Matthew Cavedon World-famous activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by British police right before Christmas. Her alleged offense: holding a sign praising hunger strikers belonging to Palestine Action, a protest group that the United Kingdom’s government recently classified as a terrorist group. British law forbids displaying placards supporting such organizations on pain of being imprisoned for up to six months. But ...
Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Kimberly Coleman Veronica Herrera-Lucha supported four family members by working for Mi Vecino, Inc., a Florida voter registration organization. But in 2023, Florida made her employment illegal. The state enacted Senate Bill 7050, which prohibits noncitizens from “collecting or handling voter registration applications.” The fine for non-compliance is steep; if a noncitizen collects or ...
Patrick G. Eddington The murder last week of Minneapolis resident and US citizen Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in her own neighborhood has justifiably received national press attention and public condemnation. What should also be getting the same level of press, public, and congressional attention are cases like those of Brandon Siguenza and Patty O’Keefe. ...
Alex Nowrasteh Two scholars at the Manhattan Institute (MI) objected to my tweet, noting that Somalis aged 18–54 have an incarceration rate above that of other immigrant groups but below that of native-born Americans in the same age range. They did their own analysis and found that male 18–29 year old Somali immigrants who arrived age 15 or younger have a ...
David J. Bier Welfare fraud cases in Minnesota involving some Somali immigrants have led to demands for broad immigration restrictions. Former Trump official Gene Hamilton, for instance, claims, “It’s not just from that particular country but from so many countries.” Welfare fraud is an issue that has received less attention than it deserves, and immigrants certainly participate. However, the most ...
Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco A 2024 Commonwealth Fund survey compared prescription rates among seniors (aged 65 and above) in 10 different countries, including the US and Canada (Figure 1). According to the survey, 54 percent of American seniors regularly take four or more prescriptions. For Canadians, this rate is 43.9 percent. A 2020 survey in the Journal of the American Medical Association ...
Norbert Michel For the last century, the federal government has provided many good reasons why America so badly needs to revive the idea of a limited government. But the past few days of financial policy announcements alone show just how dire the situation is. Don’t stress. If you need info on any of these topics, my Cato colleagues—Nick Anthony, Jai ...
Jon Hoffman As Iranians take to the streets over legitimate political and economic grievances, President Trump is expected to decide in the coming days whether the United States will use force against the regime under the pretext of protecting protesters. Striking Iran risks both entangling Washington in this domestic upheaval without a clear endgame and endangering US troops stationed across ...
Jeffrey A. Singer January 12 is National Pharmacist Day, established in 2005 to recognize the contributions pharmacists make to Americans’ health. Various organizations, health departments, and employers observe this day and encourage people to thank pharmacists. Over the years, the pharmacy profession has become more sophisticated. While pharmacists in the past earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, recent advancements ...
Michael F. Cannon President Trump graciously posted to Truth Social about what would provide relief from soaring Obamacare premiums—and what would not. The post is broadly faithful to comments I’ve made about how Congress and states should provide relief from Obamacare: Don’t renew any expired COVID-19-era subsidies. Don’t convert Obamacare premium subsidies into cash subsidies. Make universal and permanent the ...