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We Can’t ‘True Crime’ Our Way to Fairer Courts
If the true crime phenomenon on streaming platforms and podcasts has proven anything in the recent decade, apart from our collective addiction to onscreen misery, it’s that courtrooms and science don’t mix well. “” A popular Netflix series “Exhibit A” explores dozens of cases muddied by fringe scientific evidence, including Touch DNA, cadaver dogs and blood splatter evidence. Another…
Fruit Loops on trial: The harbinger of all bad lawsuits to come
The companies behind Tony the Tiger, Fruit Loops, Heinz ketchup, Coca-Cola, Oreo, and Lucky Charms are lawyering up as the government takes them to court. Earlier this month, San Francisco launched a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against major food manufacturers, blaming them for the obesity and health crisis that has become a rallying cry for progressive activists and Robert…
RFK Had His Shot at HHS, but MAGA Should Move On
Not more than a year ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a handsomely paid partner for the injury law firm Morgan & Morgan, the largest and most profitable firm in the country, with a reputation as a reliable Democratic megadonor and interest group. As the controversial HHS Secretary enters his second year, RFK’s record thus far looks less like…
COP30 & Climate Energy Politics Explained | Yael Ossowski on Tony Kinnett Show
I was invited on the Tony Kinnett show to break down the realities behind COP30, climate accords, and rising energy costs for consumers. From carbon credits to EU net-zero plans, we delve into the complexities of global climate policy and its implications for your finances.
Are we allowed to plan our own retirement?
For decades, Americans have been told their 401(k) is “their” retirement, but when it comes to managing those funds, most find they have little to no control. Tax-advantaged accounts like 401(k) plans, Roth IRAs, Health Savings Accounts, and 403(b) plans generously reward people for setting money aside toward their golden years, and that comes with…
Climate lawfare is raising our energy bills, slowing our economy
The Trump administration is taking a well-earned victory lap after successfully delaying a carbon tax on the shipping and logistics industry at a United Nations meeting in London last month. “The U.S. achieved a diplomatic victory and successfully rallied a coalition to stop the body’s proposed ‘net-zero framework,’” wrote Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the effort to delay by one year a proposal to implement new climate…
Republicans Are Walking Into a Trap on Section 230 Repeal
Among political conservatives, there is no hotter potato at the moment than the civil liability protections afforded by Section 230 to online operators. Unless Republicans learn to love it again and reject the censorship lawfare complex favored by Democrats, they risk dooming our tech leaders and everyone who uses their products to the sharks circling…
Mr. President, Leave Wind Projects Alone
Energy is getting very expensive for American households. NPR reported as recently as August that one in six families struggles to pay their utility bills, and energy costs nationwide are outpacing inflation by more than 100 percent. New Englanders aren’t crazy to suspect their electric bills increased this year, and winter has yet to even…
If you want fewer Internet outages, more data centers!
The US-east-1 outage of October 20th, 2025 explains why we need yet more data centers and energy capacity. Yesterday, Internet users in the US and abroad awoke to some kind of errors and issues when loading their favorite websites and services. A global outage! Hundreds of thousands of users flocked to real time monitoring websites…