Banning smartphones has become one of America’s favorite school policies. Bans are popular because people understand that ...

Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military strategist, is supposed to have said: “Know your enemy and know yourself—that’s how you win before the fight even starts.” Had President Trump paid heed to that ...

In place of broad financial surveillance, I propose a system through which law enforcement agencies could query digital transactors for investigative purposes. Such a system would maintain or ...

Too many school boards act as if their job is to “support” the superintendent and staff—offering encouragement and deference, not impartial oversight.

This infographic provides near-real-time insights on the housing market and how a new normal is taking hold due impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The FTC’s use of antitrust law—real or threatened—to change platforms’ content-moderation decisions confronts important First Amendment principles about editorial discretion, compelled speech, ...

“Renewable” electricity — predominantly wind and solar power — is all the rage, described by numerous commentators, politicians, pundits, journalists, and other such “experts” as cost-competitive, ...

Tomorrow is Earth Day 2022 and marks the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, so it’s time for my annual CD post on the spectacularly wrong predictions that were made around the time of the first Earth Day ...

Here are 15 quotations from Thomas Sowell, the master of “idea density,” on one of his favorite topics — the “vision of the political left” and the many defects, deficiencies and imperfections of that ...

The Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has provoked a wave of consternation across higher education. Last week, nine high-profile colleges and ...

The chart above was inspired by a similar one featured by Max Ehrenfreund in his recent Wonkblog post titled “We’ve had a massive decline in gun violence in the United States. Here’s why.” In contrast ...

Shortly after beginning his second term, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a homeland air and missile defense system. The order called for ...