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George Washington told us we’d have days like these, when the worst among us gained political power. Read More

Zohran Mamdani and DSA had a great night in New York’s Democratic primary election. Read More

Victor Davis Hanson takes a critical look at Tucker Carlson coming to the defense of Graham Platner, including over his Totenkopf tattoo. Read More

The GOP continues to shed the people who hate Zionists and think Jews have too much power—while the Democratic Party continues to elect... Read More

“Diversity is our strength.” Turns out the left is right about this. Read More

By ending racially discriminatory policies, the administration is providing the only justification for having civil rights policies at all. Read More

Antifa is a violent insurrectionist organization that can reasonably be seen as the militant arm of the Democratic Party, much as the Ku Klux... Read More

Since her confirmation in 2022, Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson has established a legacy that is fast becoming one of the most radical in the... Read More

Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate... Read More

It is astonishing how many Americans have been misled by the progressive law school fable that the Supreme Court is somehow above politics... Read More

Lawmakers have embedded ideological “culturally responsive education” standards into teacher training and licensure rules. Read More

Zoning laws drive up housing costs and freeze cities in the past. New York City is a clear example. Read More

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Phil Wegmann discuss the political fallout from Trump’s 14-point MOU to end the war with... Read More

A new memorandum of understanding with Iran sparks debate over whether Tehran has truly been deterred. Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami... Read More

Join the conversation with Jerry Rogers as he discusses Bill Ferguson and Johnny Olszewski's comments on ICE arrests at a Baltimore school.... Read More

The Reason Roundtable discusses Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire and whether it's a triumph of capitalism or a warning sign... Read More

A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables Read More

Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with... Read More

Unleash Prosperity is a non-profit, so this is an admission against our own interests, but non-profit tax status is one of the largest and... Read More

On Tax Day, Americans should consider not just how much they pay in federal income taxes, but where that money is going. Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

So, what's going on with this memorandum of understanding? And how has Trump gone from being a warmonger to an appeaser? Read More

It starts with Covid. It'll end with capital markets. Read More

Zohran Mamdani’s housing scheme will transfer ownership of NYC real estate to allied nonprofits, giving them unprecedented financial... Read More

New York’s primaries on Tuesday will test just how influential Mayor Zohran Mamdani is with voters six months into his tenure — and offer... Read More

The gulf between Republicans/conservatives and Democrats/socialists has grown to the point where it may be unbridgeable. Check out these... Read More

Socialism hasn’t been this popular in 100 years, before anyone knew how terrible it was. Read More

"Destruction is not profit." Read More

Netanyahu talked Trump into a war on Iran. The world paid the price. Read More

My speech at the JNS security conference. Read More

The tentative “memorandum of understanding” with Iran has caused glee on the Left and furor among many on the Right. The Left... Read More

Last week, a group called Restore Britain released a summary report of an inquiry into the widespread and systematic sexual exploitation of... Read More

An example of why the Laken Riley Act requires the deportation of aliens under removal orders. Read More

As Britain gets ready for its seventh prime minister in just 10 years, it’s time to ask whether the parliamentary system itself is... Read More

On the lost art of association—and how to recapture it Read More

I was on A.J. Rice’s Dangerous Laughter podcast recently, and we got into a discussion about Generation X. Actually, that’s not quite... Read More

California says its new billionaire tax is about billionaires. Read More

Long before Amazon and Walmart, politicians targeted A&P for lowering prices with scale and efficiency. The resulting law protected... Read More

A Wednesday lunch could bring weeks of interbranch tensions to a head. Read More

President Trump extends Iran ceasefire amid fractured regime and ongoing US blockade. Read More

Senior officials knew election systems had meaningful vulnerabilities... Read More

Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is leaving the administration under a cloud of misconduct allegations. These... Read More

Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly. Read More

Revisiting Tax Changes in New York and Massachusetts. Read More

The SNAP program has suffered from a lack of national oversight for decades. Read More