A Bankrupt State, a Billionaire’s IPO and a Very Quiet Appropriation Bill by Lawson Akhigbe

Every so often a state government invents a policy so novel that the law has not yet had time to catch up with it. Zamfara has done this and, with admirable efficiency, skipped the part where anyone checks whether the law would permit it.

John Roberts’s Delusions By David Remnick

Chief Justice John Roberts The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward. In March of 2025, after giving his annual address to Congress, President Donald Trump patted the shoulder of Chief Justice John Roberts, who had been sitting in the chamber, and was seen telling him, “Thank …

Post-Truth, Pomp, and Private Jets: Tina Brown on the Erosion of Modern Reality by Lawson Akhigbe

If there is anyone who knows how the sausage of public perception gets made, it is Tina Brown. The legendary former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker has spent decades watching power players, monarchs, and media moguls manipulate the spotlight. At the recent Truth Tellers Summit, an event she founded to honor her …