The news that an Uber self-driving vehicle has killed a pedestrian in the US has made headlines around the world.
It’s a reminder that the era of self-driving cars is fast approaching. Decades of research into advanced sensors, mapping, navigation, and control methods have now come to fruition and autonomous cars are starting to hit the roads in pilot trials.
But partial or full autonomy raises the question of who is to blame in the case of an accident involving a self-driving car?
— Read on fee.org/articles/whos-to-blame-when-a-driverless-car-has-an-accident/

Good question. I am sure the lawyers in suits and robes will figure this out.

Outrageous! Paul Ryan’s $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill Funds Planned Parenthood, Sanctuary Cities – Won’t Fund Trump Wall
— Read on www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/outrageous-paul-ryans-1-3-trillion-spending-bill-funds-planned-parenthood-sanctuary-cities-wont-fund-trump-wall/

RINO Ryan strikes again. Trump should veto it.

On Tuesday, the justices of the Supreme Court sounded as if they are ready to shred the California law that requires pregnancy centers to notify women that the state offers subsidies for abortion.
— Read on www.dailywire.com/news/28481/win-life-supreme-court-justices-rip-ca-law-forcing-hank-berrien

I think we need to stop and reflect on this story before the media buries it.
— Read on www.dailywire.com/news/28457/walsh-story-proves-why-every-school-needs-armed-matt-walsh

Al Sharpton’s cadres showed up to defend him, while Ellison and other elected Dems do likewise.
— Read on patriotpost.us/articles/54843-dems-defend-rather-than-denounce-farrakhan

Under the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA), businesses will be left calculating for thousands of distinct sales tax jurisdictions, each with their own bases, rates, exemptions, and tax holidays.
— Read on fee.org/articles/the-gop-s-proposed-internet-tax-would-crush-small-business-which-is-why-big-retailers-support-it/

After much lobbying, guidelines for banks become “non-binding expectations,” says the ECB
— Read on riggedgame.blog/2018/03/20/eu-bad-loan-fiasco-reform-loses-teeth-adds-sweeteners-for-banks-funded-by-taxpayers/

Last week Matt Yglesias over at Vox tried his best to deflate the notion that America was becoming increasingly hostile to free speech. Unfortunately, as Daniel Bier over at Skeptical Libertarian noted, Yglesias’s own charts indicate that support for free speech among “Liberal” and “Slightly Liberal” Americans is at the lowest point in over 40 years.
— Read on mises.org/power-market/vox-gets-it-wrong-left-abandoning-free-speech

It is an ongoing digression

Washington Throws the Kurds Under the Bus, Again | The American Conservative
— Read on www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/washington-throws-the-kurds-under-the-bus-again/

UPDATE 11:40 a.m. EST:

Sheriff Tim Cameron has confirmed that the student shooter was fatally shot by the trained school resource officer, according to The Associated Press.
— Read on www.dailywire.com/news/28446/breaking-school-shooting-maryland-high-school-amanda-prestigiacomo

Imagine that, the police doing their jobs