Few people are aware of the fact that “climate change” means very different things in science and in policy. That difference exposes the fundamental incoherence of climate policy, highlighted by the ...

Steve Jobs once likened computers to “bicycles for the mind,” tools that amplify human mental capabilities. A new NBER working paper redeploys that famous metaphor to make a compelling argument about ...

Yesterday, as rumored, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that he would recognize a Palestinian state. “We,” he wrote on X, “will win the peace.” Every word but “the” in that statement is a ...

In the annals of history, the first half of 2025 will be remembered for many things. I’d venture that very few are aware of ...

The Trump administration can handle a little more risk—a little more balance—and lead us to airline security policies that save more lives by further opening the skies.

The Air Force’s next-generation Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program is racked by cost overruns and calls to eliminate its funding. And yet Sentinel’s troubled development ...

While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation safeguards an individual’s right to be digitally “forgotten”, what assurances exist regarding an individual’s—or a society’s—“right to be ...

Five Figures. Every month, I will share five (or so) of the most provocative, interesting, or challenging figures to have recently crossed my desk. Five Figures adds to the features and content ...

The war with Israel has prompted generational turnover in Iranian military leadership. Israel killed dozens of senior Iranian military officers during the recent 12-day conflict, eliminating many of ...

Higher tariffs would adversely affect agricultural imports, which would harm US consumers, but the trade actions could also provoke counter-retaliatory actions by affected exporters. Indeed, Canada, ...

Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here).

While AI holds tremendous promise for revolutionizing government efficiency, realizing these benefits demands careful implementation that prioritizes accuracy, transparency, and constitutional ...