Policy

The Post-Filibuster Age

It’s coming—but maybe not as soon as we expect.

Trivial Pursuits

Do we need ‘consumer protection’ policies on burger prices and bags of potato chips?

College or Trade School? How About Both?

Leaving behind the broken ‘either-or’ debate over post-secondary education.

Slate Publishes Gun-Control Fiction

Bump stocks aren’t machine guns, and good luck trying to fire an AR-style rifle 800 times in a minute.

Alabama’s Mad Dash to Offer IVF Clinics Blanket Immunity

There are risks to lawmaking in a fit of political desperation amid a media firestorm.

Ten Myths Sabotaging Social Security Reform

Distorting history and underestimating the severity of the problem only increases the chance of insolvency.

The Gemini Debacle Is Just the Beginning

With tough questions about AI alignment up in the air, politics is getting in the way.

Remote Work Is Here to Stay, Mostly for the Better

It’s great for working parents, people with disabilities, and anyone who likes more flexibility at work.

Congress Tries to Avoid A(nother) Shutdown

The latest continuing resolution funding deadline is fast approaching.

Alabama Supreme Court Sparks IVF Debate

The ruling protecting frozen embryos under the state’s wrongful death law, explained.

The Year of Perilous Endurance

Handicapping the next 12 months in Ukraine.

What Really Went Wrong In the Antisemitism Hearings

While university presidents lacked principled defiance, GOP officials embraced political theater. A 20th-century university leader shows a better path.

Our Best Stuff Marking the Second Anniversary of the War in Ukraine

Plus: The truth about Moscow grocery stores and Biden’s diminished mental capacity.

In Limbo Fertilization

The GOP’s IVF nightmare.

Biden’s Hezbollah Plan Is a Win-Win—for the Terrorists

Israel faces a harsh reality in an election year for the United States.

Unfrozen Caveman Tucker

Simple folk wisdom can be persuasive, even when pushed by an obvious phony.