ICE Isn’t a Quick Fix for Airport Chaos There's a deeper issue of trust.

Transportation safety requires public trust. TSA has a hard time earning that trust. ICE deployments at American airports are likely to make matters worse.

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At a Hinge Moment in History, We Must Build a Liberal Future Lessons from history for our current moment

We’re living through a hinge moment in history where the future of a free society is once again an open question.

Today we launch Liberalism.org because the liberal future won’t build itself.

Read my inaugural essay here:

Today, IHS Is Beginning a New Chapter | Institute for Humane Studies

The ideas that changed the trajectory of human history won’t sustain themselves. Each generation must renew them.

Today, @theihs.org begins a new chapter expanding our role in public discourse and launching Liberalism.org. I invite you to see what we’re building:

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An Efficient Government Is A Limited Government If we want an institution to be good at what it does, we must first define its role.

When government becomes the default answer to every important problem disappointment is inevitable, and trust in democracy corrodes. Serious reform begins with a framework that sorts what belongs within government’s scope and what does not. My latest in @americanpurpose.bsky.social : bit.ly/40qCb97

Minneapolis Demonstrates How to Resist Brutality Without Losing Your Soul It intuitively implemented the best teachings of liberal and religious traditions

When moral outrage is justified, as with the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, how do we keep it from swallowing us whole? In this @theunpopulist.net piece, my friend @uncanonical.net and I explore how liberal restraint and spiritual compassion can help us avoid becoming what we resist.

AI Will Create Work, Not Decimate It History shows that technological revolutions draw out human potential.

If we treat the future as a closed system with no room for human agency, we’ll build a world that expects us to be irrelevant. That’s the real danger. Check out IHS president @emilychamleewright.bsky.social's latest in Persuasion👇

Read it here: www.persuasion.community/p/ai-will-cr...

AI Will Create Work, Not Decimate It History shows that technological revolutions draw out human potential.

Democracy thrives when citizens have meaningful work. In my latest for Persuasion, I argue that AI is more likely to expand opportunities than annihilate them…and why free societies should always bet on human ingenuity.

Read it here: www.persuasion.community/p/ai-will-cr...

What can we be doing today that fireproofs liberal principles? The Four Corners of Liberalism: A Conversation with Emily Chamlee-Wright, hosted by Erica Schoder as part of the Real Insights interview series from R Street Institute

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Grateful to @rstreet.bsky.social for the chance to share my perspective on how we can “fireproof” the foundations of a free society.

These are challenging times, but I believe resilience is built when we stay true to the liberal principles that underlie those foundations.

Link in the replies👇

Rules Matter More Than Rulers A thought experiment for a post-Trump America.

We don’t need better saviors, we need better guardrails.

In my new piece for Persuasion, I explain why strengthening institutional guardrails is the surest way to protect liberal democracy, regardless of who wins the next election.

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Society Needs Philanthropic Privacy State-mandated publication of donor rolls will harm the American experiment.

Today, “transparency" often comes at the cost of freedom. What if donor privacy isn't a loophole—but a liberal safeguard? Civil society thrives when donors can give without fear of reprisal. That’s not secrecy. That’s liberty. My latest in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social:
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Harvard’s Fight Is a Defense of Democracy and Civic Virtue Harvard’s case will set precedent for every college that relies on federal grants or hosts international students.

A university that must wait for political permission slips is no longer a university. It’s an instrument of the state.

That’s the risk we face now, and Harvard is on the front line.

My latest from @liberalcurrents.com. 👇

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A new piece by @emilychamleewright.bsky.social in @insidehighered.com‬ reminds us that if the university loses its soul, liberal democracy may lose its cornerstone.
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Higher Ed Must Recommit to Its Enlightenment Roots (opinion) Universities’ own mistakes helped pave the way for government attacks on academic freedom, Emily Chamlee-Wright writes.

American universities were founded to nurture free minds, not compliant subjects.

If higher ed is to remain a cornerstone of liberal democracy, it must reclaim the values that make dissent possible.

My latest in @insidehighered.com:

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

The free exchange of ideas isn’t combat—it’s collaboration.

At the @rstreet.bsky.social Real Solutions Summit, @emilychamleewright.bsky.social joined Sabrina Schaeffer and Eli Lake to discuss how thoughtful disagreement fosters intellectual and civic growth.

🎥 Watch: youtu.be/w-4Ne2mE6Dw?...

Self-Government Takes Practice. We’ve Stopped Rehearsing | National Review From Madison’s literary society to today’s campus silencing, we forgot what democracy requires.

If civic discourse is a muscle, America’s is atrophying.
Let’s strengthen it again.

Thank you Sabrina Schaefer and @rstreet.bsky.social for reminding us that liberty takes practice.
www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/self...

The most important question is not “What disruption will AI bring?” but is instead, “Will we resist the impulse toward top-down control?”

My latest for Persuasion: www.persuasion.community/p/our-gutenb...

But if we look to history, we find a pattern: resistance to innovation is ancient.

Progress happens not through control, but through freedom and trust in human ingenuity

In the 15th century, the printing press threatened the gatekeepers of knowledge.

AI may be today’s Gutenberg moment, and it’s raising the same old fears.

2025 Real Solutions Summit: Eli Lake and Emily Chamlee-Wright on American Discourse YouTube video by R Street Institute

“The marketplace of ideas—it’s not combat, it’s a contest.”

What would change if we treated debate as a sport, not a war?

Watch IHS President @emilychamleewright.bsky.social's panel from @rstreet.bsky.social's 2025 Real Solutions Summit on American discourse:

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2025 Real Solutions Summit: Eli Lake and Emily Chamlee-Wright on American Discourse YouTube video by R Street Institute

The marketplace of ideas isn’t combat. It’s a contest—and contests, unlike wars, can make everyone better.

Disagreement gives us a chance to grow.

Don’t miss my conversation with Sabrina Schaeffer and Eli Lake at @rstreet.bsky.social's Real Solutions Summit:
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The president's tariffs aren’t just economically reckless—they betray the principles that gave birth to the US.

They sidestep Congress, defy the Constitution, & abandon our commitment to free exchange & consent of the governed.

My latest at Persuasion: www.persuasion.community/p/these-tari...

What Erratic Government Does to a Country Unpredictability is bad for business.

Markets and civil society rely on stable rules of the game. When government acts erratically, we’re much less likely to invest in America’s future.

My latest for Persuasion: www.persuasion.community/p/what-errat...

"Regime uncertainty"—the fear that government rules can change at any time—stalls investment and chokes economic growth. President of IHS Emily Chamlee-Wright explains how unpredictable trade & immigration policies impact the country.

Read more: www.persuasion.community/p/what-errat...