Society

This lecture was delivered at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on April 18, 1995.

Nearly 6 million older Americans reside in houses far larger than necessary, while growing families are crammed into spaces that are too small.

The machine that took your task and your story.

The death of the landline was premature.

by Mindy CleggOn June 21st, 2025, President Trump ordered a series of strikes on Iran aimed at ending their nuclear program. The Iranians had maintained their

The world economy grew by a factor of twenty over the last century, and five over the prior century.

While the president howls about crime in liberal cities, he is taking drastic action to make it worse everywhere.

If you actually care about this country’s future, here’s what principled business leadership looks like

Yesterday I was working with a client who receives a federal government grant to do its work. The grant supports the coordination of a national network of organizations who are working with vulnera…

When accommodation to authoritarianism destroys the very system you claim to defend

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

From 1990 to 2010, rising numbers of H-1B holders caused 30–50 percent of all productivity growth in the US economy. This means that the jobs and wages of most Americans depend in some measure on these workers. The specialized workers who enter on this visa fuel high-tech, high-growth sectors of the 21st century economy with skills like computer […]

I’ve never watched Jimmy Kimmel Live—or any late-night talk shows since Carson, and I didn’t watch much of him either. But I am familiar with Jimmy, through his Oscars hosting gigs, his…

Agents found more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites in the metro area.

When academic theory becomes operational methodology for systematic political capture

I’d like to say I’m shocked.

See how U.S. government spending nearly tripled since 1980, with major increases in Social Security and Medicare.

At a time when educators are increasingly concerned about technology’s impact in the classroom, the Washington Post published ​an op-ed​ with a contrarian tone. The ... Read more

In Grace, a Movement’s Moral Bankruptcy on Grotesque Display

Prime Minister Mark Carney touched down in Mexico City to regain Mexico’s trust and strategize with President Claudia Sheinbaum.

No.371 — Why 95% of AI commentary fails ⊗ Designing futures you can live in ⊗ AI water usage at data centers ⊗ “Solarize everything we possibly can” ⊗ Warsaw opens metro station “express” library

Capitalism is a social technology and a system of governance predicated on specific historical developments.

The findings, published in the journal Science, show that improved recovery of critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements currently being discarded as tailings of other mineral streams could meet the U.S. demand for energy, defense and technology applications.

…Let Me Help You Out In a review of Offended Freedom: The Rise of Libertarian Authoritarianism, Reason’s Brian Doherty summarizes the book’s topic as “people formerly of the left, who ‘were once committed to an emancipatory transformation of the existing order,’ who have pivoted to hostility toward openness to foreigners and the wider world and...

I've become accustomed to being lied to every day by now. About Israel and immigrants and trans people to name but a few. But there has been a superlative concentration of lies this past week. A novel density of lying. Something that feels massive. And not just from the people