Editor's Pick
My Year’s Worth of Election Law Writing
Walter Olson Following my 2024 and 2022 examples, I’ve compiled this catalog of my writings, televised panels, and podcasts since...
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Friday Feature: City of Fountains
Colleen Hroncich When Daniela Hindman moved to Kansas City, one of the first things she did was look for a...
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A “Mess” Compared to What, Mr. Cass?
Ryan Bourne In a New York Times essay just before Christmas, American Compass’s Oren Cass once again blasted economists for refusing...
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A Speaker-less House Does Not Stop the Presidential Transition
Andy Craig As we head into a second Trump presidency, there’s no shortage of speculation about potential constitutional crises. One...
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State VRAs Bring Problems of Their Own
Walter Olson The federal Voting Rights Act can be viewed, in part, as implementing the Fifteenth Amendment’s ban on denying...
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Nippon Steel and the “National Security” Hoax
Scott Lincicome Today, President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel on the grounds that “there is...
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New Defending Globalization Content: Globalization and Women and Economists’ Changing Views on Trade and Development
Scott Lincicome Earlier this week, we published two new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: “Globalization Helps Women Thrive,” by...
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The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: December 2024
Andrew Gillen Note: This post updates last month’s post, and given recent developments will be the last monthly update. The biggest...
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Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Hypothesis That Keeps Sending Innocent People to Prison
Jeffrey A. Singer ProPublica has released a detailed report about the controversy surrounding the shaken baby syndrome hypothesis. Reporter Pamela...
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Ezra Klein’s Conversion to Libertarianism Proceeds Apace
Michael F. Cannon A while back, after several conversations with Ezra Klein that afforded me a window into how his...
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