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What Do We Get for Federal Transportation Security Spending?
24 april 2017 · 18 min
Each layer of transportation security should be evaluated for its cost and contribution. John Mueller comments on which layers of security spending give us the biggest and smallest improvement. Lees meer
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Fixing Elements of Medical Malpractice with Contract
21 april 2017 · 20 min
Typical medical malpractice reform efforts are aimed at lowering costs for physicians, but what if many problems associated with medical malpractice could be handled via contract? Walter Olson explains. Lees meer
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To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police
20 april 2017 · 28 min
Policing in America has often become insular and adversarial toward the communities police are supposed to protect and serve. Norm Stamper discusses his new book, To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police. Lees meer
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The Playground Fight: Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley
19 april 2017 · 12 min
In Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley, the Supreme Court considers to what extent a government giving used tires to a church playground can constitute a state establishment of religion. Trevor Burrus comments. Lees meer
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The Politics of Perfection: Technology and Creation in Literature and Film
19 april 2017 · 27 min
What does pop culture have to tell us about our own hopes and fears about technology? Kimberly Hurd Hale is author of The Politics of Perfection: Technology and Creation in Literature and Film. Lees meer
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The Drive to Mandate Paid Family Leave
18 april 2017 · 11 min
What can federally mandated unpaid family leave tell us about the likely impacts of a proposed mandate for paid family leave? Vanessa Brown Calder comments. Lees meer
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The Welfare of Nations
14 april 2017 · 14 min
What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? James Bartholomew is the author of The Welfare of Nations. Lees meer
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Homeland Security Wants Drones That Recognize Your Face
13 april 2017 · 8 min
The Department of Homeland Security wants border drones that can recognize faces and track individuals over long distances. Matthew Feeney discusses the implications for liberty and privacy. Lees meer
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Should The Feds Put Social Security into Stocks?
12 april 2017 · 8 min
Putting Social Security revenues into the stock market and giving the feds control over those investments would be a big mistake. So says Michael Tanner. Lees meer
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Trump’s Grand Nonstrategy?
11 april 2017 · 9 min
What underlies Donald Trump's assault on Syria? Even if it's not a grand strategy, it might indicate a ready willingness to engage in further ill-advised conflict. John Glaser comments. Lees meer
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Russia, Trump, and Bombing Syria
10 april 2017 · 7 min
What does Russia get from backing Bashar al Assad in the face of U.S. throwing bombs at Syria? Emma Ashford comments. Lees meer
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Trump Attacks Syria without Congressional Approval
7 april 2017 · 8 min
President Trump has attacked Syria with apparently no support from Congress or other world leaders. Chris Preble comments. Lees meer
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Federal Dietary Advice and The Case Against Sugar
5 april 2017 · 15 min
Knocking down a scientific hypothesis is easier than knocking down a regulation built upon that hypothesis. Gary Taubes, author of The Case Against Sugar, argues there are big problems in how institutions conduct scientific inquiry today. Lees meer
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Understanding the Urge to Muzzle Campus Speech
4 april 2017 · 22 min
Understanding the apparent surge in attempts to shut down speakers on college campuses is an important task. Steve Simpson of the Ayn Rand Institute offers his analysis. Lees meer
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Regulation at 40
3 april 2017 · 14 min
Regulation Magazine celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The magazine's editor, Peter Van Doren, details some of what we now know thanks to the magazine's continuing run. Lees meer
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Regulation at 40, by Peter Van Doren and Thomas A. Firey.
