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Thomas A. Berry Are you graduating from law school in 2026, or are you a lawyer with roughly 0–2 years of legal experience? Do you want to write briefs on the…

Walter Olson Donald Trump’s most infamous pardons are those he issued to January 6 rioters, which extended clemency to every wrongdoer, no matter how violent or premeditated the conduct. (Here…

Patrick G. Eddington US Sen. Mark Kelly (D‑AZ). In mid-July 1941, anti-interventionist Senator Burton Wheeler (D‑MT) sent 1,000,000 postcards to Americans across the country, urging them to write President Franklin…

Jeremy Horpedahl In the summer of 2024, a passage from J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy gained widespread attention on social media platforms, including X/​Twitter. Vance described his refrigerator from the 1980s, asserting…

Jennifer Huddleston To date, states have considered over 1,000 bills about artificial intelligence (AI). More than 160 state-level laws have been passed, including everything from model-level regulations in Colorado to…

Colleen Hroncich When millions of children struggle to sit still, focus, and conform to rigid classroom expectations, it’s become an epidemic of ADHD and other disorders. The New York Times…

Travis Fisher The need for speed is more than just a cool line from the movie Top Gun (the original)—it’s the overwhelming focus of people in the electricity sector today.…

Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins made headlines last week after proposing that all 41.7 million beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program…

Jeffrey Miron New research reminds us that policies designed to improve national security have costs, even if the policies have good intentions: Although the US was already an industrial nation…

Jennifer Huddleston The college football season is hitting rival games, conference championships, and playoff season. Similar to many Alabamans, I may be a little too invested in the SEC football…