Tagged: opinion
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OpinionSouth Korea Blocks 27 Crypto Exchanges, Including BitMart and KuCoin
South Korea has blocked 27 offshore crypto exchanges, BitMart and KuCoin among them, CoinDesk reported on October 13, 2026. The regulators are no longer stopping at app stores.
OpinionS&P Global Puts a Risk Score on $10 Billion of Crypto Lending Vaults
S&P Global has extended its ratings machinery into one of the least supervised corners of digital asset finance.
OpinionPolice Shot an Innocent Woman's Car to Pieces. Houston Says That Is Not Its Problem.
On September 27, 2026, Reason published the case of Abigail Trujillo, a bystander in Texas whose vehicle was shot dozens of times by law enforcement. She was not a suspect. She was not accused of anything.
OpinionMaryland Would Freeze Data Centers Rather Than Price Electricity
Maryland Governor Wes Moore said on Thursday, September 17, 2026, that he would "absolutely sign" a statewide moratorium on new data center development if the General Assembly sent him one.
OpinionSequins and Solvency: Reading the GOP's First Midterm Convention
Republicans held a midterm nominating convention. That sentence has no precedent in American politics. Presidential nominating conventions run every four years, in July or August, and they exist to formalize a ticket.
OpinionThe DOJ Just Turned Every State Agency Into an Immigration Reporting Desk
On Tuesday, September 2, 2026, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion that reverses a reading of federal law that stood for nearly thirty years.
OpinionCalifornia's Wealth Tax Revival Repeats a Failed Experiment
California legislators are again pushing a tax on accumulated wealth, and the sales pitch has not changed since the first version landed in Sacramento in 2020.
OpinionIraq's $15 Billion Bet on Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz
Reuters reported on Monday, August 17, that Iraq is studying the reconstruction of an oil export pipeline running west through Syria to the Mediterranean, a project two sources with knowledge of the plan put at four…
OpinionThe Reindustrialization Gamble and the Cost of Decades Lost
Anthony Pompliano published a sharp summary of the American reindustrialization thesis on April 18, 2025, built around a podcast conversation with media mogul Barry Diller.
OpinionAI Capital Spending Hits Record Highs and Wall Street Keeps Buying the Dip
Meta Platforms raised its 2025 capital expenditure guidance to $60-65 billion on July 30, up from a prior estimate of $53-55 billion. The stock dipped in after-hours trading, then recovered.
OpinionRobinhood Crypto Revenue Drops 38 Percent as Retail Traders Move On
Robinhood Markets reported second-quarter earnings on July 29, 2026, beating Wall Street estimates on revenue and profit. The stock still fell 4% in after-hours trading.
OpinionAI Errors Infiltrate Federal Court Transcripts
On July 24, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a per curiam opinion in Scott v. Collier that contained an unusual addendum.