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Republican populism goes all in for the Nanny State
We’re well accustomed to progressive politicians railing against corporate greed, especially here in California where Gov.
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R Street Institute16hOpinion
What are the politics of debt relief?
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and Julia talk with Chloe Nicol Thurston and Emily Zackin about the United State’s relationship to debt and debtors. Thurston is an Associate ...
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New N.Y.P.D. Boss Takes Over a Department With ‘Phenomenal Problems’
The family’s wealth could help distance her from the corruption investigations swirling around the department and City Hall, said Jillian Snider, a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and ...
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R Street Institute15hOpinion
Political Drinking with Jarrett Dieterle
This week we cover student loans, revenue from tariffs, democracy in Hong Kong, and the impact of podcasts on the 2024 election. Our interview is with Jarrett Dieterle of the R Street Institute. We ...
R Street Institute1dOpinion
California Voters Reject ‘California Values’
Even the mainstream media acknowledges that state’s election results show that Californians are tiring of Democrats’ ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: One Mining Permitting Issue Congress Still Needs to Address
In 2022, a federal court ruling known as the Rosemont decision threw the future of hardrock mining in the United States for a loop. Perhaps it goes without saying, but because mining is the process of ...
R Street Institute2dOpinion
Spotlight on Criminal Justice: The National Observance of Veterans and Military Families Month – November
Since 1996, the month of November has been dedicated to acknowledging the service and sacrifice of members of the military ...
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Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need
Kent Chandler, a former chairman for the Kentucky Public Service Commission, told me he agrees that there is a regulatory gap. He is a senior resident fellow at R Street Institute, a think tank that ...
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Air Pollution Will Probably Still Decline Under the Second Trump Presidency
Given President-elect Donald J. Trump’s critical rhetoric about environmental regulation, it is natural to wonder what the ...
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The Trouble with Mpox
Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First ...
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End Farm Subsidies for Ultra-Processed Foods
President-elect Donald J. Trump recently tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The pick is controversial to say the least, given many of the claims Kennedy ...
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Is Texas At Risk For Another Winter Storm Power Crisis?
After a report from ERCOT, Texans are concerned that we might be heading towards a repeat of the power outages that we saw during Winter Storm Uri. The good news is, even if we did have another freeze ...