Inflation hasn't gone away - it's going up. With the midterm elections seven weeks off, that's a problem for the president and Congress. Voters hate inflation. They don't much like the cure either, and the cure has two parts. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, like it just did, ...
The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it prohibits the government from infringing upon it. The ability to think, speak, write, ...
One of the primary tenets of the American legal system is the importance of precedent; the common law doctrine of "stare decisis" means "to stand by things decided." The purpose of law in such a system is to provide stability and predictability, so that people can conform their conduct ...
Minimize disruption from city road construction Luke Wegner Minot So what’s the deal with all of this road construction? It seems that any time you want to drive somewhere, you are guaranteed to run into some form of blockage or detour. The big one that I have a gripe with, though, is how often 16th Street and Broadway are shut down. My thought process and issue with this is the fact that those two streets are the main thoroughfares and essentially the only way to get from one side of the city to the other without taking some crazy back roads. If construction needs to be done on ...
On the Sunday evening of Labor Day weekend, after a delightful dinner with close friends, I tripped over one of those ubiquitous electric rent-a-scooters. I went down hard, landing on my knee and arm, though luckily not hitting my head. At home that night, I couldn't even bend my left ...
The midterm elections are right around the corner. The time-tested solution? Find a scapegoat, go negative, and blame the other side. This year the weaponized bogeyman is artificial intelligence. Many Americans are falling for the anti-AI information operation. They ...
