Colleen Hroncich While any misuse of taxpayer funds is concerning, the isolated cases involving Education Savings Accounts highlighted in recent reporting must be viewed in the proper context. Arizona’s Empowerment…
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Colin Grabow Earlier this month, The Hill published an op-ed I wrote about the dangers of the protectionist BOOTS Act, a recently introduced bill that would forbid members of the…
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Trusted Abroad, Blocked at Home: Why Americans Need a Passport for Proven Medicines
Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco Earlier this month, STAT News published an opinion piece we wrote about the drug domperidone, an anti-nausea medication that may also help with breastfeeding.…
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The Federal Government Is Losing Its Monopoly Over Scientific Truth: Lessons From the ACIP COVID Vaccine Debate
Jeffrey A. Singer Last June, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dissolved the 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease…
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John Mueller For a settlement or ceasefire of the war in Ukraine to take place, those involved have to work out two “security guarantees.” There has been endless, but vague,…
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Latest Education Survey: Good News for Private Choice, Bad for Public Schooling, Sobering for Ending Fed Ed
Neal McCluskey Every year, PDK International, a professional education association, conducts a survey gauging the American public’s views on various education issues. This year’s installment has some encouraging news for…
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Stephen Slivinski Maybe you’re like me and you stick around until the end of the movie credits. (Or maybe you’re normal?) Sometimes it’s a key part of the experience—Marvel films…
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Abouammo v. United States Brief: The Government Can Prosecute Crimes Only in the Districts Where They Happen
Matthew Cavedon The federal government’s plea for effectively unbounded prosecutorial forum shopping is incompatible with the original meaning of the Constitution’s provisions limiting venue. Details of the case are presented…
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Trump Shouldn’t Cook the Books at the BLS, But It Doesn’t Matter as Much as You Think
Alex Nowrasteh and Adam N. Michel President Donald Trump recently fired Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after the agency released unexpectedly weak job growth figures, accusing her of…
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Alexander Xenos The First Step Act of 2018 has been hailed as the most significant criminal justice reform bill in a generation. The overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation addressed disparities that plagued…