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 ...
Dan Greenberg Several of my colleagues have written about today’s controversy: the shooting, at point-blank range, of Renee Good. They are just a few participants in a nationwide argument over what her death means—and, more precisely, who bears responsibility for it. Our vice president has explained that Renee Good was a “deranged leftist”; our president has explained that Renee Good ...
Marcos Falcone Over 26 years, Venezuela’s gradual transition from a democracy into a dictatorship involved increasing authoritarianism on the part of the Chávez-Maduro regime. It also involved ineffective opposition leaders, who were often divided and unable or unwilling to challenge the socialist dictatorship or its ideological foundations. However, María Corina Machado, the current opposition leader and a recent recipient of the Nobel ...
Matthew Cavedon A recent conversation between two judges suggests that mercy should have more of a role in the criminal legal system than many people think. On November 19, Judges Stephanos Bibas and Richard Sullivan met at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC, to discuss “Mercy, Retribution, and the Sentencing Judge.” The talk was sponsored by The Center for ...
Stephen Slivinski President Trump’s recent Truth Social missive about housing fits the mold of many of his others to date: he identifies an issue (that may or may not be important, and summarizes it in a way that may or may not be accurate) and then blames a boogeyman before he suggests a terrible way to eradicate the boogeyman. He ...
Colleen Hroncich “I was a teacher who always stretched the limits and broke the rules a little bit,” admits Kristin Fink, founder of Skola Microschool in Minnesota. “I loved trying kinds of different projects—more student-led, a lot of curiosity, a lot of problem solving, and trial and error projects, tons of creativity.” That approach didn’t always work in the private ...
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Back in December, we showed how measures imposed by the Trump administration in 2025 have made the US tariff system excessively convoluted and complex, and in the last few weeks, the situation has only worsened. Regardless of what the Supreme Court does with Trump’s “emergency” tariffs, moreover, US tariff red tape will likely grow more this ...