Excessive regulation, administrative bloat, and other institutional bottlenecks are stifling the economy and everyday life. In the absence of political will to fix these problems, artificial intelligence may be our best chance to cut through the red tape.

Whether in language, law, or commerce, lasting orders emerge from the bottom up, not from the commands of any distant expert. Five decades ago, a group of deaf Nicaraguan children offered a striking illustration of this process when they created a language from scratch.

This September marked two decades since the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published cartoons of Muhammad, igniting a global maelstrom over free speech, tolerance, and multiculturalism. Jonathan Fortier, the director of Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, sat down in Copenhagen for a wide-ranging interview with Flemming Rose, who spearheaded the publication of those cartoons as the culture editor at Jyllands-Posten in 2005.

The stakes for free expression on campus are rising even higher, with partisan rancor and illiberal attitudes at dangerous levels. Cato University prepares students to cut through polarization and advocate for a free society.