Author: nick
[ad_1] Asecond imposition of lockdowns is closer than we might think. Very powerful people want that even under the slightest pretext. Brownstone Institute is asking for your support to stop them. When two passengers on a luxury cruise ship died from Hantavirus (a high-mortality infection from rat feces), and another tested positive, mainstream media created a global frenzy. Out came the images of hazmat suits and masks, along with demands for universal contact tracing. The entire show was designed to elicit memories of fear from six years ago. A Washington Post columnist said she would gladly lock down again and urge everyone to do…
[ad_1] If Macron’s defense spending debate is any indication, a European NATO is neither around the corner nor on the horizon [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Happy Tuesday, and welcome to the latest edition of Rent Free. This week’s slightly abbreviated post-Memorial Day issue includes a breakdown of the latest version of the housing bill passed by the House last week. We also have an item on how, contra some recent headlines, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not offering any major exceptions to his coming rent freeze. A bipartisan housing supply bill that has been in the works since the summer of last year passed the House last week, minus a controversial requirement that large investors sell off their holdings of build-to-rent single-family homes to…
[ad_1] A new DOJ lawsuit represents a vital step toward ending an un-American war on disfavored attorneys and defenders of disfavored causes – a war that would do irrevocable damage to our justice system and republic. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Last week should have been the best of times for the Democratic Party. Unfortunately, it was also the worst of times. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Shining a bright light on the Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney’s dim record on public safety [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Tehran condemns ‘definitive violation’ but announces no specific reprisals as negotiations near decisive stage [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier by Joe Studwell. Atlantic Monthly Press, 435 pages. It seems like every man who has given any thought to Africa, and many who haven’t, has a pet cause for Africa’s perpetual dysfunction, which usually conveniently lines up with his preexisting world view. In How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier, Joe Studwell provides a refreshingly non-ideological look at what has worked in those African states that have experienced high levels of economic growth in the post-1960 independence era. Identifying Botswana, Mauritius, Ethiopia, and…
[ad_1] Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that indirect negotiations to end the Iran War would continue despite the U.S. conducting military strikes overnight against Iran, as a ceasefire to the conflict entered its 49th day on Tuesday. Speaking in India Tuesday, Rubio said that there is “a lot of talking back and forth going on about specific language in the initial document, so it’ll take a few days” to reach any agreement. Iran’s IRGC said on Tuesday that its forces had “successfully downed” a U.S. MQ-9 drone. They also claimed to have fired at a U.S. F-35 fighter jet…
[ad_1] From Alshara v. Republic of Iraq, decided today by Judge Linda Parker (E.D. Mich.): Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the Court is required to sua sponte dismiss a complaint filed [in forma pauperis, i.e., as an indigent litigant who can’t afford a filing fee -EV] before service on a defendant if it determines that the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief…. In the Complaint, Plaintiff states that he is seeking to hold Iraq and Lebanon liable for…