Category: Intel

This June, the Supreme Court struck a major blow to the bureaucratic behemoth of the administrative state by overturning Chevron. The 1984 Chevron decision had long directed courts to defer to the administrative state’s interpretation of the law, granting enormous powers, including the judicial branch’s core power of interpreting law, to an unelected, entrenched bureaucracy.… Continue reading Overturning Chevron: A Wrong Made Right

Shein is a Singapore-based clothier that makes clothes in just-in-time fashion as a way of it relentlessly trying to mirror the needs and styles of its users. While future brides frequently purchase custom-made wedding dresses, Shein makes it possible for its customers to buy every clothing item as though they’re a bride. Have you heard… Continue reading Book Review: Nathaniel Ellison’s Essential ‘Crypto Confidential’

It is easy to forget how unpopular Abraham Lincoln was during his lifetime. In fact, he was hated by much of the country—not only in the South, which seceded after his election in 1860, but also in the North. Shortly after Lincoln moved into the White House in 1861, a New Jersey editor wrote privately… Continue reading How Americans Mourned the Assassination of a Controversial Leader

My, how things have changed in the past few weeks. By the time the Republican National Convention convened, the Democrats had hoped to be running President Biden on a platform touting the alleged success of his healthcare policy, exemplified by the poorly named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). But his debate performance, particularly his “We beat… Continue reading The ‘Merits’ of the Inflation Reduction Act Is Another Fiction Being Unmasked

Johnsonburg is a small borough on the Clarion River in Elk County, Pennsylvania. Home to a paper mill, it has a unique scent in its air. “You can smell it before you can see it,” people endearingly say. My family, like many others, made it their home around the turn of the 20th century. Like… Continue reading How Vance Can Move the Needle in PA

Paul Fishbein’s conviction on rent fraud charges in New York City last year was a feast for the tabloids.  The story was crazy enough to get readers to click. Prosecutors said that Fishbein, 51, somehow convinced local housing agencies that he owned dilapidated apartment buildings that he didn’t, enabling him to move in tenants and skim government rent subsidies… Continue reading The Federal Housing Agency Hasn’t Gotten Its Economic House in Order, Under Both Parties

Above, the four-day school week embraced by the 27J district outside Denver. Despite the shorter week’s popularity, researchers warn, it undermines learning when instructional time is reduced. By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsJuly 17, 2024 Next month, the Huntsville School District in Arkansas will join the wave of public schools switching to a four-day week.  The shorter… Continue reading The 4-Day School Week: It’s a Trend Across America … Despite Questionable Results

Etched onto the side of the Main Building at the University of Texas at Austin is a verse taken from John’s Gospel: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” Justin Dyer says that this represents UT’s Austin’s North Star: “The university is a truth-seeking institution.” A faculty partner of the… Continue reading The School of Civic Leadership Looks to Protect the American Experiment

Does President Biden have any ability to resist his dark money allies?  That question was teed up when the U.S. Supreme Court recently asked for the Biden Department of Justice, through the Solicitor General, to state its views on whether the Supreme Court should take up a dark-money-funded public nuisance lawsuit out of Hawaii.  The… Continue reading Can President Biden Resist His Dark Money Allies?