Last week, President Trump nominated four new commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”): Joseph J. Simons, an antitrust attorney, as Chairman; Noah Joshua Phillips, chief counsel for Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), for the second Republican seat; Christine Wilson, an executive for Delta...
Since becoming a Nashvillian a little over a year ago, I’ve fallen in love with a new sport: hockey. Hockey fever is infectious and its contraction was almost unavoidable as the Nashville Predators made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final for the...
A police officer who shoots a person wielding a baseball bat is rarely prosecuted. Most states allow officers to use lethal force to counter an attack with a deadly weapon, like a knife, an ax or a club. After Deborah Danner, 66, a schizophrenic woman,...
The practice of law is time-consuming but never more than the time required managing your firm’s finances by hand. Although few of us would consider going back to the days of typewriters and carbon paper, a surprising number attempt to manage their law firm’s bank...
President Trump is expected to mention reform in federal prisoner reentry programs in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, reports the National Review. The magazine cites meetings that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner has had with conservative reformers, including Doug Deason, a wealthy businessman. To install...
Moderating the power of the administrative state means giving power back to Congress and eliminating judicial deference....
Dozens of states are now facing up to the challenge of reducing correctional spending while improving public safety. In an excerpt from a forthcoming book, two experts examine “accountability courts,” one of the initiatives launched by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal that have already curbed the...
Attending a dinner party with friends became the motivation Darlene Micciche needed while recovering from cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). “We live in a development where we’re friends with a lot of other couples here,” Micciche, a peritoneal mesothelioma survivor from Rochester, New York,...
President Trump has five days to decide whether to make public a classified memo written by House Republicans that alleges FBI misconduct in the ongoing Russia investigation. Democrat accuses GOP of politicizing the intelligence process....
Imperfect markets don't mean that regulation is the answer; competition often does a better job than bureaucracy at improving outcomes....