Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
From the opinion released Oct. 21, 2025: In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, an Emory professor posted…
In brief A romance web-novel hit No. 1 after its author used AI to publish dozens of chapters a day,…
from the uncharted-waters-are-still-navigable dept There are two big reasons why the lawsuit the State of Arizona and Adelita Grijalva has…
Following up from my post last night, I am pleased to report that the Bork Lecture at the FedSoc National…
In brief The CME FedWatch Tool, which uses futures trading data to infer trader sentiment, predicted a near-certain rate cut.…
from the a-glimmer dept For the first time in ten months of near-total congressional capitulation to Trump, five Republican Senators…
Amid the ongoing shutdown drama, federal transportation officials quietly relaxed an obscure safety regulation that has been stymying the rollout…
In brief Telegram launched Cocoon, a decentralized AI compute network on TON that pays GPU owners in crypto for powering…
from the old-man-yells-at-self dept If there was anyone with any spine, honesty, or morality in the Trump administration, these astounding…
My Hoover colleague Philip Zelikow, who is involved in the tariff litigation, passed this blog post along to me, and…
In brief Perpetual futures, or perps, have been a big business in crypto this year, generating $1.27 trillion in trading…
Words from Magistrate Judge Jason Robertson (E.D. Okla.) in last week’s Mattox v. Product Innovations Research, LLC. A bit of background:…