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Over the past year, the Trump administration has pressured the Smithsonian to remove progressive ideology from museum exhibits and the various supplementary materials it puts out (e.g., its press releases, the guides it makes for educators, and so on). Many Smithsonian officials feel besieged. The post Moral Expertise and the Conflict at the Smithsonian appeared first on American Enterprise…
What the Trump Administration has done is down-play the importance of a negotiated agreement with Iran (it had previously, fictitiously, claimed negotiations were ongoing only to have that repudiated by Iran), shift focus from military to economic pressure on Iran, and create a news sensation in another geographic theater. The post President Trump Pivots to Asia appeared first on American…
Despite the uncertainty around its ultimate results, ACCESS should be given a chance to succeed. After decades of improved treatment of acute conditions, the Medicare population is living longer but with more chronic disease. New technology might improve the management of the symptoms of these conditions. The potential payoff more than justifies the risk of potentially doing no better than the…
Shane is joined by Adam and Milton to discuss the ongoing debate over AI governance. The post Regulating AI in an Age of Global Competition appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI .
James Comey’s recent motion to dismiss his seashells threats indictment on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds relies partly on President Trump’s own social media posts. This motion to dismiss is separate from another Comey filed in late July arguing that his Instagram “86 47” post is not an unlawful threat of violence but instead constitutes constitutionally safeguarded political…
the steady inflow of immigrants over the past generation has also necessarily transformed Spain’s demography. Immigrants and their descendants now account for a very substantial share of Spain’s under-40 population. And not all newcomers (and their descendants) seem to be assimilating well. The post Quo Vadis Hispania? Part Two appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI .
Churchill said that you can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have exhausted all the other possibilities. We must hope that the same is true of Mr. Bessent. Now that unsupported US-Japanese foreign exchange intervention has failed, maybe he will consider getting the Japanese to try foreign exchange intervention supported by serious budget reform. The post Bessent’s…
The Indian experience with digital identity verification using Aadhaar may prove informative if the need to ensure child social media safety is seen to be sufficiently important to necessitate the use of state-mediated identity tools to enforce compliance—even if those tools come with potential risks to privacy. The post Age Gating, Indian-Style appeared first on American Enterprise Institute -…
Some cybersecurity experts have already likened the effort to how the British government during the "long eighteenth century" from the late 1600s to the early 1800s commissioned private naval forces to raid enemy merchant shipping. The post Here Come the Cyber Privateers appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI .
Many troubling questions about the Ceuta affair remain unanswered—including just how a surprise operation of this scale could have taken place in the first place. But this surge of unwelcome illegal immigration also shines a spotlight on Spain’s established official policies for welcoming the legal mass influx of immigrants. The post Quo Vadis, Hispania? Part One appeared first on American…
The policy needs to be dynamic by design rather than static by statute: a platform working across payers drawing on electronic records and claims in real time. Technology is there; data is there. Is there will for a reset? The post “Buy Right”: Momentum Faces Silos appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI .