Editor’s Pick

Alex Nowrasteh My recent posts about politically motivated terrorist killings in the United States revealed surprising findings. There are a few politically motivated killings; Islamist terrorists are still the deadliest,…

Tad DeHaven and Nathan Miller Over the weekend, President Donald Trump’s eulogy at conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial service unfortunately spun off into a politically charged airing of grievances. After…

Patrick G. Eddington On September 22, President Trump issued his long-threatened executive order (EO) designating an idea—antifascism, known by its shorthand version, Antifa—a “domestic terrorist organization.”  Yes, on the surface,…

Matthew Cavedon This month, the Cato Institute joined an amicus curiae brief filed with the US Supreme Court, arguing that the GEO Group should not be allowed a pretrial appeal…

Michael F. Cannon Many critiques of US health care begin with the assumption that, as The Economist put it, the United States is “one of the only developed countries where…

Chris Edwards The $7 trillion federal budget includes 2,623 benefit and subsidy programs, according to a newly updated federal website. Most budget discussions focus on the huge size of federal…

Evan Sankey North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has named his price for engaging with the Trump administration. In a speech to his parliament on Sunday, he said, “If the US…

David J. Bier President Trump is imposing a $100,000 fee to obtain an H‑1B visa, the primary visa for skilled foreign workers. To be clear, this $100,000 fee is in…

Walter Olson Number fifteen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “It sure looks like the Civil Rights Division is trying to do what the Pence-Kobach…

Michael F. Cannon Blue states are learning that it’s sometimes better if public health doesn’t come from the national government. The New York Times reports: New York and several other…