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Tech Companies and Deregulation

Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has identified a problem but not the true culprit. Two days ago, acting more investigative journalist than legislator (and in Hawley’s defense, someone has to do it), Hawley harangued Zuckerberg and Dorsey about the coordinated censorship that Facebook, Twitter, and Google obviously engage in regularly. He wants regulation. Stalinist/Nazi Senator…
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On the Gilded Age Robber Barons…And the Debate I LOST!

I heroically took the PRO side in a debate against my brilliant students on the resolution: The so-called “Robber Barons” were malevolent crooks who bilked the American public to get rich. Well, that did not go well–and I lost! Hear it all here.