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View More NewsThe old legal saying, “bad facts make bad law,” might be true in some cases. But that usually occurs when a court strays from its commitment to a neutral set of legal principles, often because a litigant or lawyer is particularly repulsive or persuasive. If a court sticks to those neutral principles, bad facts could make good law when the court demonstrates that the rule of law endures, even in the most difficult circumstances. Jay Near is among the free speech anti-heroes profiled in our book. After arriving in Minneapolis from Iowa, in 1916 he started writing for Howard Guilford’s…
Bitcoin breached $80,000 on Monday, rising 2.7% over a three-hour span as Asian equities began trading, marking its highest price since Jan. 31, 2026.The Bitcoin rally began at 1:25 am UTC, rising from $78,415 to break the $80,000 level about 75 minutes later before climbing to $80,515 by 4:20 am UTC, according to TradingView data. Bitcoin’s price change on Coinbase on Monday. Source: TradingViewThe rally coincided with a 2.3% rise in the MSCI AC Asia Index to 245.2 on Monday morning, breaking its previous high of 243.6 on Feb. 22, about a week before the US-Iran war began.A rise in the…
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In April 2020, I published an essay in these pages investigating attempts to boost minority (specifically black) enrolment in America’s medical schools. These attempts consisted mostly of subtle bookkeeping gimmickry that under-counted grade point averages and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores while giving greater weight to “non-cognitive skills.” A month after that essay appeared, in Minneapolis, a white cop knelt on a black man’s neck for nine minutes and sparked one of the greatest moral panics in modern American history.Declining Med School Standards in a Time of PandemicThe language of the social justice Left began appearing in diversity statements…
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Multiple wallet addresses recently sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for their ties to Iran may not be linked to the Islamic Republic, but…
Bitcoin (BTC) eyed $79,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as crypto markets continued to be guided by the US-Iran war.Key points:Bitcoin circles a key weekly…
U.S. voters placed cryptocurrencies toward the bottom of a list of their highest priorities for the upcoming midterm election.Just 1% of respondents said they…
In brief Beyond the high-profile $290 million Kelp DAO hack, Wall Street firms are concerned about their fiduciary responsibility to prevent state-sponsored bad actors…
Washington, D.C., April 28, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by the ten-year prison sentence handed down to Bahraini photographer Sayed…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) was “bent, not broken” after a $292 million exploit on April 18 exposed systemic risks, according to investment bank Standard Chartered.The…
The vulnerability that led to ZetaChain’s recent exploit had been flagged through its bug bounty program before the attack, but was dismissed as intended…
In brief An Ethereum ICO whale whose 10,000 ETH rose in value from $3,100 to $23 million has moved the entire holding for the…
from the sad,-pathetic-men dept Anonymous insiders tell the access journalists at Semafor that Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr is cooking up a “review” of…
Arizona criminal harassment law provides, in relevant part: A person commits harassment [a class 1 misdemeanor] if the person knowingly and repeatedly commits an…
A small group of traders may be driving prediction markets, but an even smaller group is taking most of the money.A new report from…
South Korea’s Hana Financial Group, POSCO International and Dunamu, the operator of the crypto exchange Upbit, have signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU)…