Overriding the Governor’s Veto, Vermont Lawmakers Expand Access to Overdose Prevention Centers
Jeffrey A. Singer Church Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont. Yesterday, June 17, a bipartisan supermajority of Vermont lawmakers overrode Governor Phil Scott’s veto of H.72, authorizing an overdose prevention center pilot…
British Columbia Should Legalize, Not Recriminalize, Drugs
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter In January 2023, British Columbia decriminalized possession of small amounts of some drugs. Last month, the province recriminalized possession in public spaces. This is a mistake.…
Six Questions on Donald Trump’s Conviction
Walter Olson On May 30 a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records with the intent of concealing a crime. Of the major legal proceedings against Donald Trump…
Digital Currency or Digital Control Is Out Now!
Nicholas Anthony The Cato Institute has officially published my first book, Digital Currency or Digital Control? Decoding CBDC and the Future of Money. The book offers a one‐stop shop to get…
ORBCOMM enhances its managed network offering with next-generation OGx IoT service
Innovative network will enable more powerful and cost-effective IoT solutions, laying the foundation for systems integrators and IoT solution providers to address new markets. ORBCOMM today announced the enrichment of…
Resisting the Brave New Culture
Murray Rothbard noted that the culture wars are not the result of conservative intransigence but rather of progressive elites’ insistence on forcing new cultural rules on people who don’t want…
Another Study Shows Nicotine E-Cigarettes Help Smokers to Quit
Jeffrey A. Singer Finnish researchers published the results of a randomized controlled trial in today’s JAMA Internal Medicine, comparing varenicline (Chantix) to nicotine e‑cigarettes in helping tobacco smokers quit smoking. The…
How automated testing can reduce time to market and associated costs
Testing is one of the most crucial steps in software development. It is, therefore, evident that automating this process can significantly improve the process. In particular, it can reduce time…
A Critique of Latin American Neocons
While neoconservativism as we know it has US origins, one of its versions is alive and well south of our border. Unfortunately, neoconservatism has made inroads in Latin America.
A Cato Plan to Cut Tax Rates to Near 100-Year Low
Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The law included wide‐ranging reforms that simplified and cut taxes for Americans at…