Category: Politics

When war drives up energy prices, consumers pay more and oil producers can earn extraordinary profits. Should some of that…

We are becoming a society in which algorithms know more about our behavior than we do—and increasingly have the power…

Is Marco Rubio Already Outgrowing the Job of Secretary of State? A speculative look at whether the dual role of…

Some 4,500 years ago, two Sumerian city-states in what is now Iraq went to war over fertile land and access…

How a billion-dollar mistake in Florida teaches us something about efficiency, unintended consequences, and the wisdom of thinking before we…

Every time diesel prices rise, politicians start pointing fingers. Republicans blame Democrats. Democrats blame Republicans. Both promise that their policies…

For decades, the United States has occupied an extraordinary position in world affairs. It maintains military commitments across several continents,…

On February 28, 2026, President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Iran, eight months before the November midterm elections. The…

We all want lower prices at the pump. But what happens when cheaper fuel comes at the cost of national…

Walk through almost any American city and the tents, shopping carts, and people asleep in doorways look like a failure…

In the 1990 film Air America, Mel Gibson’s character Gene Ryack describes what he calls “the politics of Saturday night.”…

AI, as it actually moves through Congress: – Assigned to Subcommittee – Awaiting Markup – Amended Into Nothing – Already…

This paper proposes a principles-based regulatory framework for frontier and high-impact AI that prioritizes innovation while enforcing hard, outcome-based red…

This paper offers an extended analysis of the profound difficulties in regulating artificial intelligence, taking as its starting point Nilesh…