Legislation
Politicians consider Soviet-style controls on 3D printers
The old Soviet Union strictly controlled photocopiers, because they empowered individuals to share ideas that challenged state control. The restrictions ultimately broke down under the weight of mass defiance as people took…
Virginia Democrats advance 7 gun control bills
The Second Amendment states, and the Virginia Constitution repeats, that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Someone ought to tell the Virginia state Senate. This week, the…
House plan to avoid a shutdown would hike spending by billions
With the possibility of another government shutdown looming before the end of the month, Congress appears likely to take the easy way out: spend more money on everything. The House of Representatives passed a set of spending…
Leave the Driving to Us
A Massachusetts bill, sponsored by state Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem (D–Newton), would require transportation officials to set statewide goals for cutting vehicle miles traveled starting in 2030 and every five years after that.…
Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ has promise but should add more freedom for Americans
The Trump administration unveiled the outlines of a health care reform plan last week and, surprisingly for any policy proposal these days, it contains some decent ideas that would empower individuals instead of bureaucrats.…
Data centers use lots of electricity. This bill would let them go off the grid.
Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in some areas is already…
How politicians and cops tried to dodge responsibility in 2025
On his way out the door last January, President Joe Biden issued broad, preemptive pardons for several relatives and political allies. Those stay-out-jail cards set an alarming precedent that could undermine the…
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you would expect. Maybe worse.
Sometimes you can tell a bill will be really bad just from its title. So it goes with The Republic Unifying Meritocratic Performance Advancing Machine Intelligence by Eliminating Regulatory Interstate Chaos Across American…
Political fights over cash bail are back
The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless bail. The order channeled …
MAHA movement mandates labels on seed oils and other food ingredients
Burdensome food labeling mandates were once the province of Democrats, who pushed for calorie count requirements on restaurant menus and insisted packaged food must feature warnings about genetically modified ingredients and…
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