The Tragic but Unsurprising Costs of Loose U.S. Weapons in Ukraine
Jordan Cohen Over the last 48 hours, national news outlets have begun reporting that Ukrainian militias used U.S.-made armored vehicles (albeit unconfirmed by the U.S. government) in an attack over the Russian border and that Ukraine’s security services conducted a drone attack against
Did Tucker’s Last Major Guest Lead to His Firing?
Tucker Carlson has rankled the ruling elites for many years. But was his interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. a bridge too far? Original Article: "Did Tucker's Last Major Guest Lead to His Firing?"
Review: Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier is a book for which I kept hearing recommendations. I was told that it contained biting criticisms of socialism and was a valuable source of antiauthoritarian thought. What I found, instead, was a snobbish
How Can You Miss a Deadline Before You Even Exist?
Thomas A. Berry and Isaiah McKinney Corner Post is a convenience store and truck stop in Watford City, North Dakota. Like many similar shops, its business model relies on a high volume of small‐dollar transactions. And when customers pay for those purchases with
Minnesota Repeals Its Drug Paraphernalia Laws
Jeffrey A. Singer On May 19, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law a bill legalizing all drug paraphernalia, including testing equipment and syringes, and decriminalizing drug residue. As Sophia Heimowitz and I explained in our Cato policy analysis last year, drug paraphernalia
The Fed Is Overindebted, Isn’t It?
By any conventional measures of finance, the Federal Reserve has negative equity. In the long run, cooking the books only puts off the day of reckoning. Original Article: "The Fed Is Overindebted, Isn’t It?"
The Woke Cartel and Twitter’s New CEO
On May 12, 2023, Elon Musk announced that Linda Yaccarino, the now former chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, would become the new CEO of Twitter. Musk’s appointment of Yaccarino followed an advertiser exodus that caused Twitter’s ad
High Earners Make Relatively Smaller Tax Errors
Chris Edwards Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D‑OR) held a hearing last week to counter the House Republican plan to cut the recent IRS enforcement boost. Sen. Wyden said, “If you’re looking for the big winners of the McCarthy IRS defunding
Property Rights, Civilization, and Their Enemies
Every day, more and more Americans are awakening to the reality that the institutions in control of this nation are failing them. From violence in the streets, inflation in our stores, increasing tyranny and censorship, and absolute buffoonery on public
The Duke Lacrosse Case: How a Lie Became Official Campus Policy
Every day, more and more Americans are awakening to the reality that the institutions in control of this nation are failing them. From violence in the streets, inflation in our stores, increasing tyranny and censorship, and absolute buffoonery on public