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The American beer business has come a long way since Budweiser’s march of the Clydesdales, and Jim Caruso is one of the reasons why. In the early 1990s, after stints on Wall Street, in the hospitality business, and urban reclamation, he founded Flying Dog Brewery, which quickly became known for its quirky labels  with art […]

One of the biggest business stories of the year is that Uber has been banned in London. Politicians there cite public safety as their main concern. But could it also be an effort by London’s cabbies to block disruptive competition? Adam Thierer, author of Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom, thinks so. […]

Jay Heinrichs, professor of rhetoric at Middlebury College, explains how everyone can have a civil conversation, even when they disagree with one another.

When the Michigan Liquor Control Commission rejected Flying Dog Brewery’s Raging Bitch beer label, company CEO Jim Caruso bit back —and won.

Stand Together Trust’s criminal justice reform polling was covered in the Huffington Post, highlighting how both Trump and Clinton voters find common ground in reforming civil asset forfeiture: But across the board, majorities of voters dislike the practice of civil asset forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to confiscate private property even if the owner has […]

Vikrant Reddy, senior research fellow at Stand Together Trust, explored the origins of conservative support for criminal justice reform in an interview with MTV News: I think it depends on the kind of conservative you’re talking to. … I think the law and order conservatives started to get very concerned about the rates. … And […]

Ewan Watt, director of external relations at Stand Together Trust, brought to light the broken system behind driver’s license suspensions and its relationship with recidivism in an op-ed for USA Today: Virginia has just demonstrated bipartisan common sense when it comes to driver’s licenses. Letting people convicted of non-driving drug offenses keep them or get […]

In an op-ed for National Review, Stand Together Trust senior research fellow Vikrant Reddy shares insights from STT’s latest criminal justice polling results: Stand Together Trust (STT) polled several hundred conservative voters to assess whether they recognize criminal justice as an important issue currently facing the nation. While specific reasons for their interest are debatable, […]

In an op-ed for RealClearMarkets, Stand Together Trust senior research fellow Dana Wade explains how rooting out cronyism in agriculture policy benefits taxpayers: President Trump’s new budget sent a clear message on agricultural subsidies: The time has come for Congress to stop subsidizing wealthy farmers. The administration planted the seeds for next year’s farm bill […]

In May 2017, Stand Together Trust in partnership with the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School and the Federal Sentencing Reporter, co-sponsored an event titled “Behind the Bench: The Past, Present, and Future of Federal Sentencing.”