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But it matters that Elon Musk now owns it.

Both parties suffer partisan bloodshed. One glorifies it.

Can Judaism’s indigenous core help us rise above the damaging politics of our time?

Elon Musk’s First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter’s Strong Free Speech Stance by Mike Masnick

Last night, Elon Musk closed his on-again, off-again, on-again deal to buy Twitter, and his very first order of business was to fire a bunch of top executives. This was not necessarily unexpected. When new owners come in, they will often clean house, and the text messages revealed as part of the lawsuit while Musk […]

Ye's comments echo a very long history of antisemitic tropes.

Sentiments like theirs have led to Jewish deaths before. Is it any wonder we object to them?

Speaking in France on Monday, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, warned of increasing antisemitism and dangers to Jews worldwide, as high-profile incidents of anti-Jewish bias grip the U.S. “Americans used to think, ‘Oh, this is something unique to France,’” Lipstadt said at an event hosted by the World… Read More

How governors reacted to the pandemic and closing schools made no difference in outcomes.

In a long-overdue move, I deleted Twitter from my phone. Here's why.

What, exactly, is America's free speech problem, and what can we do about it?

A bad analogy that reveals something important about the social justice/anti-woke debate

It looks like John Durham’s investigation is going out with a whimper.

Paradoxically, concern about cancel culture has itself become a threat to free speech.

The Trumpist group behind the ads wants to provoke alarm. Here are the facts.

The right’s gun fetish isn't about the Second Amendment. It’s about intimidation.

In MAGA world, racist incitement isn’t a mistake — it's a strategy. And it reopens a wound that nearly killed the patient before.

The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.

Don’t Expect The US Government To Actually Stop Elon From Buying Twitter by Mike Masnick

Honestly, the only thing one can say about the whole Elon Musk buying Twitter situation is that you should expect the unexpected to happen. Nothing about this deal has been normal, even though some moves (like Musk coming up with laughably ridiculous pretextual excuses to try to get out of the deal) were telegraphed way […]

Not with a bang. But with a shrug.