Review: Neil Gorsuch Says There Are Too Many Laws
No one knows how many federal crimes there are, the Supreme Court justice notes in Over Ruled.
No one knows how many federal crimes there are, the Supreme Court justice notes in Over Ruled.
Randy Barnett developed an influential form of constitutional originalism.
Empires with more room for cultural difference were more successful, anthropologist Thomas Barfield argues.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in a movie about government incompetence.
The digital world has not effaced our humanity, no matter what social critics like Christine Rosen say.
In his haste to cram complex events into crisp little episodes, the historian passes over inconvenient details.
Author Christa Brown shares her story of abuse and exposes the hypocrisy inherent in the Southern Baptist Convention's cover-up.
In Pax Economica, historian Marc-William Palen chronicles the left-wing history of free trade.
Freedom "requires you to curtail freedom of speech and freedom of the press," the book declares.
Author Annie Jacobsen envisions a swift end of the world after nuclear conflict erupts.
After the crackdown on anarchists died down, it became more difficult to imagine anyone could go to jail in America solely for political heresy.
The taut, grisly new entry plays like a greatest-hits reel.
Rob Henderson's new book documents his journey from a troubled adoption to Yale and Cambridge.
British economist Geoffrey M. Hodgson argues private property and individual enterprise fueled the Great Enrichment.
Author Percival Everett reimagines Mark Twain's novel from the enslaved character's point of view.
Hacktivist-journalist Barrett Brown sets out to settle scores in his new memoir.
The Harm Reduction Gap argues for individual autonomy and meeting drug users where they're at.
Kliph Nesteroff's book Outrageous turns into a screed against conservatives.
The first treasury secretary's plans would have created cartels that mainly benefited the wealthy at the expense of small competitors.
The eccentric writer cast a long shadow, leaving a mark not only on the world of Bigfoot hunters and UFO buffs but in literature and radical politics.
Joseph Stiglitz thinks redistribution and regulation are the road to freedom—he’s wrong.
In Netflix's Pluto, a serial killer targets the world’s most advanced robots.
The Minneapolis Reckoning shows why calls to defund the police gained momentum after George Floyd's death and why voters with no love for the cops still rejected an abolitionist ballot measure.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's classic role colored our perception of AI, for better or for worse.
The latest movie in the Apes franchise gestures at interesting ideas about politics and civilizational conflict, but it doesn't develop them.
Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful meditation on the parameters that constrain robots and humans alike
David Brin, Robin Hanson, Mike Godwin, and others describe the future of artificial intelligence.
According to Grok, Robert Heinlein's novel reminds us that even a supercomputer can have a heart—or at least a well-programmed sense of humor.
Columbia law professor David Pozen recalls the controversy provoked by early anti-drug laws and the hope inspired by subsequent legal assaults on prohibition.
From Alice Roosevelt to Hunter Biden, we've never been sure how to reconcile American democracy with American dynasties.
Alex Garland's latest post-apocalyptic thought experiment is a war movie without a take.
In a new book, left-wing writers debate whether America is going fascist.
From struggle sessions to cancel culture, the story depicts the terrors of surveillance authoritarianism.
DARE to Say No details the history of an anti-drug campaign that left an indelible mark on America.
Jesse Spafford's new book argues that libertarian premises lead to left-anarchist conclusions. Is he right?
In Fragile Neighborhoods, author Seth Kaplan applies his Fixing Fragile States observations domestically.
Akiva Malamet has interesting posts on these topics at the Econlib site.
Mind-altering drugs have long been seen as tools for both liberation and control.
It's a powerful film that lives up to the promise of Part 1. But there are a few flaws.
Our research was cited in a new book on “white rural rage.” But the authors got the research wrong.
The sequel is about ecology, politics, economics, imperialism, and much more. But mostly it's about worms.
Byron Tau's Means of Control documents how the private sector helps government agencies keep tabs on American citizens.
Linda Upham-Bornstein's "Mr. Taxpayer versus Mr. Tax Spender" delivers an evenhanded view of American tax resistance movements.
In The Experience Machine, philosopher and scientist Andy Clark offers an updated theory of mind.
Director Takashi Yamazaki brings to the screen the most dreadful version of Godzilla since the franchise began.