Policy & Palimpsests

Husband and father. Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom. Host of the Tech Policy Podcast. Just 'cause you're hungry doesn't mean that you're lean.

By Corbin K. Barthold

· Launched 3 years ago

Policy & Palimpsests

Not Enough Dead People
Book diary, January - May 2026
May 20•Corbin K. Barthold

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Free Speech Future: Episode III – Cycles of Censorship: Emerging Technologies
What the history of tech censorship — from video games to social media — can teach us about our current moment. What worked, what didn’t, and where we…
Published on Expression•May 12

Epistemic Quagmires
AI outputs are protected by the First Amendment. My explanation is so compelling that you cannot possibly disagree.
May 5•Corbin K. Barthold

Even Revolutionary AI Is Protected by The First Amendment
The First Amendment has weathered anarchists, communists, and panic-driven precedent; it can weather the chatbots, too.
Published on The Bedrock Principle•Apr 27

A Black Hole of a Book
It shouldn’t have been like this.
Mar 26•Corbin K. Barthold

Empires of Debt
We can talk about our fiscal taboo. We just can’t do anything about it.
Feb 6•Corbin K. Barthold

Francis Fukuyama Understood Liberalism’s Flaws All Too Well
The analysis in “The End of History” endures. The grand theory, not so much.
Jan 22•Corbin K. Barthold

Can You Trust Mark Meador?
The FTC remains politicized. One commissioner is leading the way—when it suits him.
Jan 19•Corbin K. Barthold

Calm Down About the Kids
“Speaking as a parent,” I end the year with some words of reason about teens and technology.
Dec 29, 2025•Corbin K. Barthold

Books for Serious People
The best stuff I read in 2025.
Dec 22, 2025•Corbin K. Barthold

Tech Progress in Weimar America
Brooding thoughts and a preview of my next article.
Nov 5, 2025•Corbin K. Barthold

Rage Against the Rage Against the Machine
My latest book review.
Oct 1, 2025•Corbin K. Barthold