Are Socialists Actually Leaving Wokeness Behind?
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/08/10/are-socialists-actually-leaving-wokeness-behind/
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Are socialists actually leaving wokeness behind?
Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's admission that "Woke 1 was crazy."
Today in Supreme Court History: August 11, 1942
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 11, 1942
8/11/1942: General John DeWitt, Commander of Western Defense Command, issues exclusion order. The Supreme Court held this order was constitutional...
"Litigation Often Takes a Toll on a Party's Mental Health on Both Sides of the 'v'"
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"Litigation Often Takes a Toll on a Party's Mental Health on Both Sides of the 'v'"
"But the mental-health effects of litigation are, in a sense, the cost of doing business."
$200K Libel Award for Cybersecurity Expert Accused by Substacker of Being "Israeli Spy"
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$200K Libel Award for Cybersecurity Expert Accused by Substacker of Being "Israeli Spy"
A short excerpt from the long opinion Friday by Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff (E.D. Va.) in Apelbaum v. Bloom: Plaintiffs...
The Buffalo Bills Got Tons of Taxpayer Money for a Stadium With a Lot of Pretty Lame Problems
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The Buffalo Bills Got Tons of Taxpayer Money for a Stadium With a Lot of Pretty Lame Problems
Plus: No one is drafting Enes Kanter Freedom into the WNBA, Congress fails to reform NCAA again, and why 'Field of Dreams' nostalgia is no good
One Year Later, Why Is the National Guard Still in D.C.?
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One Year Later, Why Is the National Guard Still in D.C.?
As the National Guard deployment stretches into its second year, questions remain about why the $55 million-per-month show of force is necessary at all.
Defamation Claim Against Academic from Stalking Allegations Against Another Academic, with a Trans Angle
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Defamation Claim Against Academic from Stalking Allegations Against Another Academic, with a Trans Angle
From Judge Kelley Hodge (E.D. Pa.) Friday in Duncan v. Lett (see also this February post that discusses a related...
RFK Jr. Wants More FDA Oversight of Food Ingredients. It Could End Up Costing $210 Million.
https://reason.com/2026/08/11/rfk-jr-wants-more-fda-oversight-of-food-ingredients-it-could-end-up-costing-210-million/
https://reason.com/2026/08/11/rfk-jr-wants-more-fda-oversight-of-food-ingredients-it-could-end-up-costing-210-million/
I Say No To SubStack, And Chief Justice Roberts Says Yes
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I Say No To SubStack, And Chief Justice Roberts Says Yes
"Flagging for you a new essay by Chief Justice Roberts on William Howard Taft for In Pursuit..."
New In SCOTUSBlog: The court should hold oral argument outside of the capital
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New In SCOTUSBlog: The court should hold oral argument outside of the capital
"I am confident there would be a bipartisan groundswell of support to get the justices out of the beltway."
Klein and Thompson's Abudance Shows Abundant Lack of Introspection
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/11/klein-and-thompsons-abudance-shows-abundant-lack-of-introspection/
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Free Speech Unmuted: Can AI Libel You? The Robby Starbuck Case
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/11/free-speech-unmuted-can-ai-libel-you-the-robby-starbuck-case/
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/11/free-speech-unmuted-can-ai-libel-you-the-robby-starbuck-case/
The Trump Administration's Secret YIMBY Grant Proposal
https://reason.com/2026/08/11/the-trump-administrations-secret-yimby-grant-proposal/
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The Trump Administration's Secret YIMBY Grant Proposal
The Trump administration has proposed shifting voucher funding away from jurisdictions that drive up rents with excessive land use regulations.
AOC Admits Woke Is Over. Does Anyone Believe Her?
https://reason.com/video/2026/08/11/aoc-admits-woke-is-over-does-anyone-believe-her/
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AOC admits woke is over. Does anyone believe her?
Soave and Duke argue that it is a bit rich for Ocasio-Cortez to laugh off the excesses of a cultural movement that caused real harm.
"In Its 870 Paragraphs, 269 Pages, and 63 Causes of Action," the Complaint
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"In Its 870 Paragraphs, 269 Pages, and 63 Causes of Action," the Complaint
"<strike>is just too damned long</strike>"—no, actually, it "includes the kind of extraordinary level of extraneous detail that necessitates repleader."