Editor’s Pick

Michael F. Cannon That sentence (headline), which appears in a report Rep. Chip Roy (R‑TX) issued this week, is the wisest, most responsible sentence I have seen from a member…

Patrick G. Eddington It’s rare for a sitting federal chief executive to unilaterally order a mass declassification of historical records. Yesterday, President Trump did exactly that via an executive order…

Jeremy Horpedahl Economics is a powerful set of tools for analysis. It’s also a set of tools that illustrates the idiom that a little knowledge can be dangerous. A clear…

Colin Grabow As the Biden administration readied its exit last week, the US Trade Representative’s office released a report that found China’s subsidies and other market-distorting measures targeted at various maritime industries…

Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The California wildfires have been devastating—not only in their human and environmental toll but in their mounting economic costs. In contrast to the typical federal…

Michael F. Cannon If you’ve never listened to the Tradeoffs podcast, this episode would be a good place to start. It’s a 25-minute look into why so many people think…

Alex Nowrasteh Shortly after being inaugurated, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to restrict birthright citizenship. The only authority he invoked for redefining some features of birthright citizenship…

Thomas A. Berry Are you graduating from law school this year, or have you graduated from law school in roughly the past three years? Do you want to write briefs…

In the last quarter of 2024, semiconductors have been walking a tightrope between tariff fears and supply chain uncertainties. Geopolitical tensions between the US and China cast a long shadow…

Jeffrey Miron A long-standing concern about immigration is that it might reduce job opportunities for native workers: In 1882, the US government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned laborers…