Editor’s Pick

Jeffrey A. Singer In September 2023, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel informed the agency that, 50 years after the FDA certified phenylephrine hydrochloride as a safe and effective…

Alex Nowrasteh My colleagues and I have spent much time addressing the arguments raised by those who favor further restricting legal immigration to the United States. Our research on terrorism,…

Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Libertarians believe that drug prohibition is costly and ineffective. Prohibition encourages violence, since participants in banned activities cannot use legal, peaceful means to resolve disputes. Moreover,…

Chris Edwards In 2025, the new Congress and incoming Trump administration should reassess the sprawling 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which handed out vast subsidies for green energy. One reason…

Colin Grabow Only weeks after the release of a new study quantifying the high cost of Buy American Act protectionism, the Biden administration has decided the law isn’t protectionist enough.…

David J. Bier Among the rampant absurdities about immigration that spread from both the obscure and prominent corners of the Internet, the idea that the Biden administration was “importing” voters…

Justin Logan The Washington foreign-policy establishment, working in concert with the Europeans, has been trying for years to “Trump-proof” both endless US aid to Ukraine and endless US dominance of…

Jeffrey A. Singer As philosopher Jessica Flanigan pointed out in her book Pharmaceutical Freedom, autonomous adults have the fundamental right to self-medicate. Michael Cannon and I wrote in our white…

Michael Chapman Many Western leaders, such as President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, say NATO expansion, including membership for Ukraine, is vital to Europe’s collective security. But…

Emma Hopp On October 6, Brazil held its municipal elections. Over 150 million citizens—a number that is roughly 40 percent of the population of the US—were eligible to vote for…