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Clark Packard Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made headlines last week when she called rising fertilizer prices an “overarching economic pending disaster” before...
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Jeffrey Miron New research uses regional per capita tax burdens in 1780s France to examine the relationship between tax burdens and rioting. It finds...
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Andrew Gillen With federal deficits at high and unsustainable levels, there is an urgent need to find ways to cut federal spending. Fortunately, new...
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Jeffrey A. Singer Two recent Wall Street Journal editorials argue that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “inexplicable” rejection of RP1, an immunotherapy for melanoma, may cost...
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The anti-meat movement has influenced government policy well beyond anything close to the truth about meat. From the discredited food pyramid to government funding...
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Faced with a decrease in the supply of crude oil—due to state intervention—the price increases to discourage consumption while simultaneously promoting increased production and/or...
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The anti-meat movement has influenced government policy well beyond anything close to the truth about meat. From the discredited food pyramid to government funding...
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Dominik Lett Republicans are preparing to spend up to $140 billion on immigration enforcement through reconciliation. Leadership claims that offsets are not needed because...
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Patrick G. Eddington In a long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case currently before Judge James Boasberg, on April 15, 2026, the Federal Bureau...
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Brent Skorup In 2029, a Democratic president declares a climate emergency. She doesn’t go to Congress. She doesn’t issue new regulations through the EPA....
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President Trump is not only angering Iranians and most of Europe. He also is making new enemies in both North and South America. Perhaps...