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Presented practically without comment.  Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives. Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought the powerful social media platform, top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting with the policy and legal teams she oversees to discuss what the new ownership could mean for them. Gadde…

Much like police defunding, lefties might want to check with the constituency they claim to be protecting. In this poll, a majority of black respondents agreed with most other New Yorkers that eliminating bail was bad for New Yorkers. 60% of white people, 44% of Latinos, and 46% of black people all said that it was…

Awesome news from an unbiased source. Nearly 9 in 10 young Americans are in support of the government taking action on student debt. That’s the finding from a survey conducted by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School.  The highest share of young adults interviewed by Harvard – 38% – favor the full cancellation of…

The problem with equity is who’s more equitable? And who gets the blame for it?  Having learned nothing from San Francisco, another California school boss is in trouble for her remarks about Asians. Superintendent Cheryl James-Ward is reportedly filing a lawsuit against the San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) after its board placed her…

Elon Musk actually buying Twitter seemed wildly implausible, but we live in a world in which human rights groups protest the lack of censorship, so we certainly live in an implausible world that is anything but the best of all possible worlds. The Left, its activist groups and media outlets (but I repeat myself) keep…

American civic life has been held hostage for too long by the fallacy of equating racial disparities with racism, or the now fashionable systemic racism. But racial disparities, even highly negative ones, don’t mean racism.  According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in…

The Eurocrats are celebrating, but I’m not sure that they ought to be. Yes, the French will have to put up with more Macron, but Marine Le Pen has been gaining fairly steadily. In 2012, she couldn’t break out with less than 18%. Last time around, she made it to 33% against Macron, and this…