The Phantom Base

Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed

DOGE, the Social Security Administration, and How Inferior Courts Should Treat S. Ct. Interim Orders

Remy: Gerrymandering

Massachusetts High Court: Claim Against Meta for Alleged Addiction of Children Can Go Forward Notwithstanding § 230

Demis Hassabis: Why AGI is Bigger than the Industrial Revolution & Where The Bottlenecks in AI Are

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Kids Climate Case Against Discounting in Cost-Benefit Analysis

How Do Fish Know How to Build Nests?

How to Tax Billionaires

How to See More Clearly and Love More Purely: Iris Murdoch on the Angst of Not Knowing Ourselves and Each Other

You Have a Right to Break the Law

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Grok Is Testing Whether AI Governance Means Anything

The Overlooked Threat to the Fed’s Mission

Trump Fires Kristi Noem From DHS

The Freak World of Nicholas J. Fuentes

Trump’s Tariff Loss Is the Worst Judicial Defeat in Presidential History

Wagner’s Ring On Period Instruments?

Open Thread

Tackling industry’s burdensome bubble problem

A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota

Foreign Fraud Gangs Are Ripping Off West Coast States