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Combating the Hurdles and Hoops of Occupational Licensing
31 maart 2017 · 19 min
The mindset of the regulator has overtaken so many professions by imposing licensing, but fighting back requires a strategy to re-engage the judiciary. Clark Neily of the Institute for Justice comments. Lees meer
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The Election in Ecuador & New Fights over Free Trade
30 maart 2017 · 12 min
This week Ecuador could remove President Correa from office. What might that mean for the country? And why are we fighting the same old fights over free trade? Mary Anastasia O'Grady of the Wall Street Journal comments. Lees meer
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Defending Free Speech in Uncertain Times
29 maart 2017 · 18 min
Defending free speech amid cries of "fake news" from the highest levels of government is a unique challenge. Flemming Rose comments. Lees meer
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Lee v. United States and Jury Nullification
28 maart 2017 · 18 min
The Supreme Court takes up Lee v. United States today. The Cato Institute filed a brief in the case regarding the right to and rationality of defendants asking for a jury trial. Tim Lynch comments. Lees meer
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The Smart Way to Repeal ObamaCare
27 maart 2017 · 18 min
How should Congress repeal and replace ObamaCare now that the American Health Care Act has failed? Michael Cannon explains. Lees meer
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The Driverless Cars Are Coming
24 maart 2017 · 12 min
Driverless cars will change where you live, how you work, and will reshape whole industries. And they'll be here before you know it. Randal O'Toole comments. Lees meer
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Trump’s Border Wall Means Seizing Private Land
23 maart 2017 · 8 min
Donald Trump's proposed border wall will require one of the largest seizures of private property in recent American history. Ilya Somin discusses the complicating factors. Lees meer
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Why Have Supreme Court Nomination Hearings?
22 maart 2017 · 8 min
What exactly did the public, much less the Senate, get out of the nomination hearings of Neil Gorsuch? Ilya Shapiro comments. Lees meer
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Clarity on Immigration and Crime Rates
21 maart 2017 · 7 min
How do the crime rates of immigrants compare to native-born Americans? Alex Nowrasteh explains in his new paper, Criminal Immigrants: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin. Lees meer
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The Wikileaks CIA Dump and Domestic Surveillance
20 maart 2017 · 15 min
Do any real safeguards assure that Americans' data isn't being collected by intelligence agencies? The new Wikileaks revelations about CIA hacking tools offer little comfort. Patrick Eddington comments. Lees meer
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A Proposed Cut to HUD
17 maart 2017 · 9 min
The proposed cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development amount to a tiny fraction of total federal welfare spending. Vanessa Brown Calder comments. Lees meer
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Real Regulatory Change Means Changing Statutes
16 maart 2017 · 11 min
Peter Van Doren explains why substantive regulatory change will mean changing statutes, not merely reorganizing the executive branch. Lees meer
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Does Trump Care about Spending Reform?
15 maart 2017 · 8 min
The successful spending reforms of other countries may not yet be on the President's radar. They should be. Dan Mitchell explains. Lees meer
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Unwarranted: Policing without Permission
14 maart 2017 · 13 min
A great deal of government surveillance of Americans is done without a warrant. And asserting your right against such surveillance is often virtually impossible. Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted, comments. Lees meer
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Make Health Insurance Legal Again
13 maart 2017 · 16 min
The focus of reforming health coverage should be to legalize more varieties of it. So says Dr. Jeffrey Singer, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. Lees meer
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End the Federal Prohibition on Marijuana
9 maart 2017 · 16 min
As long as the feds refuse to enforce marijuana laws uniformly across the United States, Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-VA) says it's time to end federal cannabis prohibition. Lees meer
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The Disappointing Replacement Plan for ObamaCare
8 maart 2017 · 21 min
Republicans had the better part of a decade to come up with a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. The House leadership plan retains many of Obamacare's elements. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) comments. Lees meer
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The (Revised and Redacted) Trump Travel Ban
7 maart 2017 · 9 min
The Trump travel ban covering several majority Muslim countries is a slight improvement, but contains many of the same flaws as the original. Alex Nowrasteh explains. Lees meer
