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Climate Lawfare Descends to New Depths
Op-Ed
The National Interest

Climate Lawfare Descends to New Depths

“The times they are a-changing,” in particular in the context of “climate” policies and initiatives. And they are not changing favorably for the ideological opponents of fossil fuels, that is,…

Resurrecting the Equal Time Rule
Article
AEIdeas

Resurrecting the Equal Time Rule

In a media ecosystem no longer defined by scarcity, Carr’s revival of the Equal Time Rule may say less about ensuring democratic fairness than about how long a broadcast-era solution…

Free Speech, Jawboning, and Aaron v. Bondi: Did Government Coercion Stifle ICEBlock’s Availability?
Article
AEIdeas

Free Speech, Jawboning, and Aaron v. Bondi: Did Government Coercion Stifle ICEBlock’s Availability?

Following the US Supreme Court’s 2024 rulings in the jawboning cases of Murthy v. Missouri and National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, it was a matter of when—not if—another…

How Much Should the Government Rummage People’s Things?
Article
AEIdeas

How Much Should the Government Rummage People’s Things?

People would have a due process right to contest seizures of their data when government agents do not use a warrant. Whether people get such rights ultimately depends on whether…

“Climate Change Presses On”
Article
The Honest Broker

“Climate Change Presses On”

The world currently has 8.2 billion people and a global economy approaching $120 trillion. The world also routinely experiences extreme weather events like tropical cyclones, floods, and tornadoes. [1] Given these facts,…

Technology and Vulnerability: How Current Cybersecurity Measures Fall Short (with Greg Oslan)
Podcast

Technology and Vulnerability: How Current Cybersecurity Measures Fall Short (with Greg Oslan)

Shane Tews interviews Greg Oslan, where they discuss why established cybersecurity measures failed to halt or slow down the activity of cybercriminals, what can we do to better protect ourselves…

Notice of Availability of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program:1st Analysis and Proposal
BookCommentary

Notice of Availability of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program:1st Analysis and Proposal

Summary: A number of comments on the BOEM proposed OCS leasing program oppose the proposal on “climate” grounds, that is, on the purported adverse effects of the greenhouse gas emissions…

Jagged Intelligence, Jagged Adoption
Article
AEIdeas

Jagged Intelligence, Jagged Adoption

At Davos this week, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, gave a standout talk about the path he believes AI will take in the coming years. While he thinks…

Watch Those Assumptions!
Article
The Honest Broker

Watch Those Assumptions!

Today I share my January column for Dispatch Energy. In it, I identify some important, but deeply buried, assumptions in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA ) most recent World Energy Outlook…

High Stakes as Country’s First Social Media Addiction Trial Nears and Snap Settles
Article
AEIdeas

High Stakes as Country’s First Social Media Addiction Trial Nears and Snap Settles

“This is a case about minor Plaintiffs’ alleged addiction to Defendants’ social media platforms and the alleged adverse effects flowing from that addiction.” That’s how California Superior Court Judge Carolyn…

Compelling Platforms to Convey State-Sponsored Speech: First Amendment Lessons from Colorado
Article
AEIdeas

Compelling Platforms to Convey State-Sponsored Speech: First Amendment Lessons from Colorado

A federal court recently blocked Colorado from enforcing part of a new law that compels social media platforms “to provide non-commercial disclosures to minors about the alleged health impacts of…

What Using AI for My Mom’s Cancer Taught Me
Article
AEIdeas

What Using AI for My Mom’s Cancer Taught Me

The most profound way I used AI in 2025 came during one of the harder stretches my family has faced: My mother’s cancer came back. In the past, navigating this…

What a Year of Living With AI Taught Me
Article
AEIdeas

What a Year of Living With AI Taught Me

A year ago, I shared some reflections on how I was using AI and suggested that it’s helpful to think of these tools as competent interns working remotely: earnest and…

CES 2026 Marks the Shift From AI Features to AI Coordination
Article
AEIdeas

CES 2026 Marks the Shift From AI Features to AI Coordination

For many years, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) displayed the potential for smart technology to transform our daily lives. At CES 2026, the reality of smart devices came to life…

Two Cheers for Abundance: Tech Policy and the Politics of Growth
Article
AEIdeas

Two Cheers for Abundance: Tech Policy and the Politics of Growth

Over the last year, the Abundance movement has gained traction in American political discourse. Driven by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book of the same name, Abundance challenges the progressive…