Author Neal Stephenson explores the history of the atomic bomb, how Big Tech transformed the internet, and the Enlightenment's enduring value.

The union is railing against a so-called 'fake independent analysis' and pushing for two separate wealth taxes.

Accusing a candidate of lying about child sexual abuse is a new low, even by political campaigning standards. Will voters agree?

The government says it's protecting children, but the restrictions could drive adults back to smoking and hand business to the black market.

FIRE has billed itself as a nonpartisan organization that fights speech restrictions that are seen as left-wing, right-wing, and no-wing....

There are two Senate candidates on the ballot named Dan Sullivan: the incumbent, Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, and Dan J. Sullivan, an unknown person.

Many lawyers and judges harbor the "anti-racist" views that Judge Brown spewed, but have the mental faculties to keep it private.

Court's rejection of the Vampire Rule has broad implications

Today the law firm of Weil Gotshal announced that it would wind down. I don't have any connections to the...

Rejections of the Trump administration's dubious cases are a striking departure from the historical pattern of deference to federal prosecutors.

It’s the 10th energy project financed by the Trump administration’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing, which has over $289 billion in loan authority.

The agency's growing unpopularity may make it easier to abolish it.

Every year, professors move from lower-ranked institutions to higher-ranked institutions. But for the lateral market to sustain itself, schools have...

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Turkish authorities seized control of Halk TV, a popular pro-opposition television station based in Istanbul. Police raided its headquarters, stopped live...

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

A New Mexico geothermal project used AI to reduce surface infrastructure costs by 75 percent and speed up drilling by 35 percent.

10/29/1942: Published decision in Ex Parte Quirin released. At that point, six of the saboteurs had already been electrocuted.

From Judge Paula Xinis (D. Md.) yesterday in Shuma v. Whibley: Appellant Shane Shuma ("Shuma") and Appellee-Debtor Erin Whibley ("Whibley")...

The court holds that Coomer didn't prove by "clear and convincing evidence" that defendant knew the statements were false (or at least were likely false).

"which makes him uniquely capable of clogging the judicial machinery with well-dressed nonsense."