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White House Confusion on Wiretapping
7 maart 2017 · 11 min
Julian Sanchez traces the origin and likelihood of a strange claim from the White House of wiretapping by the previous administration. Lees meer
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Regulators of Beer, Regulators of Speech
3 maart 2017 · 28 min
The regulation of alcohol may be antiquated, but sometimes regulators cross into regulating commercial speech. Jim Caruso, CEO of Flying Dog Brewery, talks about regulation of beer and regulation of speech. Lees meer
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How Quality of Care Changes Minds on Obamacare
2 maart 2017 · 12 min
The linchpin of health care reform may be the impact Obamacare has on the quality of care. Michael Cannon and Emily Ekins comment on the law and new polling data on how to reform health care. Lees meer
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Feds Should Focus on Privatization over New Infrastructure Spending
1 maart 2017 · 7 min
President Trump’s massive centrally planned infrastructure proposal misses the mark. Cato’s Chris Edwards argues that Trump should focus on devolving control of assets and privatize many currently public infrastructure projects. Lees meer
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Big Government Conservatism Returns
1 maart 2017 · 6 min
With Donald Trump's plans for big spending on the military, entitlements, and infrastructure, big-government conservatism has returned to Washington. Michael Tanner comments. Lees meer
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Trump Proposes Big Spending at the Pentagon
1 maart 2017 · 12 min
The Pentagon has never really been audited and the strategic focus of our military is scattered, at best. So why increase the military budget? Ben Friedman comments. Lees meer
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Consequences (and Repeal) of the Affordable Care Act
1 maart 2017 · 20 min
What has the Affordable Care Act meant for health insurance coverage? What should repeal look like? Aaron Yelowitz comments. Lees meer
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How Much Does Your Congress Critter Vote to Spend?
27 februari 2017 · 14 min
SpendingTracker.org is a project aimed at giving citizens a clear idea about how much individual members of Congress vote to spend. Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending discusses the project. Lees meer
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If States Don't Play Ball, How Much Cash Can Feds Withhold?
24 februari 2017 · 7 min
Feds often condition federal funds on state government behavior. But how much can the feds withhold if states don't play ball? That may be a critical question as President Trump seeks state help with his immigration plans. Josh Blackman comments. Lees meer
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Trump Pushes Expansive Immigration Enforcement
23 februari 2017 · 11 min
What laws are enabling President Trump's stepped up immigration enforcement? Alex Nowrasteh explains. Lees meer
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Faith, Radicalism, and Islam without Extremes
22 februari 2017 · 17 min
How do Islam and classical liberalism diverge? Can there be a reconciliation? Mustafa Akyol, author of Islam without Extremes, comments. Lees meer
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Damning Words: The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken
21 februari 2017 · 23 min
H. L. Mencken's relationship with religion and religious people was complicated. D. G. Hart is author of Damning Words: The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken. Lees meer
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Obama vs. Trump on Drug War Priorities
20 februari 2017 · 21 min
Sean Dunagan, a former DEA researcher and now with Law Enforcement Action Partnership, discusses the Obama record and Trump Administration plans with respect to the ongoing War on Drugs. Lees meer
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The Left Should Want a Robust First Amendment
16 februari 2017 · 9 min
Massive protests greeted Donald Trump upon his inauguration, but speaking out against the president will require a robust First Amendment. Will the American Left support it? Luke Wachob of the Center for Competitive Politics believes so. Lees meer
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Michael Flynn and the Value/Danger of Selective Intelligence Leaks
15 februari 2017 · 12 min
The departure of Michael Flynn from the Trump Administration reveals more than just the problems of poorly timed phone calls to foreign officials. Julian Sanchez comments. Lees meer
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Stingray: A New Frontier in Police Surveillance
15 februari 2017 · 9 min
Stingrays trick your phone into giving data to the cops. Is that legal? Constitutional? Adam Bates comments. Lees meer
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Bottleneckers: Gaming the Government for Power and Private Profit
13 februari 2017 · 20 min
How do so-called "bottleneckers" restrict competition and harm the public? Dick Carpenter of the Institute for Justice discusses his new book, Bottleneckers. Lees meer
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