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David J. Bier I just had a disturbing conversation with a green card holder—a legal permanent resident of the United...

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It’s Tax Day—Here’s How Washington Spent Your Money

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Dominik Lett It’s officially Tax Day. Time to take stock. The federal government spent $7.1 trillion in 2024. Tax dollars...

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“Once Jews and Muslims Were Best Friends. They Can Be Again”

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Mustafa Akyol On March 30, 2025, I had the pleasure of visiting the Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, for a...

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I’m Saying Goodbye to the Cato Daily Podcast

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Caleb O. Brown After almost 18 years and well over 4,000 episodes, I’m ending my time as host of the Cato...

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Making Medicine Cost More Won’t Make America Healthy Again

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Jeffrey A. Singer Last week, President Donald Trump told a National Republican Congressional Committee audience that he intends to impose...

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New Poll: Americans Want Congress to Pair Tax Cuts with Spending Cuts

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Adam N. Michel As Congress debates how to extend the expiring 2017 Trump tax cuts, a new poll from the...

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Depicting K-12 Productivity, Continued

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Neal McCluskey Last month I wrote about creating an updated K‑12 productivity chart. The difficulty of any chart is balancing ease...

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Leland B. Yeager on the Case for Free Trade

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James A. Dorn Free market economist Leland Yeager. (Photo: X, Twitter) In 1954, the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation published a small...

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81 Percent Say They Can’t Afford to Pay Higher Taxes Next Year

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Emily Ekins and Hunter Johnson 53 Percent Say Congress Should Not Let the Tax Cuts Expire; 59 Percent Favor Repealing...

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In New Orders, Trump Targets Foes of His Stolen-Election Claims

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