governments

More than 90,000 governments across America are stealing your time with their absurd forms and rules — even Estonia works better

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In 2001, writer Jeff Miller walked into a Massachusetts DMV to transfer his driver’s license and walked out as a convicted felon. At least according to the government. Miller had never been arrested. But as journalist Annie Lowrey explains in her new book, “The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time — and How … Read more

The government’s keeping track of what people get stuck in their butts — these were the worst items last year

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The government’s keeping track of what people get stuck in their butts — these were the worst items last year

This is not a trend we can get behind. Whether it’s due to pure curiosity, misguided ChatGPT advice or, you know, sex stuff, a shocking number of people end up in the ER every year after putting something up their butt that very much shouldn’t be there. But their secret shame actually isn’t so secret … Read more

I snuck into Area 51 against the government’s will — I’m shocked by what I saw

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I snuck into Area 51 against the government’s will — I’m shocked by what I saw

A man who studied the science of humans and culture unexpectedly stumbled upon a restricted section of Area 51 in Nevada — and lived to tell the tale of his wild experience. In 1996, Jerry Freeman innocently set out on a week-long mission to follow the trail of the pioneers who headed out west to California … Read more