Romina Boccia Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which would unfairly increase benefits...
Jeffrey Miron A common critique of marijuana legalization asserts that marijuana use causes mental illness. Numerous studies document a correlation between use and conditions such...
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published three new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: “The Trade Balance and Winning at Trade,” by Andreas Freytag and...
Kayla Susalla During the October 1 vice-presidential debate, when asked about holding parents accountable for mass shootings in schools, Sen. JD Vance (R‑OH) responded,...
Thomas A. Berry and Nathaniel Lawson Chief Justice John Marshall famously stated in Marbury v. Madison (1803) that “[i]t is emphatically the province and duty...
Jeffrey A. Singer Three years after its first‐in‐the‐nation drug decriminalization measure (Measure 110) went into effect, Oregon’s lawmakers are poised to re‐criminalize possessing and...
David Kemp and Peter Van Doren One year ago, a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio causing a leak of hazardous chemicals and a large fire....
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Congress designated $12 trillion as emergency spending over the last 30 years, according to our recent policy analysis. That’s equal...
Jeffrey A. Singer Last weekend, Senate negotiators announced a bipartisan compromise on a supplemental spending package that will create tougher immigration and asylum laws aimed at addressing...
Walter Olson Donald Trump’s ongoing claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him occupy a curious position in our current political discourse. They...
Scott Lincicome Last Friday’s Department of Energy (DOE) move to temporarily pause pending requests to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) outside the United States...
Jennifer J. Schulp Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized new rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). SPACs are formed...