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Max Stier wants to improve the government. Elon Musk’s campaign against civil servants is making it worse.

As Republicans seek to demolish the agency, its defenders should appeal to a higher principle than self-interest.

The problem that really needs fixing is not the public employees but the private contractors—and Elon Musk is one of them.

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, wealthy elite that goads such men on.

Scholars and activists haven’t paid enough attention to the role that state boards play in perpetuating both over- and under-regulation.

Donald Trump said he’d return decision making to democratically elected officials. Instead, he’s handed it over to the world’s richest man.

Donald Trump and AI executives alike have sounded the alarm about a looming AI-driven energy shortage. Both benefit from the concern.

The Trump administration’s cuts to university research grants will make America sicker and poorer in the long run.