The Tennessee Valley Authority wants to build a new gas-fired power plant. Biden should block it.

Will any progressive candidate run for president in 2024?

*FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban is a Victory for American Workers & Fair, Competitive Markets.*

A Ukrainian teenager in Mariupol accepted "evacuation" to Russia, thinking he could leave via Belarus, but they confiscated his passport and sent him to am institution. He got out with the help of a secret network of Ukrainian friends and Russian underground helpers.

The bureaucratic nature of Putin's policies to hold Ukrainians captive always surprise me. Putin's officials don't explicitly call all Ukrainians prisoners and treat them as such. On the contrary, most Russian officials respect Ukrainians' nominal right to travel, after other officials have intervened to make it nearly impossible for them to satisfy the legal requirements for travel. The minority that can still meet the requirements, can leave Russia without further difficulty. The rest are effectively prisoners.

Texas now makes it harder for minors to get birth control, by making contraceptive clinics get parents' approval before filling prescriptions.

I wonder whether pharmacies in other states are required to obey Texas law on this question, for customers in Texas. Or can they thumb their noses at it? Does anyone know?