Earlier this year, William Smith writes at the Pioneer Institute, “[t]he federal government announced the formation of a working group to ‘develop a framework for the implementation of the march-in provision of the Bayh-Dole Act.’” …

As of September 17, Axios reports, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has “directed the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms to no longer enforce the chamber’s informal dress code for its members.” A dress code that’s enforced by the Sergeant at Arms doesn’t sound very “informal” to me. The long-time…

In case you haven’t heard (oh, yes, you’ve heard), former US president Donald Trump faces criminal charges in various jurisdictions, relating to everything from his business practices to his handling of classified documents to his conduct regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Comes now special counsel Jack Smith…

“The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is no better than a dummy pill,” the Associated Press reports, citing the unanimous vote of a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. Phenylephrine, the best-selling over the counter “decongestant” in the US, just…

“Speaker Kevin McCarthy returns to Washington this week,” CNN reports, “confronting a twin set of challenges: avoiding a costly government shutdown and addressing growing calls on the right to impeach President Joe Biden, despite resistance from the party’s moderates.” Fans of DC theater may get a fall double feature! “Shutdown”…

Most Americans likely harbor little sympathy for Nathan Hughes. He was arrested in Arkansas on August 30 on felony and misdemeanor charges relating to the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. Whether Hughes is guilty or not I can’t say, but it’s clear that he made a big…

A couple of numbers from FiveThirtyEight’s polling roundups: 56% of Americans polled disapprove of US president Joe Biden. 56.1% of Americans polled disapprove of former (and hoping to be future) US president Donald Trump. Those two are their respective parties’ 2024 presidential nomination front-runners, and it’s not even close. US…

For the second time in as many months, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81, experienced an … episode … on August 30, suddenly freezing, going silent, and appearing to have broken contact with the external world while talking with reporters. Dr. Brian Monahan, the US Capitol’s attending physician…

As I write this on the morning of Tuesday, August 29, forecasts predict that the storm known as Idalia will make landfall as a Category 3 Hurricane early tomorrow, about 50 miles to the west of my home outside Gainesville, Florida, then come right at me. Any or all of…