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Although minarchists claim to support a “limited” state, the question is, “How limited?” As we already know, even so-called limited states always grow beyond...
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“It Was Like Someone Was Stealing Money from the Cookie Jar and They Kept Refilling It”
Pardoning Hernández—Where’s the Logic?
Trump’s Venezuela Gambit: An Incoherent Encore in a Failed Drug War
New Data Prove DHS Lied About Cato Report on ICE
Peak Human by Cato’s Johan Norberg Ranked Among “Best Books of 2025” by The Economist
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Michael F. Cannon The “fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota,” reports the New York Times, “was staggering in its scale and brazenness.” Dozens of Minnesotans...
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Walter Olson President Donald Trump continues to use his pardon powers in remarkable ways. Now he has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández,...
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Jeffrey A. Singer With Secretary of War Pete Hegseth embroiled in controversy over the extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers operating a small, short-range...
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A non-exhaustive review of government spending over the last quarter century.
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David J. Bier Last week, I published data leaked from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that 73 percent of individuals booked into...
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Michael Chapman Among its best books of 2025, The Economist selected Peak Human, What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden...
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Romina Boccia Ending the government shutdown restored benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but it also highlighted a broader issue in welfare...
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Dr. Timothy Terrell explains how the federal government’s vast land holdings breed crowding, decay, and wildfire risk—and why returning land to private owners, guided...
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Dr. David Gordon explains why the leading philosophical defenses of taxation collapse, and why natural rights still say taxation is theft.
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Having been battle-tested on Palestinian civilians, the UAVs are now being used to surveil protesters across the US.
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Otto von Bismarck said, “Laws are like sausages, it’s better not to see them made.” Look too closely, people would recognize that the republic...