David Boaz The Libertarian Party presidential nominating convention is coming up this weekend, with Donald Trump as a featured speaker. This is apparently the first time in US...
Chris Edwards School choice reforms are spreading across the nation. Governments in 33 states are now providing financial support for private schooling through 80 different programs, as...
Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp After the Senate voted with bipartisan support last week to reject SAB 121, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting rule that...
Nicholas Anthony Over a year ago, Rep. Tom Emmer (R‑MN) introduced a bill intended to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). Today, that...
Norbert Michel In recent years, national conservatives (natcons) have complained that a blind adherence to free‐market philosophy has hollowed out the middle class and all but ruined America....
Nicholas Anthony and Jeffrey A. Singer America has increasingly moved in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption (Figure 1), but the shadow of prohibition still hangs over even...
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The United States has been experiencing remarkable economic growth, even as debt and deficits soar to unprecedented heights. The economy has benefitted...
Walter Olson In testimony before a House committee, a Republican witness recently cited as credible claims by researcher James Agresti that “10% to 27% of non‐citizens are illegally registered...
David Kemp The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a rule imposing new carbon dioxide emissions controls on fossil fuel power plants. The rule requires that all coal...
Adam N. Michel I recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the importance of personal savings and how poorly designed tax systems and social welfare programs...