The Firestorm Over Congressional Redistricting
In the end, the Court will enter the political thicket through a side door that never should have been left open in the first place.
Revisiting 'Zadvydas v. Davis' 25 Years Later
Deportable aliens have no constitutional right to avoid detention.
Teddy Roosevelt’s Expansive Spirit
Roosevelt left a mark not only on the American presidency but also on the American imagination, continuing to affirm the necessity of the American myth.
What SpaceX’s IPO Tells Us About American Capital Markets
The ultimate trajectory of SpaceX remains uncertain, a reflection of the inherent nature of progress at the frontier rather than a flaw in the system that produced it.
Chicago’s “Disappearing Middle Class” Can Be Found in Its Proliferating Upper Middle-Class Neighborhoods
The middle class has not been hollowed out; rather, the overall decline stems from the net movement of families upward into the upper-middle class.
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Is Economics a Failure?
Rather than ending with “economics is broken,” Alexander Rosenberg’s deliberately provocative book 'Blunt Instrument' argues that “economics is useful for a different reason than economists often say.” That is a serious and worthwhile thesis.
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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Why Amtrak Needs Airport-Level Security
Cole Allen transporting weapons across the country on Amtrak highlights the issue.
Remembering and Rebuking the Covid Regime
Preventing a future repetition of this exercise in pandemic central planning will require removing “emergency” powers from political authorities who are all too keen to use them as instruments to impose an unattainable societal order.
Why America, Not Iran, Has the Stronger Legal Position in the Current War
There are both long and short time scales for evaluating the current conflict over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Cuba Play
Cuba, in relation to China and Russia, poses a threat due to the risk of weapons deployment or strategic positioning in the event of an attack on the US homeland.
Revisiting 'Zadvydas v. Davis' 25 Years Later
Deportable aliens have no constitutional right to avoid detention.
Colorado’s Secularist Hostility Strikes Again
The Supreme Court needs to give lower federal courts a more workable test for determining when facially neutral conditions constitute religious exclusion.
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On the Liberating and Living Truths of the Declaration of Independence
Clarence Thomas has done more to repudiate D.E.I. and restore America’s founding principles than any other American in the 21st century.
The Courage of Justice Thomas
Courage was the theme of Justice Clarence Thomas’s recent, profound speech at the University of Texas.
“Silent Clarence” Meets “Silent Cal”
The deepest parallel between Coolidge’s speech and Thomas’s is the exact point that agitates today’s Progressives: our inalienable rights and human equality are God’s gift, rather than government’s.
“Project Hail Mary’s” Success: A Story You Can Believe In
The film features a weak, defeated man who turns from a coward to a hero, from selfishness to sacrifice, and from loneliness to friendship.
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."
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