Jeffrey A. Singer The US and the European Union released details of their trade “framework agreement” yesterday. If the deal goes through, American patients can expect to pay more for pharmaceuticals. But it could have been much worse, as I wrote in April. At that time, President Trump threatened a 250 percent tariff on all imports from the EU. About ...
David Inserra Americans generally don’t have to worry about online platforms removing speech because one person complains. We get into Facebook arguments, engage in debates on Reddit, criticize a podcaster or journalist on YouTube, laugh or wince at gamer hot takes on Twitch, or complain about the fairness of a Wikipedia entry all the time—but we aren’t concerned that some ...
Dan Greenberg “Reputational harm is real harm,” Elena Kagan said during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. “And the legal system should not pretend that it is not.” Kagan was responding to a series of questions from Senator Amy Klobuchar, who had asked her to elaborate on her views about New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court opinion that famously ...
Jennifer Huddleston William Faulkner once wrote, “To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” Recently, the Supreme Court refused to pause a Mississippi law that would require age verification for social media. Unfortunately, this may mean what we understand are the types of consequences for speech and privacy age verification laws create. Do you think that laws like this exclusively ...
Patrick G. Eddington I spent 11 years in the Guard & Reserve (April 1981-May 1992), so I definitely have some thoughts on President Trump’s increasing politically motivated misuse of National Guard (NG) personnel for a “crime emergency” in the District of Columbia that simply does not exist. When I arrived in the DC area in 1988 to go to work for ...
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Fertility rates—the average number of births per woman—have been falling around the world since 1950. The current rate in the US of 1.6 is about half the rate in 1960, and the UN projects it will remain stable through 2100. Some, including President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Elon Musk, are concerned about this trend ...
Colin Grabow Earlier this month, The Hill published an op-ed I wrote about the dangers of the protectionist BOOTS Act, a recently introduced bill that would forbid members of the US military from purchasing foreign-made boots. Here’s the gist: Introduced earlier this year, the proposed legislation would prohibit U.S. servicemembers in uniform from wearing any “optional boot” — that is, boots not ...
Jeffrey Miron Exchanging money with friends or family should be simple and costless. While this currently occurs for many domestic transfers (think Venmo or Zelle), international remittances from hundreds of millions of migrants, totaling $905 billion in 2024, tell a different story. As of Q1 2025, the global average cost of remittances sits at 6.49 percent. And these costs are so high ...
Colleen Hroncich While any misuse of taxpayer funds is concerning, the isolated cases involving Education Savings Accounts highlighted in recent reporting must be viewed in the proper context. Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program serves over 90,000 students, for instance, and the anecdotal examples represent a fraction of program participants. Previous program audits have found improper payments, including honest mistakes, ...
Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco Earlier this month, STAT News published an opinion piece we wrote about the drug domperidone, an anti-nausea medication that may also help with breastfeeding. It is available by prescription in Australia, Canada, the UK, and several European Union countries, over the counter in China, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and South Africa, and either OTC ...