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Lam Wing-kee, a bookseller from Hong Kong who had been secretly arrested and confined by the Chinese government, is free and is speaking openly about how he was treated. As The Washington Post reports, Wing-kee is one of five employees of a Hong Kong publishing company known for publishing works critical of the communist party […]

The American Egg Board, which is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, helped plan attacks on “Just Mayo”—a vegan mayonnaise product the egg board president described as a “major threat to the future of the egg product business.” Writing for the New Republic, Ted Genoways discusses how the egg board misused taxpayer funds. As […]

On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was ratified. Written primarily by George Mason, the document outlines the inalienable rights of “life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.” After its ratification, the Virginia Declaration of Rights substantially influenced similar documents developed during […]

A moderator on the popular site Reddit recently closed and deleted discussion threads deemed offensive, which discussed the attacks in Orlando and the issue of Islamic terrorism. As John Brandon reports for Fox News,  Reddit responded that the deletions were due to automated filters that aim to remove hate speech. Yet users have criticized the […]

As communication technology continues to become integrated into our daily lives, the internet is increasingly the go-to source for on-the-go information about where to shop, where to eat, where to work, and where to live. And thanks to the entrepreneurial innovation of businesses and consumers alike, the ability to share information through online user reviews […]

In his book Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom, Adam Thierer explains that we stand poised to enjoy even bigger advancements in technology, but only if we preserve a hands-off, “permissionless” approach to innovation that has been applied to information technology in recent decades.

On Tuesday, Stand Together Trust and The James Madison Institute gathered a panel of experts to discuss one of the most important questions facing state and federal policymakers today: What role should the government play in fostering economic competition and growth? In Florida, which leads the country along with Texas in job creation and wage […]

On May 18, Stand Together Trust hosted Advancing American Security, a day-long conference dedicated to bringing together top policy experts for an honest and open inquiry into our nation’s foreign policy. William P. Ruger, vice president of research and policy at Stand Together Trust, explained why foreign policy is such a pressing issue: “It has […]

In this panel, Stand Together Trust’s vice president for research and policy William P. Ruger led Michael C. Desch of the University of Notre Dame, Michael E. O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution, and Eugene Gholz of The University of Texas at Austin in a discussion of grand strategy, U.S. national interests, and what constraints and […]

John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Kathleen Hicks of the Center for Strategic and International Studies together evaluated U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War during this morning session at the Advancing American Security conference. They debated issues including nation-building and the best and worst foreign policy decisions of […]