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America’s Patent Office Measures IP’s Footprint, Not Its Payoff

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published the fourth edition of its assessment of intellectual property ...
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Separating Party Selections from Public Elections Part 2: What would it mean to privatize America’s political parties?

This is the second installment in a three-part series on improving America’s candidate selection system by privatizing ...
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R Street Comment in Support of the BOP’s Proposed Rulemaking on First Step Act Time Credits

September 30, 2026 Bureau of Prisons320 First Street NWWashington, D.C. 20534 Re: BOP-2026-1001—First Step Act Time Credits—Revisions Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the request for ...
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The Sanders-Casar “Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act” is AI Authoritarianism

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced the “Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act,” a ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Where Have All the Hurricanes Gone?

I don’t want to jinx it, but so far this year’s hurricane season has been… nonexistent. While a few tropical storms have ...