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Michael F. Cannon The New York Times has a fun article on the absurdity of the income tax. Superficially, of course, it is about greedy MAHA Republicans bending the tax…

Jeffrey A. Singer Governor Andy Beshear (D‑KY), a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, told an audience of supporters yesterday that Democrats need to eschew “politically correct” language and “speak like…

Colleen Hroncich “We don’t want to be the only school that you ever go to,” says Margaret Creighton, President and CEO of Positive Tomorrows, a school and social services agency…

Chris Edwards We recently examined data on public corruption and noted that 80 to 90 percent of all corruption convictions result from federal prosecutions. The states appear to do little…

Jai Kedia The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released price index data for June. Unfortunately, tariff defenders are drawing incorrect conclusions from this data. For instance, Vice President Vance…

Jeffrey A. Singer, Akiva Malamet, and Terence Kealey Last month, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced a new initiative: the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) program. These non-monetary vouchers,…

David J. Bier This testimony was delivered July 15, 2025, at a joint hearing of the Homeland Security Committee subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability and the Subcommittee on Border…

Thomas A. Berry Suing the government is expensive work. That’s why federal law authorizes the “prevailing party” in a civil rights suit against the government to request attorneys’ fees. But…

Jeffrey A. Singer Chapter 10 of Your Body, Your Health Care covers tobacco harm reduction by exploring various nicotine delivery systems that are safer than combustible tobacco, which causes the…

Alfredo Carrillo Obregon and Clark Packard Last week, President Trump announced the United States was imposing a 50 percent “national security” tariff on copper imports. Details are sparse, but Bloomberg…