The launch of Fox News remains one of the great free market stories of modern times. While conservatives had long expressed frustration with the left-wing bias that defined traditional media, Fox News met that rising frustration with reporting that incorporated a conservative view of domestic and global news that had historically been ignored by […]
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Cigarettes were referred to as “coffin nails” as early as 1906. That’s what George Will writes at the Washington Post. Will adds that the U.S. Surgeon General didn’t designate smoking as a possible instigator of lung cancer until 1964. It turns out Americans didn’t need blinding glimpses of the obvious from Surgeon Generals, or blanket government settlements
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“Daddy, that’s not fair.” The late, great P.J. O’Rourke used to joke about one of his young daughters pulling out the “fair” card, only for the satirist to respond with how unfair it was that she was so smart, so cute, so well-off, not to mention that she was born American. O’Rourke was cheerfully
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At Luke Russert’s college graduation, Tim Russert (1950-2008) joked about the fake ID used by his son during college to get into bars. Apparently the ID was quite good. Laughter at Tim Russert’s recall was said to be widespread, and knowing. Most Americans entering bars for the first time at age 21 have endless
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Call it a win for common sense, but Meta recently emerged victorious in its antitrust case against the Federal Trade Commission. The U.S. District Court affirmed what the reasonable already knew: Meta does not have a monopoly on social media and is in a constant battle to stay relevant amid competition from ever-changing directions.
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Much to my surprise, several weeks ago I attended a hockey game where I was seated only a few rows behind distinguished collegiate gymnast and social media influencer Livvy Dunne. While not a follower of gymnastics, her popularity is such that she was readily identifiable by the throngs of young supporters who congregated around
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“The greatest fever of all was aspiration, a belief in the sheer possibility to remake a life.” That’s what Evan Osnos wrote in Age of Ambition, his remarkable 2014 book about life in emerging China. Osnos reported that as of 2014 the Chinese were second only to Americans when it came to the purchase of
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“Let many ideas flourish as industrial policy doesn’t work.” Those are the words of the excellent Andy Kessler in his latest Wall Street Journal opinion piece. Policymakers should embrace Kessler’s logic, all the while applying it to their shameful attempt to force a TikTok divestiture. And yes, the demand from politicians (and upheld last week by the D.C.
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Truth Social faces scrutiny after its users fell for a variety of scams on its platform, resulting in losses of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. For context, an estimated $10 billion was lost due to fraud last year, illustrating the very real threat scammers pose. We all want to stop consumers from being harmed – but
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