Kicking the Can on Government Funding with Emergency
Romina Boccia It’s a positive sign that Congress avoided an unnecessary and wasteful government shutdown this weekend. But the work to
Cato’s Erec Smith: ‘I’ve Been Accused of White
Cato Editors Erec Smith, a Visiting Scholar of Politics and Society at the Cato Institute, is the co‐founder of FreeBlackThought.com and
Friday Feature: Freedom Learning Academy
Colleen Hroncich I recently toured Freedom Learning Academy in Overland Park, Kansas, and was really inspired by what I saw there.
Arizona Wants to Take Condo Owners’ Property and
Anastasia P. Boden and Nathaniel Lawson Arizona thinks that some people ought to be able to take other peoples’ property
New York’s Hate Speech Law Violates the First
Thomas A. Berry Social media sites face many choices when they set rules for users. How much speech is permissible?
Reinstating ‘Net Neutrality’ Is to Ignore Reality
Thomas A. Firey Usually, when some government proposal is floated in D.C., it should be evaluated with careful, sober policy
The Pros and Cons of Decriminalization
Jeffrey Miron This article appeared on Substack on September 29, 2023. The United Nations has released a report that calls for ending criminal
Don’t Add New Races to U.S. Government Surveys
Alex Nowrasteh Cato released two new briefing papers this week analyzing an OMB proposal to add new racial categories to
3.8 Million Middle Eastern or North Africans in
Andrew C. Forrester The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is working on a plan to update how the government collects
How Garrity v. New Jersey Transformed Public Employee
Walter Olson In Garrity v. New Jersey (1967), one of the most remarkable decisions of the Warren Court, a 5–4 majority