Thomas Malthus was a fan of pandemics. Writing in 1798 in his famous treatise on population growth, Malthus encouraged the spread of fatal diseases: “Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we…
By Roger Pielke | November 6, 2025
We throw rocks in the stream, hoping to move the flow to a better channel. That’s one metaphor for what we do in public policy analysis and commentary. I have…
By Jim Harper | November 5, 2025
As commotion subsides over US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s gaffe following Charlie Kirk’s assassination about prosecutors targeting people who engage in online “hate speech,” it’s vital to distinguish hate speech…
By Clay Calvert | November 4, 2025
The US Department of Commerce has launched what could become one of the most significant initiatives in the Administration’s AI Action Plan: the American AI Exports Program. This new effort…
By Shane Tews | November 3, 2025
Australia is rapidly developing a reputation for being the fastest e-regulator in the world. Not content with her world-leading legislation prohibiting under-16s from having social media accounts—taking effect on December…
By Bronwyn Howell | October 31, 2025
At the Roots of Progress Conference earlier this month, Tyler Cowen interviewed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who at one point wondered about the world that was to come with AI…
By Will Rinehart | October 29, 2025
Apple recently banned crowd-sourced applications from its App Store, including ICEBlock, that let users post nearby sightings and locations of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Debuting in April,…
By Clay Calvert | October 29, 2025
As my AEI colleague Shane Tews recently noted, the global leaderboard in technology tells a clear story: Innovation thrives in the United States, not Europe. Twenty of the world’s 25…
By Mark Jamison | October 27, 2025
week’s major outage of Amazon Web Services’ cloud operation once again highlights the vulnerability of the world’s commercial, government, and social interactions due to a reliance on a handful of…
By Bronwyn Howell | October 24, 2025
In the First Amendment’s lexicon, self-censorship and chilling effect are close companions. They’re like road-trip buddies, calling society’s attention to the dangers of preemptive, self-imposed—not government-mandated—silence while traveling down today’s…
By Clay Calvert | October 22, 2025
The bad news for U.S. universities keeps on coming. Last week, Pew Research released the results of a September 2025 poll showing that increasingly large majorities of Republicans and Democrats believe that…
By Roger Pielke | October 21, 2025
At the Roots of Progress Conference this weekend, Jen Pahlka, who was formerly the United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer under President Obama, related a harrowing experience she had. While…
By Will Rinehart | October 21, 2025
Last week, the Treasury Department finished receiving responses to a request for comments on “Innovative Methods To Detect Illicit Activity Involving Digital Assets.” It turns out I have such a…
By Jim Harper | October 20, 2025
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has been in the news a lot lately. Under his energetic leadership, the agency has pursued an ambitious agenda at a breakneck pace.…
By Daniel Lyons | October 16, 2025
As I testified before the Senate HELP Committee, AI is not just another wave of automation—it is a technology that democratizes expertise. Used responsibly, it can help teachers, clinicians, and…
By John Bailey | October 16, 2025