This column was excerpted from Greenhut’s forthcoming booklet, “Protecting Cities from Wildfires: Improving California’s Land ...

That last directive is proving controversial even among some AI enthusiasts. Spence Purnell and Adam Thierer, of the R Street Institute think tank, warn about the practicality of certifying AI ...

Read Part 1 (Spending Less, Gaining More: Lessons from Canadian Debt Reduction) and Part 2  (New Zealand Cut Spending and ...

On July 24, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” which attempts to address the homelessness crisis that has exploded in ...

There is no question that the average cost of live event tickets has risen steeply, particularly for musical performances. It has led to frequent calls by various parties for government intervention ...

Shoshana Weissmann, the director of digital media at the R Street Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank, told me that these regulations might superficially seem similar to a liquor store or a ...

In this episode of In AI We Trust?, cohosts Miriam Vogel and Nuala O’Connor are joined by Adam Thierer, resident senior fellow @ R Street’s Tech & Innovation team. Adam weighs in on the Trump ...

The R Street Institute is offering policymakers an alternative to “all-or-nothing” approaches in the enduring open- versus closed-source artificial intelligence debate, calling for federal guidelines ...

America’s system of representative government faces a dire threat. Both major parties are openly racing to redraw congressional maps mid-decade, purely for partisan gain. This gambit undermines the ...

Less than 24 hours after New York City Police Officer Didarul Islam was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan, Congress had a rare ...