Kelsey Piper: A Reasonable Approach to AI
Vox's Kelsey Piper joins the show to discuss the drastic differences between the Biden and Trump administrations on AI—and what it all means for the future of humanity.
Vox's Kelsey Piper joins the show to discuss the drastic differences between the Biden and Trump administrations on AI—and what it all means for the future of humanity.
Threats to impeach federal judges who rule against the government are a naked attack on their constitutionally crucial function.
Plus: Texas and Minnesota consider an aggressive suite of housing supply bills, while San Diego tries to ratchet up regulations on ADUs.
Vanity Fair's James Pogue dives into the dissident right, his personal experiences with MAGA, and how Ukraine policy is unfolding.
Rose Docherty was arrested over her sign, which read: "Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want."
Plus: A listener asks the editors how to best determine whether Trump’s second term is good or bad for individual freedom.
As world leaders debate, Ukrainian defenders innovate, adapt, and wage defensive war on their own terms.
Plus: Change in Russia policy, Matt Taibbi interview, Dems try gun shows, and more...
The award-winning journalist discusses the collapse of a post–World War II consensus, online speech police, and the legacy media on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The move effectively retcons J.D. Vance's claim that legal Haitian immigrants were actually here illegally.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to guess if the real reason Donald Trump is so passionate about tariffs is because he sees them as a deal-making tool rather than a purely economic instrument.
Margaret Brennan should immediately Google the Weimar Fallacy.
The Munich Security Conference was supposed to be a foreign policy forum. Instead, the vice president lectured Europeans about democracy.
Vice President J.D. Vance believes presidents can ignore the courts in some situations. Are we heading for a constitutional crisis?
Trump wants to negotiate instead of bombing Iran. Jilted war hawks are blaming his advisers.
Plus: Israel's ceasefire(s), Chinese AI arms race, Waymo vandalism, and more...
But that doesn't mean he's embracing the doves.
Roberts identifies genuine problems, but little in the way of good solutions. He also sometimes overlooks ways in which the Supreme Court is partly responsible for the challenges the judiciary faces.
How cops, politicians, and bureaucrats tried to dodge responsibility in 2024
By picking a former aide to J.D. Vance as the next head of the Department of Justice's antitrust division, Trump sends a worrying signal.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan used the state to achieve political aims that have nothing to do with keeping markets competitive. J.D. Vance has said she's done "a good job."
Men and women vote differently, but 2024's gender gap was far from unique.
Despite a few bright spots, the disappointing returns suggest that the road to pharmacological freedom will be rockier than activists hoped.
The vice presidential hopeful displayed his dishonesty on Joe Rogan's podcast last week.
Ove the last few days, I gave two talks on immigration in Switzerland. Here are some reflections on that experience.
Links to all my writings on these topics.
Plus: Trump at Madison Square Garden, Florida's abortion amendment, Israel's Iran retaliation, and more...
From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis moments keep reshaping the political landscape.
As millions of Christians plan to sit out the election, church leaders face tough choices about how to inspire their congregations without violating the law.
There are many explanations for the slow, long-term decline in work force participation among American men. Undocumented immigration doesn't seem to be a major factor.
Instead of focusing on the ways a rollback of zoning laws could lower housing costs for everyone, Vance wants to zealously enforce zoning codes to keep Haitians out of town.
It's fundamentally different from what Republicans have tried to do, but similar enough to be worrisome.
A new study finds that conservatives are especially likely to share information from sources that a "politically balanced" sample of Republicans and Democrats deemed untrustworthy.
Both presidential candidates (and their running mates) seem confused about the constraints imposed by the First Amendment.
Plus: Massachusetts NIMBYs get their day in court, Pittsburgh one-step forward, two-steps back approach to zoning reform, and a surprisingly housing-heavy VP debate.
Housing is unaffordable because regulations have prevented its commodification.
Trump's protectionist running mate comes out against “cheap, knockoff toasters” and common sense.
While congressmen hold performative hearings to win political points, they delegate policymaking to the administrative.
During Tuesday's debate, Tim Walz fumbled a key moment by misunderstanding the First Amendment
Each party's candidate is jockeying to be more aggressive on fentanyl, whose use has proliferated as a direct result of government aggression.
Vance says higher energy prices make building houses more costly. What, then, do tariffs on steel and lumber do?
Plus: J.D. Vance won last night's debate, longshoremen update, and more...
Both candidates mentioned the importance of new supply to bring down housing costs. But their focus was firmly on their chosen boogeymen.
The first debate question was a pitch for war with Iran. Tim Walz and J.D. Vance both dodged it.
The new law should help licensed retailers compete with the black market while mitigating the odor that offends Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.
It's easy to snark and mock Donald Trump and J.D. Vance for spreading awful, racist lies. The Democratic ticket should aim to do more.
A lot more than Oren Cass and J.D. Vance want you to think, and Americans wouldn't like the tradeoffs necessary.
Plus: Long live Eric Adams, Electoral College bias, and more...
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