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[ad_1] As a nation, we increasingly want our politics the way we want our news, the way we want our Sunday barbeque conversations with neighbors – and the way we want our marriages. We want to marry people who have the same political affiliation. In the early 1970s, a little over half of American couples shared a political affiliation. Now well above 70% do. Judging from the polarized fare on cable news, the clustering of people in like-minded communities, and the inability of Congress to even speak across the aisle, let alone get things done, we are headed in the…

[ad_1] I’m delighted to report that Profs. Jacob Mchangama (Vanderbilt) & Jeff Kosseff (Naval Academy, moving this year to Minnesota) will be guest-blogging Monday to Wednesday about their new book, The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy’s Most Essential Freedom. Here’s the publisher’s summary: An incisive examination of free speech’s global decline and a framework for preserving expression in democratic societies. The Future of Free Speech confronts a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of democratic societies, free expression is now met with growing suspicion and retaliation across…

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Joshua Scheer On this World Press Freedom Day, we honor not only the courage of journalists who risk everything to tell the truth, but also the relentless work of organizations like the Committee to Protect Journalists, whose documentation continues to expose the global assault on press freedom. From arbitrary detention and criminal prosecution to forced disappearance and targeted…

[ad_1] The CDC’s stance on vaccination has drastically changed, which may be behind people’s dipping trust in vaccines, according to new research. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] I expect I’ve been in some, given the arsenals that I expect some of my friends maintain. Just ran across the term in a court opinion, as a typo for “marital home”—a quick Westlaw search finds over 600 opinions with the same typo. The post "Martial Home" appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The U.S. president has lost the war he started with Iran — or at the very least he has no chance of winning it — but accepting defeat and repairing the damage of the error is simply beyond his reach. Patrick Lawrence for Consortium News You have to hand it to Sara Jacobs, the California Democrat and the…

[ad_1] This Sunday’s cartoon is inspired by the ongoing legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, arguably two of the people I despise the most in the entire world. For those of you unaware, Musk is suing Altman for turning OpenAI, one of the leading A.I. companies in the world, into a for-profit corporation, when originally it was put together as a non-profit institute using the money of several donors—one of them being Elon Musk. Not only that, but over the years Musk has been notorious for issuing public warnings against the dangers of developing what is currently called…

[ad_1] Reform of the nation’s higher-education institutions – like reform of any undertaking or organization – comes in various shapes and sizes. Colleges and universities can handle through more effective oversight a professor or an administrator who deviates from the institution’s larger educational mission. Mounting departures from the institution’s larger mission require more extensive reform. And colleges and universities that lose sight of their larger mission, forgetting its key educational components or outright supplanting educational goals with political ones, call for comprehensive reform. Months of campus protests – including harassment, intimidation, and unlawful encampments – following Iran-backed Hamas’ Oct. 7,…

[ad_1] Roberts Is Either Dumb or Racially Obtuse. He's Not Dumb [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Marianne Dhenin This article was originally published by Truthout Educators and activists are fighting for changes to a bill they say was “designed to create an atmosphere of fear.” A bill introduced in the California legislature meant to help ensure open discussion in the state’s public schools and protect teachers from attacks is facing intense backlash and…