Current Events
Report: 2023 Federal Gun Control Enforcement Near Record Levels
For the third straight year, the Biden administration’s federal gun control enforcement efforts hit close to record levels in 2023. The pace has slowed modestly, but the administration continues an aggressive enforcement policy. The number of firearms cases...
Is Your Car Spying on You?
Last week, Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Edward Markey of Massachusetts revealed that automobiles sold in the United States with a GPS or emergency call system accumulate the travel data of the vehicle on computer chips located in the vehicle and the vehicle...
Congressional Omnibus is Like a Bad Hollywood Movie Sequel
This weekend’s late-night spending vote in Congress seems like another in an endless series of sequels to a bad suspense movie. Just at the brink of “disaster,” just before the stroke of midnight, Congress pulls off a miracle and passes an omnibus bill to save us from...
The Social Security and Medicare Scams
Charlotte Cowles is a financial advice columnist for The Cut, “a New York Magazine site dedicated to women’s lives and interests, including politics, work, money, relationships, style, and parenting.” She recently lost $50,000 when she fell for a scam, put that amount...