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Walter Olson Southern Poverty Law Center. Montgomery, Alabama. In April, the US Department of Justice brought an indictment against the...

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This Friday: My Debate Over Social Security’s Future with Brookings’ Primus

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August 12, 2026

Romina Boccia On August 14, the 91st anniversary of the Social Security Act, I’ll debate Wendell Primus of the Brookings...

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No More Judicial Rubber-Stamping of Gun Laws

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Clark Neily (Getty Images) A federal district court ruled last week that key provisions of the National Firearms Act—including the registration...

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Economic Liberty Begins Where Government Privilege Ends

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Paul Meany (Getty Images) Classical liberals stress that all are equal before the law. Although liberals have disagreed about countless...

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Paul Krugman: US Health Care Is Already Socialist

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Michael F. Cannon Economist Paul Krugman. (Getty Images) I’ve crossed swords with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on health care....

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Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?

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Adam N. Michel (Getty Images) The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) propose new spending that could more than triple federal...

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The White House’s Secret AI Testing Framework Threatens Trust and Innovation

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Juan Londoño (Getty Images) On August 4, Axios reported that the highly anticipated update of the White House framework for voluntary...

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CBO: New Highway Bill Has More Spending, Taxes, and Deficits

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David Ditch (Getty Images) Congress is preparing to bail out the federal highway program once again without paying for it....

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Programs Fail in Many Ways

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Chris Edwards Congress is vastly overspending, and federal debt is rising by $2 trillion a year. Without major spending reforms,...

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More on the New Jersey Voter Registration Fiasco

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