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Pope Leo, in Magnifica Humanitas, opposes AI because it further empowers the few who are enormously rich at the expense of the many and...
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Trump is trapped in a genuinely difficult situation as he tries to reach a deal with Iran. But it is a crisis of his...
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Jeffrey Miron Since September 2025, the United States has conducted dozens of military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against vessels allegedly engaged...
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Travis Fisher and David M. Simon Since the days of powdered wigs, so-called experts have predicted that economic growth would soon collide with hard...
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James Bacchus (Getty Images) This much can be said about the latest gambit by President Donald Trump and his trade team in their persistent...
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Jennifer Huddleston (Getty Images) House Representatives Jay Obernolte (R‑CA) and Lori Trahan (D‑MA) introduced a 300-page draft bill to establish a framework for the...
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The current free-for-all in Division I NCAA sports is not the product of a free market, but rather is chaos being imposed by the...
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Patrick G. Eddington Sometimes, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DoJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will let slip in court filings things...
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The current free-for-all in Division I NCAA sports is not the product of a free market, but rather is chaos being imposed by the...
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Adam N. Michel After July 4, Trump Accounts will start accepting contributions. These new investment accounts are available to American children, and kids born...
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Andrew Gillen In April, we released a report highlighting reforms that would both save taxpayers money and improve higher education, and we are delighted...
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The contemporary school system operates as a direct administrative descendant of the nineteenth-century Prussian factory model.
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A new golden age would begin with the elimination of the worst tax.
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David J. Bier President Trump reposted one of our charts today, saying Cato “hates TRUMP” but “can’t hide the facts.” To be clear, we...
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Dan Greenberg I am grateful that Pam Bondi is no longer the attorney general of the United States. Her refusal to abide by the...
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Solveig Singleton and Ryan Chan-Wei Open banking refers to arrangements in which financial service providers, such as banks, with their customers’ consent, share their...