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Will Jay Bhattacharya Get Gain-of-Function Research Under Control?
The past three administrations have tried and failed to implement binding regulations on risky research that likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why I'm Not Deleting My 23andMe Genetic Data
And you shouldn't be panicked into doing it either.
Georgia Backs Bill To Reaffirm Independent Kids, Protect Free-Range Parents
"Some people think that this is not one of those things that's super important—until you're affected by it," says David DeLugas.
Arizona Legislators Are Immune From Traffic Tickets During Session. A New Proposal Wants To Change That.
Legislators have used the state Constitution to avoid accountability for egregious traffic violations.
It's Not Journalists' Job To Protect Government Secrets
With the controversy over the leaked White House group chat, mainstream media have been treating secrecy as a virtue and disclosure as a vice. That’s a dangerous game.
These States Are Moving in the Wrong Direction on Prostitution Laws
Twelve states are considering harsher punishments for soliciting sex.
DEI Is Dying in the Private Sector
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sound good. But DEI programs divide people more than they empower.
James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber: Psychedelics Legalization Will Continue No Matter Who Is President
Authors James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber discuss their new book Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance.
15 Years of Super PACs
The SpeechNow ruling expanded political speech and reshaped elections.
Alaska Poised To Beg for Relief From Crippling Federal Shipping Restrictions
The Jones Act keeps energy-hungry Alaskans from using their own natural gas.
Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
The Best of Reason: When the Government Puts Wolves in Your Backyard
Endangered red wolves became a symbol of federal overreach—and a target for local ire—in eastern North Carolina.
Will Trump's Tariffs on Venezuelan Oil Matter?
The latest tariffs appear to be like many before that were promised but never enacted.
Uncertain Tariffs Make Beauty a Lot Uglier
After contending with COVID-era inflation, the beauty industry and consumers face more supply disruptions and price hikes under Trump’s trade war.
Sleepwalking Into a Cashless Society
Central bank digital currencies would destroy any chance for financial privacy, but society is willingly moving in that direction.
Labor Strife Looms Over MLB Opening Day
Plus: Untenable in Tampa, Cinderella didn't show up for March Madness, TGL, and more.
Trump's Attack on the Courts Channels the Worst of Theodore Roosevelt
An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.
Syria's Revolution Has Betrayed Its Promise
After Assad’s fall, Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.
Justice Department Invokes State Secrets Privilege Over Deportation Flights
The move is an escalation of the White House's attempt to claim an unchallengeable and unreviewable amount of power.
This Mouse Has Two Biological Dads?!
An experiment with staggering implications for the future of human reproduction.
The Atlantic Should Not Find Out About a War Before Congress Does
The White House accidentally leaked military plans in Yemen to a journalist—and demonstrated how unconstitutional U.S. war making has become.
Don't Bail Out Farmers Again
Farmers will bear the brunt of Trump's trade war. That's a good reason to avoid tariffs in the first place, not an excuse for another bailout.
Deportation Standoff
Plus: Rehiring federal workers, using Signal to orchestrate bombing the Houthis, and more...
Judge Orders Rhode Island Town To Return Secretly Seized Land to Affordable Housing Developer
Plus: the federal government tries to stiff landlords over eviction moratorium one last time, the Supreme Court declines to take up eminent domain case, and starter home bills advance in Arizona and Texas.
The Conspiracy Jokers
A new book explores the legacy of the Report on Iron Mountain, while another probes the life of the novelist and essayist Robert Anton Wilson.
These Ceramic Tiles in Spain and Portugal Tell the Story of Globalization
Azulejos remind us that globalization has been shaping art, politics, and culture for centuries.
Trump's War With the Courts
Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.
There's Nothing Novel About the DoorDash-Klarna Collaboration
Consumers have long paid for daily goods with loans.
Trump Ends Program for Legal Migrants From Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
Over 500,000 migrants used the program to enter and work in the U.S.
FIRE Says the Law Trump Is Using To Deport Mahmoud Khalil Is Unconstitutional. Trump's Sister Agreed.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
Federal Judge Blocks Texas A&M From Banning Drag Shows
The judge ruled that Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders targeting "gender ideology" can't change the fact that drag performance is expressive conduct under the First Amendment.
Everyone Is Wrong About RFK Jr. and Cellphones
There's no strong evidence that cellphones cause cancer. There also isn't strong evidence that cellphones cause teen depression.
The Truth About Brazil's Rumble Ban
Justice Alexandre de Moraes has shut down Rumble in Brazil, using the same dubious legal arguments that led to the blocking of X and Telegram.
RFK Jr. Wants To Ban Food Dyes. Would That Really Improve Public Health?
Such a regulation would override consumer choice for scientifically shaky reasons.
New Case Against Khalil
Plus: Sanders supports deportations, tariff tracker, Panama's Jewish enclave, and more...
Trump and Congress Have a Right and a Duty To Kill the Department of Education
The feds have no constitutional authorization to meddle in education.
Brickbats: April 2025
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
The European Commission Is Assaulting American Tech Companies
Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and others have all faced legal action from the European Union in recent years.
Are the Palestinians Systematically Oppressed?
City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
Their Kids Said They Were Trans. Then CPS Came Knocking.
Across the country, parents of gender-dysphoric kids are confronting state intrusion.
Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms
To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a rarely used statute that does not seem to apply in this context.
The Trump Administration's HIV Prevention Contradictions
Is shutting down the CDC's HIV prevention division a good idea?
