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(Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Just what Republicans really, really, really want: A Nebraska teenager who used abortion pills to terminate her pregnancy was sentenced on Thursday to 90 days in jail after she pleaded guilty earlier this year to illegally concealing human remains. The...

Cop Theft

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On June 28, 2023

OK, I might grant you that "abolish the police" is not a helpful slogan from a political perspective. On the other hand........ Traffic stops like these, where passing motorists are.

Whiteclay

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On March 26, 2017

The case of Whiteclay, Nebraska makes for an interesting moral dilemma perhaps worth discussion. It's probably the worst town in the nation. It literally exists strictly to provide alcohol to.

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Prioritizing Property Rights

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On March 29, 2015
In America, property rights are king. The right to property is part of the national mythology. And I get that. But I am constantly curious as to how competing rights to property play out. In other words, like all rights, if conceived broadly enough anyway,...

States Rights!

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On December 18, 2014

Remember friends, conservatives are always about smaller government and leaving people alone to live their lives as they want: Two neighboring states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike.

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On this date in 1892, the People's Party held its first convention in Omaha, Nebraska. Building upon two decades of rural labor's deep dissatisfaction with the Gilded Age, the Populists articulated a powerful challenge to the unregulated capitalism of the day. The late 19th century...

Linkocity

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On February 3, 2012

A lot of interesting stories today, too many to comment upon: 1. Neil Genzlinger on the absurd proliferation of strip club scenes on television. As he points out, the problem.

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