Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Protesters opposed to data center projects in downtown Austin, Sept. 2, 2026. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/Getty)

The data center backlash reveals NIMBYism’s great contradiction

Jace White · October 19, 2026 12:02 pm

Demonstrators hold a "Democratic Socialists of America" banner

The DSA promises freedom. Its platform delivers control

William F. Buckley Jr., laughs while gesturing with his fingers while sitting in an office chair in 1965. (Nick Machalaba/Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Buckley kept the gate. Today, the rank-and-file must

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, in Washington.

Trump’s vote-buying scheme is a betrayal of conservatism

The National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild warms up in front of a sign advertising the prediction market platform Kalshi in Chicago before a game against the Chicago Blackhawks, March 17, 2026. (David Banks/AP)

On prediction markets, let’s take it to court

The logos of Big Tech companies Apple, Meta, Google, and Amazon are shown in four corners.

Antitrust and the Federal Trade Commission in 2023

Mark Jamison January 6, 2023 10:52 am

Elon Musk: Hero or clown?

Peter Laffin January 6, 2023 6:00 am

Another way lockdowns hurt people: Dragging them away from church

Timothy P. Carney January 5, 2023 5:13 pm

Kentucky loses distinction for education freedom after flawed court decision

Jason Bedrick January 5, 2023 12:29 pm

DeSantis takes shot at ‘floundering federal government’ after being sworn in for second term

Cami Mondeaux January 3, 2023 2:08 pm

Why socialism sickens and capitalism cures

Vance Ginn January 3, 2023 12:29 am

America is not ‘an extraordinarily racist country’

America is not ‘an extraordinarily racist country’

Dan Hannan December 19, 2022 6:46 am

Homeless people camping in downtown in Los Angeles.

Inflation begins to cool, but economic pain not over

Emma Loop December 15, 2022 7:43 pm

SECURE 2.0 still looks like bad policy

Mark Warshawsky December 15, 2022 6:01 pm

In this July 25, 2019, file photo, sleeping people, discarded clothes and used needles are seen on a street in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco.

Addiction and subtraction

Zachary Faria December 9, 2022 4:30 am

An oil well near Casper, Wyoming. The Biden administration is auctioning off roughly 35,000 acres of land in Wyoming Tuesday, the first in a spate of new oil and gas auctions slated to take place in the shadow of the COP28 summit in Dubai.

Greens hopeful Interior review of oil and gas leases leads to cancellations

Jeremy Beaman December 7, 2022 9:28 am

Cancel culture has a stranglehold on the University of Florida

Donavan Wilson November 11, 2022 2:29 pm