Walter Olson Today, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formally rejected the Trump administration’s proffer to nine universities of a supposed “Compact for Excellence.”...
Ian Vásquez Maria Corina Machado has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela...
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon At 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 15, the Trump administration quietly announced that imports of more than 400 additional...
David Inserra Americans generally don’t have to worry about online platforms removing speech because one person complains. We get into Facebook arguments, engage in...
Jeffrey A. Singer The US and the European Union released details of their trade “framework agreement” yesterday. If the deal goes through, American patients...
Dan Greenberg “Reputational harm is real harm,” Elena Kagan said during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. “And the legal system should not pretend that...
Patrick G. Eddington I spent 11 years in the Guard & Reserve (April 1981-May 1992), so I definitely have some thoughts on President Trump’s increasing...
Jennifer Huddleston William Faulkner once wrote, “To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” Recently, the Supreme Court refused to...
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Fertility rates—the average number of births per woman—have been falling around the world since 1950. The current rate in...
Jeffrey Miron Exchanging money with friends or family should be simple and costless. While this currently occurs for many domestic transfers (think Venmo or...
Colleen Hroncich While any misuse of taxpayer funds is concerning, the isolated cases involving Education Savings Accounts highlighted in recent reporting must be viewed...