Jeffrey Miron The United States currently recognizes eleven federal holidays: Independence Day (1870), Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents’ Day) (1879), Christmas (1885), New Year’s (1885), Labor Day (1894),...
Jeffrey A. Singer A December 12 report in the UK Independent implies Elon Musk thinks most homeless people are “violent drug zombies with dead eyes, and needles...
Mike Fox Carrying large amounts of cash is not a crime in the United States. But tell that to Stephen Lara, a Marine Corps combat veteran who was...
George Selgin Having questioned, in a previous post, some proclaimed benefits of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and specifically the claim that building such a reserve would strengthen...
David J. Bier This is the five-minute spoken summary of my written testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee’s December 10, 2024, hearing, titled “Given the Green...
Erec Smith This blog is part of a series on technology innovation and free expression. In all likelihood, President-elect Trump will repeal Biden’s Executive Orders (EOs) on...
Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than at any time during...
Marc Joffe The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a promising adjunct to the second Trump administration that proposes to identify and root out billions or...
Michael F. Cannon I submitted the following recommendations to the “Department of Government Efficiency,” a private-sector organization that will advise President-elect Donald Trump on how to reduce...
Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne Shortly after winning the 2024 election, President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a parastatal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by Elon...