The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Trump Loves Accusing Critics of Treason. U.S. Law Makes That Charge Hard To Prove—for Good Reason.

"Ukraine Turns Real-Life Kills into Video Game Thrills for Drone Pilots"

The Truth About Slavery and America

Music, the Neural Harmonics of Emotion, and How Love Recomposes the Brain

Sunday Poem

Open Thread

The Satanic Temple Loses Libel Suit Against Newsweek Over "Accounts of Sexual Abuse Being Covered up" Allegation

Today in Supreme Court History: May 30, 1865

The Spanish Exception

Anti-Tech Extremism Worries the Same Federal Government That's Been Fueling Anti-Tech Extremism

DoJ Sues UCLA for Allegedly Tolerating Discrimination and Harassment Against Jews and Israelis, Seeks Return of Federal Grants

The Stains On The Federal Judiciary

Rejected Search Warrant Applications Raise Further Questions About the Federal Case Against Don Lemon

"The age when you can run a literary magazine on trust is over. You can either decide AI submissions are fine, or you can filter for them"

A Snippet of a Conversation Between ChatGPT and Me

Alasdair MacIntyre believed that Western morality, having lost its rationale, was replaced by something thinner: mere moral passion  

Sensitivity readers promise authenticity but deliver essentialism. Who really benefits when identity polices the imagination?

William Kennedy’s Hard Luck and High Style

The Left’s Institutional Capture