The Cult of the Presidency: 2024 Edition
Gene Healy The pivotal moment in the September 10 debate came roughly 28 minutes in when Vice President Kamala Harris successfully baited the world’s most baitable man. If you attend a Trump…
Happy Yeltsin Supermarket Day!
Scott Lincicome Thirty-five years ago today, Boris Yeltsin, then a newly elected member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where…
Trump’s 2020 Stolen Election Claims Are Wrong on the Merits
Walter Olson Donald Trump is back to saying the 2020 election was stolen from him, and his followers regularly echo these claims. It’s therefore helpful to keep on hand one…
The Misguided Antitrust Investigations in AI
Jennifer Huddleston In early September, news of possible Department of Justice (DoJ) subpoenas indicated that the agency is escalating its investigation into antitrust claims against chipmaker Nvidia. Some critics, both…
Immigrant Population Is Still One Million Below the Pre-Trump Trend
David J. Bier New numbers from the Census Bureau’s mini-census, the American Community Survey (ACS), show that the immigrant population is increasing but is still below the Census Bureau’s projections…
Friday Feature: Regina Caeli Boston
Colleen Hroncich While most children attend school in person Monday through Friday, recent EdChoice polling found that only half of parents would choose that if they had other options. Around…
Professional Development Classes Aren’t Government Speech
Thomas A. Berry and Alexander Khoury Like many states, California requires licensed medical doctors to periodically attend classes known as “continuing medical education” (CME). These courses are taught by private…
Trump, Harris, and All the Wrong Ways to Do Tax Reform
Adam N. Michel Tax policy has taken on an outsized role in this year’s presidential campaign and was mentioned repeatedly in the recent presidential debate. The prominence of tax policy…
Another Adverse Effect of the US-China Trade War
Jeffrey Miron One consequence of misguided government polices is a smaller economic pie, i.e., reduced economic efficiency. A different, but under-discussed consequence, is arbitrary redistribution. A recent paper illustrates: Our…
Fiscal Accountability and Enhancing the CBO’s Role in Preventing a US Debt Crisis
Romina Boccia Transparency and accessibility of information about federal spending are critical for equipping citizens to hold their representatives accountable. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) serves a crucial function in…