como a que se constou nos autos, poderia colocar em risco a própria vida dos envolvidos”. No entanto, o órgão ressalta que o ex-presidente não teve a intenção de […]
This week’s featured article is “When the Government Puts Wolves in Your Backyard” by Tate Watkins. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: “Deep in Thought,” by CTRL S, and “Sunsettling,” by Man With Roses The post <I>The Best of Reason</I>: When the Government Puts Wolves in Your Backyard appeared first on Reason.com.
Lawmakers who attended the recent Aspen Security Forum warned that DNA testing services to identify ancestry could be fronts to harvest information for ethnicity-tailored bioweapons programs. U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, is one such lawmaker who says there are already bioweapons programs currently in development that are “designed to target specific people,” and that this would not have been possible if not for DNA testing services. “That’s what this is, where you can […]
With Cris Sheridan Mar 12, 2025 – What if the U.S. market’s golden era just ended—and China’s AI stole the crown? Louis-Vincent Gave of Gavekal Research analyzes a risk-off market environment in 2025, highlighting a significant shift from U.S. dominance. He notes…
New York’s Northville Central School District has fired high school basketball coach Jim Zullo after video showed him yanking his star player’s ponytail. The incident happened after the Northville girls’ team lost the Class D state championship game. Hailey Monroe, Northville’s all-time leading scorer, had already fouled out and was crying when Zullo grabbed her hair and yelled at her before a teammate stepped between them. Zullo, an 81-year-old Hall of Fame coach, claimed Monroe had cursed at […]