President Donald Trump owes his second electoral victory, in no small part, to voter frustration over the rising cost of living. Over the course of Joe Biden’s presidency, the price of a typical American house increased by nearly 40 percent, and rents followed a similar trajectory. As of 2024, approximately 771,480 Americans lack reliable shelter—at once a new high and a […]
Dire wolves went extinct about 12,000 years ago. In April, biotech company Colossal Biosciences announced it had cloned three pups that resemble the long-dead creatures. Scientists used DNA f Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the […]
I recently did two additional podcasts on  our win in the tariff case before the US Court of International Trade, and its implications. One was with the Canadian conservative website The Hub: The other podcast was with The UnPopulist (a Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for […]
My friend Stewart Baker discussed his recent interview of me about my new book, but let me add two important links. First, you can listen to our podcast debate about the book here. And just as importantly, you can buy the book here. The post Stewart Baker vs. Orin Kerr on “The Digital Fourth Amendment” […]
[This is a guest blog from a friend and colleague, Abner S. Greene, who is the Leonard F. Manning Professor at Fordham Law School and has been following the constitutional separation-of-powers issues at the heart of many of the current cases involving the scope of President Trump’s powers for many years.] Donald Trump’s aggressive use […]
A very interesting piece by Prof. Thomas Balazs in Quillette. An excerpt: When ChatGPT can analyse Hamlet as well as any grad student, we might reasonably ask, “What is the point of writing papers on Hamlet?” Literary analysis, after all, is not like building houses, feeding people, or practising medicine. Even compared to its sister disciplines in the […]
5/31/1860: Justice Peter Daniel’s death. Justice Peter Daniel The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 31, 1860 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, and […]
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Byetta (exenatide) in 2005, doctors thought it was just approving the first glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist to treat Type 2 diabetes. But this new drug class had the potential to treat a host of other problems. GLP-1 agonists mimic the body’s intrinsic GLP-1, a hormone that stimulates insulin release, […]