Editor’s Pick

Michael F. Cannon On October 24 and 25, 2025, the Cato Institute will host its third Cato Health Policy Workshop, a paper workshop for master’s and PhD candidates on topics relating…

Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Christine Marsden Under the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may grant a special waiver to the state of California to…

Jeffrey A. Singer Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., hosted Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, who announced today they will order the phase-out of petroleum-based…

Caleb O. Brown I have no memory of this story, but my cousin Laura says it occurred.  I was fifteen and visiting family in Rapid City, South Dakota. Laura asked…

Colin Grabow Earlier this month, President Trump paused his “Liberation Day” tariffs, citing an alleged desire from over 75 (unnamed) countries to launch negotiations on a range of trade-related issues.…

Chris Edwards Many American cities have corruption problems—from Chicago and New York to Scranton and Harrisburg. In these cities, politicians and bureaucrats abuse their discretionary powers over licensing, permitting, zoning,…

Roger Pilon I am saddened to report that my good friend James L. Swanson died of a rare form of brain cancer yesterday in his hometown of Chicago. He was…

Mike Fox Two hundred and fifty years ago, the boom of muskets at Lexington and Concord ignited a revolution. The “shot heard round the world” led to the founding law…

Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is rapidly spending its political capital and attacking the courts by deporting noncriminals to El Salvador. In its zeal to speed deportations and close the…

George Selgin The newly published book by Cato Senior Fellow George Selgin, False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947, is a definitive history of the United…