The hotly debated Section 230 is again under the scope of the Supreme Court as the court recently heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google LLC.
It is unusual for a clause in an act of Congress to develop a cult following, but Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has. The clause explicitly says that the internet should not be treated like print or broadcast media, which means internet platforms do not bear any liability…
Q&A: Challenges aplenty leave farmers, ranchers feeling the heat — a conversation with Texas Farm Bureau executives
When it comes to a health scare, many of us like to think in the form of the question, “is it treatable, or is it preventable?”
The recent shenanigans in several banks stoked fears of another financial crisis similar to the Great Recession in 2008 or the meltdown of the 1980s . Not to worry. The basic problems for each of the affected banks boiled down to inadequate risk management and issues specific to their situat…
Few of us are as prone to beating a dead horse as intently as Republicans these days, especially when the carcass is the 2020 presidential election and the race is done and duly certified by judges. Yet as Republican Party of Texas rank-and-file demonstrated during their convention of crazie…
There are some phrases that seem to be contradictions in terms. “Jumbo shrimp” and “military intelligence” are two that come immediately to mind.
According to the Government Accountability Office, domestic terrorism is on the rise. Often motivated by racism, misogyny, antisemitism and other forms of targeted hatred, all but eight states across the U.S. experienced at least one incident of domestic terrorism between 2010 and 2021. Over…
The airwaves are consumed with talk of former president Donald Trump’s possible arrest. Seventy years ago, another ex-chief executive had an encounter with a cop. Though the two situations were far from similar, it’s worth revisiting.
In March 2003, I was in my second year at the University of Baghdad, studying engineering. The U.S. invaded Iraq, and my dormitory emptied as we all returned home and waited to see what would happen.
House conservatives have devised a "new and improved" threat to the world economy if their demands are not met. Once again, they vow to vote against raising the cap on U.S. debt if desired cuts in government spending are not made.
“There is hardly any political question in the United States that sooner or later does not turn into a judicial question,” Alexis de Tocqueville, the brilliant observer of American life, wrote.
The pointed exchanges among Republican presidential candidates and lawmakers about the U.S. commitment to Ukraine is a reminder that some policy debates never end. Like the one over U.S. overseas commitments. This renewal comes a year before President Joe Biden will preside over the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the alliance that has protected the West since ...
Several critical themes surfaced when members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee set up in Waco last week for a “listening session” ahead of cobbling together a massive farm bill, but collectively they made a point that should be raised more often: Food security in America equates to na…
“America’s dirty little secret is that thousands of people go to jail without ever talking to a lawyer.”
The Waco Tribune-Herald editorial board joins local news media colleagues and free speech advocates everywhere in welcoming Judge David Hodges’ rethinking and amendment of his Jan. 9 order forbidding news media from “reporting or disclosing” to the public information in the Marian Fraser mur…
One must marvel at last week’s circus maximus in the U.S. House of Representatives, given that some of us are directly responsible: After narrowly returning to power a party that enabled and excused the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, voters watched as Republican House members …
The hotly debated Section 230 is again under the scope of the Supreme Court as the court recently heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google LLC.
It is unusual for a clause in an act of Congress to develop a cult following, but Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has. The clause explicitly says that the internet should not be treated like print or broadcast media, which means internet platforms do not bear any liability for third-party content.
When it comes to a health scare, many of us like to think in the form of the question, “is it treatable, or is it preventable?”
The recent shenanigans in several banks stoked fears of another financial crisis similar to the Great Recession in 2008 or the meltdown of the 1980s . Not to worry. The basic problems for each of the affected banks boiled down to inadequate risk management and issues specific to their situat…
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