Assessing JD Vance: Votes Not Vibes
Gene Healy I am reliably informed that the Republican Party’s 2024 vice-presidential nominee, Ohio senator JD Vance, is not a libertarian. Given the standard set by Mike Pence, Paul Ryan,…
Universal School Choice in Arizona: Not a Giveaway to the Rich
Neal McCluskey There has been a revolution in school choice over the past few years. After decades of slowly creating programs focused on students from low-income families, with disabilities, or…
Does Capturing Drug Kingpins Reduce Violence?
Jeffrey Miron The United States recently arrested two Mexican drug kingpins. Will this reduce violence or generate other beneficial effects? According to a recent Cato Research Brief, just the opposite:…
Watergate-era “reforms” made the Federal government even stronger
The Watergate scandal spurred a number of “reforms” that were allegedly designed to make the federal government “more responsive.” Yet, these reforms did little other than increase federal power.
Taking Back Economics Education
The Lessons for the Young Economist video series is the antidote to public school economics education.
Princeton Historian: Just Get Over Watergate Already!
Today is the 50th anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who left office because of his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Ryan McMaken has found some published thoughts…
US Citizens Were 80.2 Percent of Crossers with Fentanyl at Ports of Entry from 2019 to 2024
David J. Bier Many people wrongly believe that immigration is critical to the illicit supply of fentanyl in the United States. However, proponents of this view have offered little more…
Commerce’s Mistaken Decision to Continue Vietnam’s Nonmarket Economy Status
Clark Packard Late last week, the US Department of Commerce announced that it had denied Vietnam’s petition to change its status to a market economy from a “nonmarket economy” for…
Telit Cinterion Enables Next-Generation Cellular LPWA Deployments on AT&T with the ME310M1 IoT Module
Featuring the latest generation of Sony Semiconductor Israel’s (Sony) ALT1350 chipset, the Telit Cinterion ME310M1 opens new opportunities for IoT deployments AT&T approval enables device OEMs, application developers and enterprises…
The bait-and-switch behind post-Watergate “reforms”
The Watergate scandal spurred a number of “reforms” that ostensibly were implemented in order to make the federal government “more responsive” to the wishes of the people. Not surprisingly, these…