The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Does the text mean what it plainly says?
Ideas
You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
Watch Out for Mechanical Nightingales
In an age of ideological conformity and technological brain-suck, the world needs more disobedient artists and thinkers.
The Online Porn Free-for-All Is Coming to an End
Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws.
It’s Already Different
Trump’s first-day executive orders would have prompted mass outrage had he attempted them in 2017. Today, the response is more muted.
The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors
Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.
Michelle Doesn’t Want to Go to Barack’s Work Thing
And that’s her right.
The Difference Between TikTok and Free Expression
The algorithmic manipulation of users’ attention is not the same thing as actual human speech.
Pornography Shouldn’t Be So Easy for Kids to Access
The risks associated with childhood exposure to such material are real, and worthy of special attention.
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet
How the United States learned to love internet censorship