By Alexandra Hudson It’s the popular and fashionable thing to do these days — on both the political Left and Right — to name, shame, and blame the social media giants for the death of American democracy. The Left, still smarting from Donald Trump’s stunning victory in 2016, emphasizes the way in which social media…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Ian Tartt The internet has made it easier than ever before for libertarians to interact with one another. Most dedicated libertarians have many other libertarians in their social media circles, and some go so far as having nothing but libertarians as online friends. Even those who have non-libertarians…
By Thomas Phippen Taxpayers may be paying half a billion dollars a year in fraudulent cell phone subsidies, according to a letter sent Wednesday by a senior Federal Communications Commission official. Ajit Pai, the senior Republican commissioner at the FCC, says there may be as many as 4.2 million duplicate recipients of Lifeline Assistance subsidies, also…