The claim that NSF funded 3,400 work grants is false, based on mindless counting of words like "diversity" (actually, of species) or "cis" (molecules). Scott Alexander Scott Alexander makes an important general point: the Trump administration claims to be eliminating wasteful aid

Crosby and Miller #bucciovertimechallenge

If you vote, or plan to vote someday, or are just interested in tax/spending policy, you should listen to *all* of this podcast episode, pca.st/episode/d1c2f9…

My friend David Lat just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:

This is just brutal in its comprehensive history. It's like Ronald McDonald one day woke up to start selling Whoppers. nationalreview.com/2025/03/the-he…

Rand Paul today on blocking Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada: "Despite arguments to the contrary, Americans know tariffs are a tax they are going to have to pay." The Founding Fathers “so feared the power of taxation that they gave it only to Congress.” "I stand to speak

“This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime.” Free Press columnist tylercowen:

It’s no secret that Harvard and other elite colleges have failed to protect free speech and academic freedom. But the Trump administration’s ad hoc contract cancellations are ripe for abuse and should not replace Title VI procedures designed to protect against the risk of error,

MAGA is embracing Marxist economic ideas that have never once worked in all of human history with the zeal of Tobias proposing an open marriage to Lindsay

Trump wants us to run no trade deficits with any countries, which would require Americans to massively curtail our imports of foreign goods. But he also wants tariff revenue to replace the income tax, which would require us to massively expand our imports of foreign goods.

We fucked around, now comes the finding out

45 years ago Today, Terry Fox, a 21-year-old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began his Marathon of Hope—a cross-country run to raise funds and awareness for cancer research He ran 5,373 km in 143 days before cancer forced him to end his bold journey.

Greg is right. Compelling or prohibiting speech to conform with contested ideas raises *very* serious constitutional concerns.

Please read John's report. And then tell me how deporting these courageous people is remotely just or moral.

In honor of the legendary George Wendt, here is every time Norm Peterson walks into Cheers

Alex Tabarrok I’ve been thinking about this. It’d be nice to see some people on the left embracing libertarianism/limited government more, if only because the argument that the government can’t abuse power it doesn’t have has been so vindicated of late.

I could have never conceived that the U.S. President would be far more aggressive against a great university than he would be against a Russian dictator engaged in invading a U.S. ally. Why is it smart to starve cancer research, students on financial aid, innovation in public

AASF Executive Director Gisela Perez Kusakawa Gisela Perez Kusakawa raised critical concerns about the misguided policy for NBC News, including how these policies jeopardize U.S. innovation, academic vitality, and global competitiveness. NBC News

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