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Building “Trump Class” Naval Ships “Is a Terrible Idea”
US Has the Most Progressive Tax System in the Developed World
Treasury Should Tread Lightly When Regulating New Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Life and Liberty: A Libertarian Dissent Against Assisted Suicide
Mayor Mamdani’s “Collectivism” Is No Slip of the Tongue—It’s About Force, Coercion
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Benjamin Giltner Over the holidays, President Trump announced that the US Navy would begin building a new class of battleship, unsurprisingly called the “Trump...
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Sensing the dangers of tyranny by the majority, John C. Calhoun developed the doctrine of the concurrent majority which served to limit the powers...
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The operation is launched and the “objectives” are quickly reached. Or so they claim. But then it all falls apart. We become poorer as...
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Adam N. Michel The United States places an unusually heavy share of the tax burden on higher earners. You wouldn’t know this from hearing...
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Dr. Peter Klein explains why truly “liberating the American university” means cutting all state ownership, funding, and regulation—not just tweaking DEI programs or research...
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Colleen Hroncich Last year, Congress created a federal tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) that help families choose the best educational options...
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Matthew Cavedon My Cato colleague Dr. Jeffrey Singer recently endorsed New York’s pending legalization of Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). While his perspective reflects...
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Inflation does more than just force up prices. It destroys the wealth-producing process, especially with young people who are prevented from acquiring the same...
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As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable...
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Benjamin Giltner Yesterday, the House of Representative voted on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which determines the authorized funds for next year’s defense budget. A...
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In the new Ken Burns documentary, an old myth—held by the left and right—is repeated: that chaos led to the need for the Constitution...