Politics

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Given the holiday slowdown in the news and general merriment…

CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss intervened to prevent 60 Minutes from airing a segment on the notorious CECOT prison…

NA Over the last two days, there has been a massive wave of resignations and departures of scholars and staff…

The New York Attorney General field suit against Russ Vought, asserting that he has effectively shuttered the Consumer Finance Protection…

From plaintiff’s pro se filing in Afrasiabi v. Morgan, quoting a comment by commenter ReaderY to the post “Spy” vs. “Spy” (+…

In September 2021, Albuquerque police officer Timothy McCarson arrested an intoxicated driver who had been hospitalized after he was injured…

South African apartheid sign. (NA)   In an insightful recent post, economist Tarnell Brown explains why the economic effects of immigration…

A simple story has taken hold in American politics: Big Tech is consuming vast amounts of electricity to power artificial…

Free-range parents may remember 2025 as the year that proved just how hard it still is to give kids any…

From the Complaint in Bushart v. Perry County (W.D. Tenn.); as usual, note that these are just allegations, and I…

The Trump administration is finally confronting the complicated reality of its complex and costly tariff policies. Oh, not when it…

This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by Tony Gilroy, the creator, writer, and director of Andor, the critically…