On Big Tech’s increasingly muscular control over our digital infrastructure — I have never used Parler. I have no account there. I have no desire to go there, to read there, to be there. And overnight, it’s gone. From what I’m told, it was a steaming pile of hate and offensiveness, of violence and conspiracy, of schemes to undermine a nation’s…

Police officers aren’t like physicians or lawyers. Malpractice insurance doesn’t quite work for them. — In a piece for Arc Digital, economist James D. Miller does an excellent job explaining the benefits of compelling police officers to have “skin in the game” by being required to maintain “market-priced malpractice insurance that pays out if an officer is caught engaging in misconduct.” Want to Reduce Police Brutality? Require Officers to Buy Malpractice Insurance Police brutality is a problem. Let’s not leave it to culture warriors to solve it.arcdigital.media

In the struggle over New York’s new bail reform law, both sides are guilty of disingenuous rhetoric — Since going into effect on January 1, a curiously troubling war of words has been brewing over New York’s new bail reform law, which essentially frees those charged with all but the most serious crimes. To be clear, most would be free anyway—either being released on their own recognizance or…

A response to Patrick Frey — To make a point about the conundrum facing Stephen Castor, U.S. House Intelligence Committee Counsel for the Republican minority, 22-year-prosecutor Patrick Frey snuck in a dig earlier today right here in these pages. Defendants often have no real defense based on the facts and merits. So they and their lawyers…

On our increasing reliance on trials by public opinion — The bittersweet irony of being a black man elected Lt. Governor, sandwiched between two white men caught in blackface, has been admirably described here on Arc Digital by Cathy Young. The Democrats’ #MeToo Debacle The sexual assault allegations against Justin Fairfax show the pitfalls of “Believe Women” dogmaarcdigital.media Justin Fairfax went from the shoo-in for governor when Ralph Northam came to grips with his political future to Brett…

A troubling infringement on our freedom of speech — Who would have thought the Pflugerville Independent School District—in the heart of Texas—would find itself at the epicenter of a geopolitical whirlwind? To demonstrate the passion of its feelings toward Israel, Texas passed a law, in May of last year, to signal its virtue at the expense of government contractors…