TAKE IT DOWN Act Shows That Noble Intentions Can Make Bad Tech Policy
David Inserra No one wants revenge porn and other forms of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) to spread online or offline. And with AI being used...
The US Food Trade Deficit Is Nothing to Fear
Philip G. Hoxie When it comes to trade, other countries are quite literally sending us their best. As I discussed in my recent essay, the costs...
New Cato Paper: Immigrants Generated $3.3 Trillion in Property Tax Revenue Since 1994
David J. Bier Today Cato published my new briefing paper coauthored with Mike Howard and Jacob Vigdor on how immigration has affected housing wealth and...
“Where the Writ of the Courts Does Not Run”
Walter Olson Until yesterday, April 14, there was still some prospect of sidestepping the worst legal possibilities in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. First, and...
Bill Maher’s Embrace of Civil Discourse Is No Laughing Matter
Erec Smith Recently on Realtime with Bill Maher, the show’s host took a substantial amount of airtime to discuss his meeting with President Donald Trump,...
Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs
Ilya Somin This commentary was originally published in The Volokh Conspiracy at Reason.com. On April 14, the Liberty Justice Center and I filed a lawsuit...
Still Out of Reach: Why Effective Opioid Treatment Isn’t Getting to Patients
Jeffrey A. Singer A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) found only 19 percent of the...
US Citizens Don’t Have First Amendment Rights If Noncitizens Don’t
David J. Bier I just had a disturbing conversation with a green card holder—a legal permanent resident of the United States. He had asked if...
It’s Tax Day—Here’s How Washington Spent Your Money
Dominik Lett It’s officially Tax Day. Time to take stock. The federal government spent $7.1 trillion in 2024. Tax dollars paid for $5.3 trillion, or...
“Once Jews and Muslims Were Best Friends. They Can Be Again”
Mustafa Akyol On March 30, 2025, I had the pleasure of visiting the Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, for a conversation inspired by my latest...