The next era of public education will be judged less by the elegance of its ideas than by whether it responds, with humility and pragmatism, to the people it exists…
By John Bailey | June 26, 2026
The nation that leads in AI, advanced manufacturing, and innovation will be the nation that can supply abundant, reliable, economical electricity. America pioneered commercial nuclear energy. It should not watch…
By Mark Jamison | June 26, 2026
The most important economic effect of artificial intelligence may not be that machines become more capable. It may be that people become more capable when they work alongside AI.
By Mark Jamison | June 25, 2026
Judges on some federal appellate courts are using the US Supreme Court’s 2024 First Amendment decision in Moody v. NetChoice to strip away statutory safeguards afforded to social media platforms…
By Clay Calvert | June 24, 2026
Legislation passed this month by New York’s Senate and Assembly raises serious First Amendment and due process concerns about the government’s ability to compel news organizations to tell the public…
By Clay Calvert | June 23, 2026
Our paper thus reckons age-gating proposals as disproportionate restrictions on the rights of children and society at large. Or as Amnesty International has observed, “right diagnosis, wrong prescription.”
By Bronwyn Howell | June 18, 2026
Bipartisan legislation proposed last week in the US Senate by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) provides sound ways to push back against and expose the underhanded, informal brand…
By Clay Calvert | June 16, 2026
So while the CMA’s decision prioritizes the rights and transparency needs of firms relying on a “strategic,” regulated company, it does so at the expense of end-consumer confidence in the…
By Bronwyn Howell | June 12, 2026
The FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asks whether the E-Rate program should be changed to reflect today's digital environment. The honest answer is that we don't know, because we've never…
By Daniel Lyons | June 11, 2026
A recent poll conducted for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression indicates that a large portion the public is concerned about the federal government pressuring private businesses to influence…
By Clay Calvert | June 9, 2026
Congress and the White House are moving to micromanage railroads — putting a main artery of the U.S. economy at risk
By Mark Jamison | June 9, 2026
The danger is not simply that regulators may overestimate market power. It is that they underestimate market value.
By Mark Jamison | June 8, 2026
America has already demonstrated that it can lead in creating artificial intelligence. The next challenge is proving that we can lead in applying it.
By Mark Jamison | June 8, 2026
A federal privacy law with meaningful preemption would not eliminate every cost of privacy regulation, but it would make those costs more predictable and more uniform.
By Will Rinehart | June 8, 2026
The domain name registration market has a serious but solvable problem: An estimated one in five sales currently benefit criminal actors. New research puts that reality in sharp focus, and…
By Shane Tews | June 8, 2026