


Sunday’s massive, televised memorial service for Charlie Kirk contained grace notes that were simply breathtaking to behold. “That young man…I forgive him,” said Kirk’s widow Erika, speaking of alleged killer Tyler Robinson. “I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it’s what Charlie would do.” Yet such a profound expression of grief and […]

America’s electoral system has always been subject to—by design—a shifting balance of local control, state authority, and federal oversight. That balance is once again under strain, this time in the form of a pair of federal lawsuits that could redefine who ultimately controls access to voters’ personal data. Last week, the Justice Department filed twin […]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent a clear message this week: there is “no risk-free path” for monetary policy. Inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% target, while job growth is slowing. These two pressures push the Fed in opposite directions, making its decisions harder. The recent 25-basis-point rate cut was meant to support employment, but […]

Over the course of an hour, President Donald Trump contrasted the failures of the United Nations with his own domestic accomplishments.

The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?

As Republicans become totally unified, the Democrats are out of luck, out of ideas – and will mobilize around whoever is the next great hope

The trans cause has been infused with an irrational fervor from the beginning, its ethos deeply illiberal and even threatening – and its zeal doesn’t suggest self-confidence.

Credit: (Screenshot), Fox News, via YouTube President Donald Trump officially designated Antifa a domestic terror organization Monday evening, allowing the federal government to “utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations.” The designation comes exactly one week after The Center Square asked the president if he would designate the […]

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Last week, California lawmakers closed out the 2025 legislative session with the passage of S.B. 79—a bill that overrides local zoning to allow apartment buildings near transit stops. California has one of the longest-running legislative sessions, so Golden State lawmakers hanging up their spurs for […]

From an excellent N.Y. Times op-ed by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE): If you’re a free-speech lawyer, you face a choice: Either expect to be disappointed by people of all political stripes — or go crazy. I choose low expectations. Again and again, political actors preach the importance of free speech, only to reach for the censor’s […]