Higher Ed, Research & Learning
Every year since graduate school, I try to get to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts and visit Tanglewood, where I enjoy the music of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). This past Friday, I made...
How did a criminologist get ChatGPT to admit to a crime it never committed? And what does it mean for human suspects?
Some excerpts from today's long opinion by Judge Joseph Dawson, III (D.S.C.) in Lemoine v. Horry Georgetown Tech. Coll.: On… The post Suspending College Student for Saying Man Who Insulted Her "Needa ...
Standardized testing has long been the gold standard of student success. Large-scale assessments give districts a big-picture view of student progress, offering convenient data points to compare perfo...
Plus: The 2026 race that just became the most important contest in the country
With the 52nd anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation, his reputation is experiencing a resurgence—especially among younger generations. For example, in just the past month and a half, at least a h...
I’d literally rather electrocute myself than lie on a beach doing nothing, writes Arthur Brooks.
Police department's hate speech ad
As students head back to class across the country, Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest providers, has gone out of business. In a shareholder letter last week, Chuck Cohn, CEO of Ne...
For 80 years, American science has operated under the Vannevar Bush model that was established in the wake of World War II. In his 1945 report, Science, the Endless Frontier, Bush argued that the gove...
Joseph Roy Ozment (on the left) and age verification graphic (on the right)
For the past several years in Miami public schools, every student — including my own children — could stand in the same cafeteria line, carry the same tray and eat lunch for free. But on July 22, the ...
Eric Boehm explains why we can't build elevators in America
From a decision last Tuesday in Doe v. Florida Bar by Magistrate Judge Robert Norway (M.D. Fla.): Plaintiff argues that… The post No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to A...
"This tale of two chiefs depends entirely on whether Roberts determines the decision will lead to the best of times or the worst of times. If the Chief fears rough roads ahead, less will be decided."
From Judge Thomas Thrash (N.D. Ga.) Friday in Harvard v. Sig Sauer, Inc.; note that Harvard is just plaintiff's last… The post Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trigger Pull Not Necessa...
White House and ballroom construction
The court rejects the argument that the prosecution should be dismissed on the grounds that it's "vindictive."
From Thursday's Schulte v. Leners, decided by Judge Frank Easterbrook, joined by Judges Doris Pryor and Joshua Kolar: Elizabeth Schulte… The post No Qualified Immunity When Government Official Alleged...