


State leaders’ opposition to Trump’s efforts to divide them made this year’s gathering uncommonly notable.

Michael LaRosa: Gov. Abigail Spanberger should give America something unscripted, human and real

They’ve never previously applied the major questions doctrine in the foreign policy arena-and for good reason.

Today, the Boston Globe published my article, “Trump’s New Tariffs are Another Dangerous Presidential Power Grab” (non-paywall link here). Here is an excerpt: On Friday, the Supreme Court struck down the sweeping tariffs President Trump had imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. In a 6-3 decision, the court rightly held that […]

China was hermetically closed for decades after the Communist Party came to power in 1949. Even today, access to primary sources, not least party archives, remains haphazard at best. The party controls history, not only its own but also that of its erstwhile rivals. Despite these restrictions, a formidable enterprise undertaken by the party from […]

Section 230 immunity is an expansive, largely court-created doctrine that often renders online platforms immune from civil suits for any content they maintain. The immunity’s sweeping scope is quite controversial, as it seems to extend to online platform protections against civil suits that other entities and individuals do not enjoy. I recently helped file a […]

The sixth year of a modern American presidency tends to be brutal. The public wearies, the scandals brew, the grisly midterms loom. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974. Ronald Reagan became embroiled in the Iran-Contra affair in 1986. George W. Bush’s Republican Party lost control of both the House and the Senate in 2006. Just about […]

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Thanks to traveling last week for a reporting trip, this week’s newsletter is a little abbreviated. The lead item focuses on efforts to “fund” inclusionary zoning mandates—i.e., to give developers subsidies to cover the costs of affordable units cities require them to include in their […]

The modern financial landscape has shifted from simple price tracking to a complex multidimensional analysis of market microstructure. In the derivatives domain, particularly within futures and options, price action alone is often a lagging shadow of the underlying capital movement. To achieve consistent profitability in 2026, market participants must look toward the pulse and blood […]