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Alan Blinder: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Insurance

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
Rights are nice, but someone has to pay the bills. Elected officials, not the Supreme Court, should decide who.


Theodore Dalrymple: The Ugly Brutishness of Modern Britain

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
A demotic egalitariansim, allied with multiculturalism, has rendered civility passé.


Salmond responds to Trump attacks

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
First Minister Alex Salmond tells US businessman Donald Trump he is determined to ensure Scotland reaps the benefits of offshore wind.
Categories: BBC, News

Mali junta: 22 detainees released after outcry

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junta that seized power in a coup last month announced late Thursday that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism....

Mali junta: 22 detainees released after outcry

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junta that seized power in a coup last month announced late Thursday that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism....

Mali junta: 22 detainees released after outcry

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junta that seized power in a coup last month announced late Thursday that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism....

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
Walter Russell Mead on how the college admissions process shows young Americans that they're surrounded by hypocritical weasels.


Mark Spitznagel: How the Fed Favors The 1%

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
The Fed doesn't expand the money supply by dropping cash from helicopters. It does so through capital transfers to the largest banks.


Woman pleads not guilty in death of Marine's wife

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A woman found with a suicide note pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the slaying of a Camp Pendleton Marine's wife, as prosecutors remained quiet about a possible motive or link between the two people who lived a mile apart in a small town....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

NY judge tosses out jury nullification charges

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge threw out charges Thursday against a man who urged jurors in multiple East Coast cities from Florida to New Hampshire to sometimes disregard the law and vote their conscience....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

NY judge tosses out jury nullification charges

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge threw out charges Thursday against a man who urged jurors in multiple East Coast cities from Florida to New Hampshire to sometimes disregard the law and vote their conscience....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

The EPA's Fracking Miracle

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
Behold, the agency shows restraint on shale gas regulation.


Sixteen Amish deny hair attacks

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
Sixteen Amish women and men charged with beard- and haircutting attacks against fellow Amish plead not guilty in an Ohio court.
Categories: BBC, News

France's Fairy-Tale Election

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
The candidates are debating everything but the real problems.


Art class to aid plastic surgeons

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
How art is changing plastic surgery
Categories: BBC, News

Rare UK butterflies 'bounce back'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
Warm, dry weather leads to a significant rise in the numbers of rare butterflies in the UK, a study suggests.
Categories: BBC, News

Trouble in threes: Scandals hamper Obama's message

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It isn't Mitt Romney who's giving Barack Obama fits as the president pivots to re-election mode. It's those federal bureaucrats carousing in Las Vegas, the Secret Service consorting with Columbian prostitutes and U.S. soldiers posing with bloody enemy corpses....

SNP launching council campaign

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
SNP leader Alex Salmond is to launch his party's council election drive ahead of the vote on 3 May.
Categories: BBC, News

Warning over 'misleading' names

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
A regulator has warned businesses to avoid using "misleading or undesirable" trading names that suggest they are charities or helplines.
Categories: BBC, News

Rents 'fell back again' in March

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:27
The average level of private rents fell back slightly again in March, according to the letting agency group LSL Property Services.
Categories: BBC, News
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