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War hawks love the idea of “credibility.” In his confirmation hearing last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his…

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: A lawsuit alleging that the city…

From N.Y. Times v. U.S. Dep’t of Defense a/k/a Dep’t of War, decided yesterday by Judges Justin Walker and Bradley…

From Anand V. Shah & Joshua Y. Levy, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts…

Budget blues. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have agreed to push back the May…

In 2024, as part of my research on the Jack Smith case, I compiled a corpus of primary sources about…

I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…

Republican politicians love to talk a good fiscal conservatism game, but they’ve been quick to throw out their penny-pinching playbooks…

A plaque on the Statue of Liberty features Emma Lazarus’s words urging the world to “give me your tired, your…

Panama City is often reduced to a canal. That’s understandable: The Panama Canal is one of the most consequential pieces…

Among other things, Otis responds to my post from yesterday; an excerpt: The main criterion in a democratic system is…

This evening, immediately after I turned my phone on, I saw headlines about shots fired at the Washington Hilton where…