The Iran War and the Coming Global Struggle
United States is growing more risk-tolerant, more willing to accept regional instability as a strategic tool, and deliberately positioning itself for the far greater challenge of confronting China in the coming decades.
Justice Alito Is the Jurist America Needed
Now is the perfect time for an engaging biography of Justice Alito. And Mollie Hemingway, a highly respected conservative columnist and commentator, delivers the goods.
Postliberalism’s Hungary Gambit Failed
With Viktor Orbán’s party losing power in Hungary and postliberals at odds with the Trump administration over the Iran War, postliberalism looks bound to fail.
It’s Time to Combat Abuse of Agency Guidance – Again.
The federal courts cannot comprehensively limit administrative state power, but an Executive Order could do helpful work.
Congress Should Not Exempt Medicare from Budget Scrutiny
When Congress is forced to get serious about deficit cutting again, Medicare should be at the top of the list of programs receiving a thorough review.
Locke, Meet Claude
The concern is not regulation per se. It is a regulation that outruns its justification by arriving before the evidence, foreclosing the technology before its benefits are understood, and insulating the powerful from competition that would otherwise discipline them. That is the pattern worth resisting.
Is There Anything New Under the AI Sun?
OpenAI needs to build on the successes of open markets and turn away from regulation, taxation, and cartelization.
The Partisan Tax Divide Cuts Deeper Than You Think
Long-term stability demands that states prioritize core government functions, impose fiscal discipline, and reduce dependence on federal transfers.
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Lina Khan’s Continued Influence on the FTC
Consumer welfare and the U.S. business climate are especially subject to the blows dealt at the FTC.
Postliberalism’s Hungary Gambit Failed
With Viktor Orbán’s party losing power in Hungary and postliberals at odds with the Trump administration over the Iran War, postliberalism looks bound to fail.
Congress Should Not Exempt Medicare from Budget Scrutiny
When Congress is forced to get serious about deficit cutting again, Medicare should be at the top of the list of programs receiving a thorough review.
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The Logic of Pressing for Change in Cuba Now
How can the Trump Administration effect political change that satisfies the United States while appearing organic rather than dictated by Washington?
Another Reason for Regime Change: Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War
The rules of war are not complicated. Militaries may strike military targets. Militaries may not deliberately target civilians or threaten the commerce of neutral nations.
Justice Alito Is the Jurist America Needed
Now is the perfect time for an engaging biography of Justice Alito. And Mollie Hemingway, a highly respected conservative columnist and commentator, delivers the goods.
It’s Time to Combat Abuse of Agency Guidance – Again.
The federal courts cannot comprehensively limit administrative state power, but an Executive Order could do helpful work.
SAVE America, SAVE the Senate
The path Senate Majority Leader John Thune has chosen includes elements of both the nuclear option and talking filibuster.
Justice Clarence Thomas, "Remarks on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence"
The primacy of our rights in relation to our government is crucial in reconciling the immortal words of the Declaration with our Constitution and our history.
Trump Refights the “War” That Congress and the Burger Court “Waged” Against President Nixon’s Tapes
Tensions between the legislative and executive departments persist regardless of which political party is in power.
Is America Good Enough for Wendell Berry?
Genuine traditions and stories can prevent their inheritors from recklessly chasing the future simply because it’s the next thing.
Rediscovering History as the Story of Liberty
History can be a way to center ourselves today and renew the institutions and beliefs that are central to that history and its legacy.
James Q. Wilson and the Crisis of Our Time
"When we profess to believe in deterrence and to value justice, but refuse to spend the energy and money required to produce either, we are sending a clear signal that we think that safe streets, unlike all other great public goods, can be had on the cheap."
Welcome to the Manosphere
What counter-programming might resonate, reaching young men with the message that unhealthy conspiracism and cartoonish machismo need not be a part of a healthy striver mentality?
Celebrating Passover in Communist Exile
When we children found out the name of our feast, we had already crossed the big sea, eaten lots of bread dipped in sour milk, and the bitter herbs were beginning to taste quite sweet.
