From free expression to foreign policy, this week’s featured pieces explore how power—whether governmental or individual—shapes the limits of freedom.

This week, James Rushmore reflects on the temptation to use the government to silence dissent under the guise of dangerous speech. With the film The Social Reckoning forthcoming, Rushmore emphasizes the importance of questioning censorship, even in the name of safety.

Alvaro Vargas Llosa gives his autobiographical observations in “My Migration Story,” reminding us that the human impulse to move, to seek better lives, is as enduring as history itself. No matter how high the walls or loud the rhetoric, migration remains a force that enriches societies—culturally, economically, and politically.

Craig Eyermann and Scott Beyer separately write about Washington’s spending habits.

Finally, in “Constitutional War Powers and the Kaine Amendment,” Rushmore returns to examine the future of Congress’s warmaking authority.

Happy reading.

Jonathan Hofer
Managing Editor