Artificial intelligence is currently the white-hot center of America’s economy. Big Tech is investing more than $750 billion in data centers this year, mostly domestically. Unsurprisingly, wages for ...

History records the seventeenth-century Battle of Hormuz as one of the biggest naval battles of that era, fought between the dominant powers of Portugal and an Anglo-Dutch alliance. Today’s battle at ...

A strong historical precedent of limited unilateral presidential military action—coupled with nearly a half century of ...

The state lost an estimated $536 billion in wealth from its tax base—before the initiative even qualified for the ballot.

A Southern California overpass “for everything from monarch butterflies to mountain lions” is overdue and over budget.

Imagine a single policy change that could lower food prices, free up land for construction or conservation, improve the environment, cut greenhouse-gas emissions, and reduce fuel costs. You’d think ...

Data from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century show why certain immigrant groups assimilated—and offer lessons for ...

The abomination that is urban “homelessness” policy rests on the reinforcement of certain unspoken fictions. A recent article on New York’s latest “homeless” outreach program demonstrates how that ...

Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature, by Jonathan Leaf (Bombardier, 320 pp., $21) Ever since Darwin, biologists have believed that much could be learned about human nature ...

Critically, the big shift of talent to the U.S.—primarily from Europe, India, and China—proceeds apace. The United States remains a top destination for STEM professionals, offering some of the highest ...

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, just off Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, sits the Mountain Pass mine. Surrounded by a high plateau of pale rock and desert scrub, this ...