These views are mine alone, but they should be yours, too.
Many people seem to be as provincial about their gumbo as they are about their favorite sports team. I have enjoyed almost every bowl and variant of gumbo that I have ever tried–at least I cannot remember disliking one–and this is by no means the only way to make it. It is just the recipe that I use because it reminds me of a restaurant where I used to work. (Keep reading)
In the following open letter to my new congressman, Rep. Mark Green, I explain why I think it is important for him to cosponsor and vote for passage of Rep. Justin Amash’s Ending Qualified Immunity Act. Thank you for reading. (Keep reading)
Facebook’s investors would probably rather the company’s directors not needlessly expose its bottom line to litigation expenses to defend even meritorious First Amendment claims by taking such drastic, heavy-handed measures as outright censorship of political speech and associations. (Keep reading)
It’s completely normal to think of a 42-year-old political essay when discussing surgical masks with one’s spouse, right? Well, everyone is scared right now, particularly with so much uncertainty about the effects that quarantining indefinitely will have on the economy, and adding nastiness and shaming and smug superiority to the fear seems really inappropriate, if not wholly unhelpful. (Keep reading)
“Does the Tenth Amendment and reservation of police powers to the states under the Constitution create any special hurdle to liability for quashing protests?” The answer to that question is a resounding “no.” (Keep reading)
The Raleigh Police Department shut down a protest this week and arrested people who refused to comply. It should lose a First Amendment challenge to its conduct ten times out of ten under multiple theories of free speech law. (Keep reading)
As they say, the devil is always in the details, but generally speaking, broad-based “safer-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19, without more, probably do not violate the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, even if they prevent church members from gathering to worship. (Keep reading)
As George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen would put it, “markets in everything.” (Keep reading)
Just like we should with television or print media, we should approach podcasts with a healthy dose of skepticism, particularly with regard to whatever motives may be behind a story being told or the method in which it is told. (Keep reading)
The Cincinnati-based grocery retailer has decided to stop allowing free alternative weekly newspapers to distribute issues in their stores, but this decision probably does not amount to an antitrust violation. (Keep reading)