So Much for Abolishing the Department of Education
The Department of Education is getting a bigger budget, less than a year after President Donald Trump ordered the department's closure.
How Thousands of Randos Like Me Landed in the Epstein Files
To make sense of the Justice Department’s latest documents, you have to understand what they actually are.
Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan Demands Local Minnesota Jails Cooperate with ICE
Cooperation may get more ICE agents off the street, but it could make it harder for the state to enforce its laws.
These Climate Change Charts Are Scary. They're Also Wrong.
The job of scientists isn't to manufacture alarm. It's to communicate the truth.
Latest
The Epstein Files Are Becoming a Witch Hunt
"This type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt," warned Clay Higgins.
Energy Department Moves To Fast-Track Advanced Nuclear Reactor Approvals
The Trump administration excludes advanced nuclear power reactors from excessive National Environmental Policy Act requirements.
'This Job Sucks'
Plus: the partial withdrawal of federal agents from Minneapolis, shifting public opinion on immigration, and D.C.'s continued snowpocalypse.
Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues
The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected "curtilage" under the Fourth Amendment.
Podcast
What the Media Gets Wrong About Crime
Crime analyst Jeff Asher explains the historic decline in murders, why Americans distrust crime statistics, and what the data actually show about public safety.
The Private Sector Handles Hunger Better Than Mamdani Could
Polymarket’s pop-up grocery and Kalshi’s food money giveaways are the latest examples in New York’s decades-long history of food charity.
This California Family Is Suing for the Right To Drill for Oil on Their Own Property
“We’re standing up not just for ourselves, but for the principle that government must respect property rights.”
A City Fined Her Over $100,000 for Parking on Her Own Grass. The Florida Supreme Court Won't Hear Her Case.
Sandy Martinez's little-known story is a microcosm of the broader debate over what, exactly, transgresses the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines.
How Involuntary Commitment Could Become Indefinite Detention
Federal authorities should not be able to turn civil commitment into a life sentence for anyone the government deems inconvenient.
Arizona Bill Would Make It a Felony for Parents To Bring Their Kids to Drag Shows
Yes, that includes drag queen story hour.
Trump Wants To 'Take Over' State Elections
It's a bad idea, just like it was a bad idea five years ago when Democrats proposed something similar.
What the Media Gets Wrong About Crime
Crime analyst Jeff Asher explains the historic decline in murders, why Americans distrust crime statistics, and what the data actually show about public safety.
'I Think DHS Is Going To Be Shut Down for a While'
Plus: More evidence that immigrants are good for America, Trump's call to "nationalize" elections, and more...
Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities Cost Half a Billion Dollars in 2025
Maintaining a uniformed domestic security force is pricey in terms of life, liberty, and dollars.
Don Lemon's Arrest Looks Like an Assault on Freedom of the Press
A federal indictment accuses him and another journalist of conspiring with protesters who disrupted a St. Paul church service.
If 'You Bring a Gun' to D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Warns, 'You're Going to Jail'
The prosecutor's threat renewed concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to protecting Second Amendment rights.
Next-Generation Nuclear Power Can Meet Data Center Energy Demand—If Regulations Allow It
Is this small modular nuclear power’s moment?
Housing Policy Can Be Win-Win
Allowing more homes to be built on existing residential land would be good for homeowners, homebuyers, and homebuilders.
How To Speed Up the Search for Cures Through a Change in Probability Theory
It seems likely the FDA would do well to accept more Bayesian reasoning in medical research.
The Super Bowl Is an Awesome Celebration of Capitalism
Plus: sports figures in the Jeffrey Epstein files, a new documentary about the Miracle on Ice, and who are readers rooting for in the Super Bowl?
Jeffrey Epstein Brokered Secret Meeting Between Qatari and Israeli Leaders
The late sex trafficker brought together former prime ministers from both countries while trying to help Qatar out of its diplomatic isolation.
'Billionaire' Tax is a Bait-and-Switch To Gouge the Middle Class
Proposals sold as targeting extreme wealth would fundamentally change how Americans are taxed—turning any ownership into a recurring liability for the middle class.
February/March 2026
Magazine
Mamdani Can't Ruin New York
Mayors come and go, but New York City remains fundamentally itself.
