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September 13, 2021
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The FDA’s Inexplicable Crusade against Tobacco Smoking Harm Reduction Continues
Anti-smoking crusaders favor zero-tolerance over harm reduction.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
September 11, 2021
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20 Years of Cato Research on the War on Terror
20 years ago, Cato scholars began researching the global war on terror. Amid the chaos and uncertainty of the time, Cato analysts frequently dissented from the Beltway consensus.
By Justin Logan
September 10, 2021
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Blaming U.S. Passenger Vehicles for Climate Change Is Ignorant but Lucrative
Schemes for an enthusiastic EV spending spree have nothing to do with the international climate and everything to do with domestic special interest politics.
By Alan Reynolds
September 10, 2021
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Don’t Read Disparate Impact Into Section 504
In a high-stakes case involving the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court will rule whether Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act allows claims over business practices that have a disparate impact on disabled persons even if they were not intended to discriminate.
By Walter Olson and Nicole Saad Bembridge
September 10, 2021
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Federal Vaccine Mandates Pose a Constitutional Triple Threat
There are issues of separation-of-powers and federalism, the Constitution’s structural protections for liberty.
By Ilya Shapiro
September 9, 2021
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President Biden’s New Vaccine Mandate Might Have Unintended Consequences
Persuasion is always preferred to coercion.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
September 9, 2021
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Biden Proposes Government Price Controls on Prescription Drugs
A better strategy would be for Biden to implement Trump’s Medicare Part B drug-pricing proposal, which would limit the prices Medicare pays for those drugs without any of this accompanying nonsense.
By Michael F. Cannon
September 9, 2021
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Our Unserious Congress
If the debt limit news is scary, then Congress’s response has been downright terrifying.
By William Yeatman
September 8, 2021
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Seafood Company Hit with Jones Act Penalties over Railroad to Nowhere
In a saner world, sending frozen fish from Alaska to the East Coast would be a relatively simple undertaking. But thanks to the Jones Act, that’s not the world we live in.
By Colin Grabow
September 8, 2021
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Immigration Undermines Affirmative Action in American States
States with more immigrants are more likely, not less likely, to abandon affirmative action.
By Alex Nowrasteh and Michael Howard
September 7, 2021
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More Federal Spending Is a Bad Idea
Expanding federal spending and control would undermine the democratic choices of state and local governments for no good reason.
By Chris Edwards
September 4, 2021
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Corporate Welfare: A Documentary
A new documentary examines how tax exemptions, subsidies, government regulations. and bailouts for big business impact small businesses, individuals, and local communities.
By David Boaz
September 3, 2021
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Latest Edu-Polling: Americans Want Much More Freedom
What does public opinion about school look like midway through the “year of educational choice”?
By Colleen Hroncich
September 2, 2021
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Federal Government Debt Is Soaring
Federal government debt in the United States continues to rise at an alarming rate, which may trigger an economic crisis with soaring interest rates and falling output. The Democratic spending plan will only exacerbate these risks.
By Chris Edwards
September 2, 2021
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Back to School, Back to Battle
As public schools return to in person instruction, debates over rules like mask mandates continue to rage. Parents instead should fight for school choice, in which educators can teach how they see fit, and parents can choose the environment best for their families.
By Neal McCluskey

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The FDA’s Inexplicable Crusade against Tobacco Smoking Harm Reduction Continues

20 Years of Cato Research on the War on Terror

Blaming U.S. Passenger Vehicles for Climate Change Is Ignorant but Lucrative

Don’t Read Disparate Impact Into Section 504

Federal Vaccine Mandates Pose a Constitutional Triple Threat

President Biden’s New Vaccine Mandate Might Have Unintended Consequences

Biden Proposes Government Price Controls on Prescription Drugs

Our Unserious Congress

Seafood Company Hit with Jones Act Penalties over Railroad to Nowhere

Immigration Undermines Affirmative Action in American States

More Federal Spending Is a Bad Idea

Corporate Welfare: A Documentary

Latest Edu-Polling: Americans Want Much More Freedom

Federal Government Debt Is Soaring

Back to School, Back to Battle