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A quarter-century ago, on the Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001, I took a late commuter train from Westchester to the Manhattan... Read More

For most people, the story of the medieval world was one of cramped cities, constant violent crime, and episodic outbreaks of deadly... Read More

We’re learning almost daily from the New York Post and Fox News that America is falling under communist tyranny.  Read More

Would these Democrats really rather have Trumpy Republicans in the Senate than Democrats they have disagreements with? It kinda looks that... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, law professor Jonathan Turley devoted one of his columns to this seeming anomaly — that the Left somehow gains... Read More

Last week, in the Five Quick Things column, I referenced an X post by The Federalist's Sean Davis noting that one significant reason for the... Read More

The Vice President's argument for more governmental intervention in the economy is based upon a morass of misunderstandings. Read More

We should invest deliberately in building real, finished goods again and use targeted tariffs to encourage that rebuilding. Read More

Congress is using the threat of a shutdown to justify preserving the status quo while reconciliation adds to the deficit. Read More

Liberty is the safer common ground in a society of different people, beliefs, and purposes. Read More

It’s a depressingly familiar story: taxpayers lost a massive amount of money to waste, fraud, and abuse during the pandemic. On... Read More

Thousands of children have died at the hands of their mother since 2022. Read More

The once great ABA is a thing of the past. Read More

Prediction markets reveal which beliefs people are actually willing to risk money on — and generate valuable information in the process. Read More

The court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected a challenge from National Trust for Historic Preservation that was seeking to halt the massive project... Read More

Money intended for treatment of the opioid crisis and insurance fees to stop auto part theft have instead gone to installing AI-fueled... Read More

A majority of American voters agree that student loan debt is too risky, with many graduates struggling to find good-paying jobs, according... Read More

Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth ask whether South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham's crashed her campaign at the GOP primary debate... Read More

Today on the Jerry Rogers Podcast jerry discusses our failed public schools, what exactly is Governor Moore's priority as he spends at least... Read More

The Reason editors discuss whether America can afford Medicare for All and the broader Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) agenda. Read More

The left’s sinister plot to muzzle the free press. Read More

The Supreme Court held that statutory restrictions on the President’s authority to remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners... Read More

U.S. small businesses are using integrated financial tools and seamless access to credit to eliminate back-office friction and unlock future... Read More

Although Donald Trump’s defenders describe the Russia hoax and other efforts to frame the president as a... Read More

Everyone born here — with only limited exceptions — is a U.S. citizen, and immigration hawks will now argue deportations are more... 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

The American Constitution is not as “godless” as postliberal critics say—but the people must sustain spiritual capital for it to work. Read More

University of Pennsylvania Professor Michael Mann is the Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action and has pushed candidates to... Read More

Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that... Read More

The left-wing kind is discounted; the right-wing kind is exaggerated. Read More

Recently, I examined a series of (predictably recurring but erroneous nonetheless) claims that ICE is somehow failing in its mission by... Read More

Federal spending on retirement benefits is running riot. Social Security swallows nearly a quarter of the federal budget and is less than... Read More

The U.S. national debt recently surpassed $40 trillion. Reining it in is the only way to achieve progressive goals. Read More

This month marks the 30th anniversary of welfare reform legislated with bipartisan support by a Republican-controlled Congress and a... Read More

Class clowns have been turned into class frowns. Read More

The public exposure, resignation, and subsequent death of the British fabulist Jason Arday have reignited the longstanding (if not eternal)... Read More

The bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform – which was chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State... Read More

Meta’s $17B legal defeat is a watershed for accountability. But it’s far from the end of the war. Read More

Over the summer, a coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota. The FBI... Read More

The push for automatic phone unlocking has moved from industry filings to Capitol Hill. Phone locking is a software restriction that a... Read More

Bill Lee wants to rename Nashville's airport after Dolly Parton. Repealing the state's drag ban would be a better tribute. Read More

Throughout her career, Dolly Parton famously took pains to avoid becoming anyone’s political mascot.In 2018, after ABC’s David... Read More

John Fetterman told Fox News Digital his biggest pandemic regret was not pushing the lab leak theory after it was dismissed as a right-wing... Read More

Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. But the Chairman of the... Read More

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stunned Republican senators on Wednesday... Read More

🔥Sen. Rand Paul SKEWERS Fauci as he concludes his opening remarks: "You are here today under duress. You are here today because of the... Read More

Senator Rand Paul is right to demand answers about the government experts and political leaders who failed America. Read More

Under Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve refuses to cut interest rates and may soon raise them. Read More

More than 80% of the inflation over the past five years happened under Joe Biden. So the next time you're at the grocery store, the gas pump,... Read More

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout, Axios has... Read More

Trade policy is often debated in terms of tariffs, supply chains and market access. Labor issues are typically discussed separately, focusing... Read More

Last week’s terror attack makes that clear. Read More