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August 22, 2014
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The Interventionist Bias (on Both the Left and Right)
“Do something” is still the guiding principle for U.S. foreign policy.
By Christopher A. Preble
August 22, 2014
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Don’t Blame School Choice for Philly’s School Funding Fiasco
An anti–school choice group offers a scapegoat for bureaucratic mismanagement.
By Jason Bedrick
August 21, 2014
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Congress Gets Unlimited Power Because…Slavery?
A new Supreme Court case challenges federal power to prosecute a street fight.
By Ilya Shapiro
August 21, 2014
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L.A. Considers Giving Away Lottery Tickets To Encourage Voting
Los Angeles considers giving out lottery tickets, paying off in other people’s money, as a reward for voting. A perfect metaphor for the political process, no?
By Walter Olson
August 21, 2014
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Would Linda Greenhouse Apply the Same Interpretive Method She Uses in Halbig to Habeas Corpus Cases? (Updated)
Would she criticize those cases for failing to uphold the overarching purpose of the Constitution — which appears right in the preamble — to “insure domestic Tranquillity” and “provide for the common defense”?
By Michael F. Cannon
August 20, 2014
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Petty Offenses and Police-Community Relations in Ferguson
What happens when a law enforcement system gets too fond of petty fines and tickets? Last year Ferguson, Mo. reportedly issued more than one arrest warrant per resident.
By Walter Olson
August 20, 2014
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What If We Applied the IRS’s Reasoning in Halbig & King to the Patriot Act or RFRA, Instead of the ACA?
The overarching purpose behind a statute is not the law. The statute is.
By Michael F. Cannon
August 20, 2014
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IPAB Case Coons v. Geithner Dismissed, for Now
The PPACA’s “death panel” is absurdly unconstitutional. But that’s ObamaCare for you.
By Michael F. Cannon
August 19, 2014
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The Size and Scope of Fraud in Medicare
Medicare might have slowed the motorized wheelchair scam, but as long as the vulnerabilities in Medicare exist, scammers will surely try to benefit.
By Nicole Kaeding
August 19, 2014
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Let’s Demilitarize the Regulatory Agencies, Too
SWAT-raid overkill isn’t just a problem for local policing. It’s become part of federal regulation too.
By Walter Olson
August 19, 2014
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Are Sinjars like Streetcars?
Despite Obama’s bait-and-switch for intervention, the primary threat to U.S. security in Iraq is the temptation to try to forcefully run it.
By Benjamin H. Friedman
August 19, 2014
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Free Trade Within Countries
Trade policy people spend most of their time talking about free trade between countries. But there is still some work to do on free trade within countries.
By Simon Lester
August 19, 2014
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Support for School Choice Continues to Grow
Six in ten Americans favor tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations.
By Jason Bedrick
August 19, 2014
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Spinning the Core, Again
Common Core reality is far more complicated than simplistic survey questions can handle.
By Neal McCluskey
August 18, 2014
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Medicare’s Scooter Scam
Scammers have been taking advantage of Medicare’s payment systems to buy unnecessary motorized wheelchairs and scooters for Medicare enrollees and stick American taxpayers with the bill.
By Nicole Kaeding

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The Interventionist Bias (on Both the Left and Right)

Don’t Blame School Choice for Philly’s School Funding Fiasco

Congress Gets Unlimited Power Because…Slavery?

L.A. Considers Giving Away Lottery Tickets To Encourage Voting

Would Linda Greenhouse Apply the Same Interpretive Method She Uses in Halbig to Habeas Corpus Cases? (Updated)

Petty Offenses and Police-Community Relations in Ferguson

What If We Applied the IRS’s Reasoning in Halbig & King to the Patriot Act or RFRA, Instead of the ACA?

IPAB Case Coons v. Geithner Dismissed, for Now

The Size and Scope of Fraud in Medicare

Let’s Demilitarize the Regulatory Agencies, Too

Are Sinjars like Streetcars?

Free Trade Within Countries

Support for School Choice Continues to Grow

Spinning the Core, Again

Medicare’s Scooter Scam