Walter Olson Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has used presidential power, both lawfully and otherwise, to overawe many of the alternative power centers in American society, from…
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Stephen Slivinski There are a few safe bets on outrageous online reactions to proposed government policies. Unhinged hyperventilation over very modest proposals to sell federal land seems to be one…
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Emily Ekins and Hunter Johnson As open military strikes erupt between Israel and Iran, Americans are not ready for another war in the Middle East. Put simply: Americans are exhausted.…
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Jeffrey A. Singer The Food and Drug Administration approved a new injectable drug on June 18 that provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, requiring individuals to take it only twice…
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Tariff Advocates Rarely Talk About Consumers, the Linchpin of Capitalism and Freedom
Michael Chapman Politicians who support tariffs and other forms of government intervention in the economy frequently emphasize reshoring, trade deficits, cheap imports, and national security, but they rarely talk about…
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Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is considering American intervention on the side of Israel in its war against Iran. My colleagues have persuasively written that US intervention is unjustified. But…
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Jai Kedia Politicians love to blame the Fed when the economy goes south, and recent weeks have been an exception only in the delivery of that blame. It’s much harsher…
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Jeffrey Miron Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, recently fired all seventeen members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), replacing them with…
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Social Security’s Unfunded Obligation Now at $28 Trillion: It’s Time to Rethink the Program
Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia The Social Security Trustees released their annual report today—and the outlook is bleak. The program is barreling toward insolvency—and fast. The trust fund is projected…
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New Report Analyzing Meta’s Oversight Board Finds Mixed Impact in Advancing Free Expression
David Inserra I recently published a working paper that examines the effectiveness of Meta’s Oversight Board in driving pro-expression norms and principles by analyzing over 100 Board cases. Overall, I…