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Jeffrey A. Singer ProPublica has released a detailed report about the controversy surrounding the shaken baby syndrome hypothesis. Reporter Pamela Colloff chronicles the travails of Nick Flannery, an IT specialist…

Michael F. Cannon A while back, after several conversations with Ezra Klein that afforded me a window into how his mind works, I made this prediction: I have sensed this…

Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia As part of the Cato Institute Report to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), we submitted the following recommendations to address the looming Social Security…

Clark Neily Imagine you were operating a shark-diving charter boat in Florida and came across a long fishing line that you believed to be the work of poachers. You haul…

Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than at any time during the prior few…

Robert A. Levy On a fairly regular basis, Americans are warned that the federal government may no longer be able to meet its legal obligations if the debt ceiling isn’t…

Tad DeHaven Greenfield investment occurs when a foreign company establishes (or expands) a business in the US. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) in the US are acquisitions. However, the “US…

Colleen Hroncich Second and third graders designing affordable housing that a family now lives in? That sounds too impressive to be true, but that’s what can happen when children are…

Robert A. Levy The incoming administration seems poised to exercise an array of controversial executive powers. Here are some of the legal considerations. Can the president impose tariffs without congressional approval?…

Matthew Cavedon In a December 18 amicus brief to the Supreme Court regarding Cunningham v. Baltimore County, the Cato Institute argued that a lower court was wrong to apply qualified…