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A "perfect storm" for pro-life advocates Published 8:45 a.m. today Conservative attacks on reproductive rights are once again in the news. Headlines were made when Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court, and pro-choice advocates could only imagine the restrictions on access to abortion that would result. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made headlines by enacting the nation’s most restrictive bill on prevention of abortion at the sign of a fetal heartbeat, and pro-lifers anticipated a ...

Long live the imperial presidency? May 15,2021 - Last updated at May 15,2021 CHICAGO — One of the striking contrasts between the Trump and Biden administrations is in the debate about whether the presidency has achieved more power than is consistent with the public good. Donald Trump’s term in office was accompanied by a drumbeat of commentaries arguing that the presidency had become too powerful, enabling a madman or despot to destroy Americans’ liberties. The critics urged Congress and ...

New Study on Supreme Court Shows Dramatic Increase in Support for Religious Freedom A new study of Supreme Court decisions going back to 1953 shows the nation’s highest tribunal has moved from supporting religious freedom less than half the time to almost always in recent years. “The Roberts Court has ruled in favor of religious organizations far more frequently than its predecessors, over 81% of the time, compared to about 50% for all previous eras since 1953,” report legal scholars Lee ...

PlutoniumKun: And there’s more! Wow. Wow. I’ll admit that I am a Maroon, although back during its Minoan period, when I majored in Linear B and the Art of Incisions. The Woke Meritocracy is a kind of horror show of what it means to be an undergrad now. In the middle of the essay, author Blake Smith notes two things that indicate a kind of perpetual childhood: First, the parents are the helicopter parents, smothering the child. Second, his students don’t read for pleasure. This means that...

With growing momentum behind efforts to reform and strengthen US antitrust enforcement, a decades-long trend toward increasing market concentration may soon be confronted head-on. But enforcement alone will not cure what ails the US economy – especially not when US consumers themselves are smitten with the monopolists.

India should consider repealing its highly controversial farm laws Photo: ReutersPremium Share Via Read Full Story India’s three new farm laws, enacted in September 2020 with little public or parliamentary debate, have attracted enormous global interest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government described the measures as a gift to farmers, but farmers in several Indian states, led by smallholders in Punjab and Haryana, have refused to accept them. Sustained and highly polarizing protests ha...

India’s farm laws are a global problem Feb 21,2021 - Last updated at Feb 21,2021 ITHACA  —  India’s three new farm laws, enacted in September 2020 with little public or parliamentary debate, have attracted enormous global interest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government described the measures as a gift to farmers, but farmers in several Indian states, led by smallholders in Punjab and Haryana, have refused to accept them. Sustained and highly polarising protests have followed. The ...

Agriculture is an intricate issue that raises important questions not just for India but for all economies struggling to strike a balance between the market and the state.

Market fundamentalism never works as well as actual markets do, because it offers “choices” that no one would willingly choose. The Indian government should repeal its new farm laws and, through a careful deliberative process, craft legislation that stands the test of reason and can benefit poor farmers and consumers most of all.

CHICAGO — As US President Donald Trump’s single term limps to an end, we should revisit a question that has dominated mainstream punditry for the past four years: Was America on the brink of an authoritarian takeover? Never before have so many commentators, including knowledgeable academics, seen-it-all-before political operatives, cynical journalists, and former government