David J. Bier Donald Trump has portrayed his immigration policies as good for public safety. He said this month that he had the “safest” immigration policy in history. However, data…
Clark Neily Chip Mellor (December 31, 1950 – October 11, 2024), cofounder of the Institute for Justice. (Photo: Institute for Justice website) My friend and former boss at the Institute…
Andy Craig At his rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Donald Trump offered an aside to Speaker Mike Johnson about a “little secret” concerning the election and the House of…
Jeffrey Miron To a first approximation, economic policies target one of two objectives: efficiency (growing the economic pie) or redistribution (reallocating the economic pie). Alas, most politicians favor the latter,…
James A. Dorn In October 1994, I was a visiting scholar at Fudan University in Shanghai. During my stay, I gave a series of lectures and received the Chinese edition…
Marc Joffe Aerial view of the So-Fi stadium in Los Angeles in 2021, and behind it, a view of the Forum. The SoFi is an entertainment complex located in Inglewood,…
Daniel Raisbeck “In a telephone call Friday [September 20] with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Maduro warned about the ‘hiring of mercenaries to invade the country.’” So reported France 24 last…
Jeffrey Miron The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the tax rate on corporate income from 35% to 21%. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to raise the rate…
Colleen Hroncich “Are they waving Terrible Towels?” I wondered for a minute when I attended my first National School Choice Week event in 2018. As a lifelong Steelers fan, that’s…
Chris Edwards Next year, the new president will face budget deficits and interest costs spiraling upwards. He or she will need to find spending to cut. How about all the waste…