Quote of the Day

“NBD just hugs from the guy who’s kind of the reason i get to do the work i do bc he forged the way and also has the demeanor of a marshmallow”

— Shoshana Weissmann, the digital media manager for R Street Institute, on meeting Clint Bolick

Featured Publications

Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

Five Levels of Cost-Effective Harm Reduction for Rural Communities

Stacey McKenna April 15, 2026

Newsletters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: The Challenges of Regulating Chemical Analogs

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall April 15, 2026

Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

AI, free speech, and America’s real advantage over China

Adam Thierer April 14, 2026 The Eternally Radical Idea (ERI)

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, General Emerging Technologies, Technology and Innovation

The Problem With Telling AI What to Think, No Matter Who Is Asking

Spence Purnell April 13, 2026

Op-Eds Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

Lawsuits Targeting Social Media Are an Attack on Free Speech

Steven Greenhut April 10, 2026 Reason

Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Policing

What Works in American Policing Part 3—Hot Spots and Precision Policing: Putting Officers Where the Data Points

Jillian Snider April 10, 2026

Newsletters, Real Solutions Clean Energy, Coal, Energy and Environment, Fossil Fuels, Low-Energy Fridays, Renewables

Low-Energy Fridays: Will high oil prices induce a shift to clean energy?

Philip Rossetti April 9, 2026

In the News Energy and Environment

Executive Order Puts Oldest Polluting Coal Plants Back in Action

Michael Giberson April 9, 2026 Circle of Blue

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Pretrial, Prosecution, Technology and Innovation

Due Processing: Cutting Through AI Hype and Doomerism in American Courtrooms

Logan Seacrest April 7, 2026

Analysis Insurance, Tort Reform

The Perils of Junk Science in the Courtroom

Jerry Theodorou April 7, 2026