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With AI able to quickly summarize everything from self-help books to great novels, we need to remind ourselves why we read in the first place, writes Spencer Klavan.

Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.

On the Humiliation of a Republic

As one might expect, Congress is having trouble figuring out how to fund the government, which is likely headed towards a shutdown. For the New York Times, Lazaro Gamio charted the history of fundi…

It bundled progress and authoritarian control, and society rebelled against both.

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The rituals, the portals, the silence, the begging, the shame.

It's just normal crime

By chasing superintelligence, America is falling behind in the real AI race.

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.