Don’t Blame Ballot Harvesting Scandals On Drop Boxes
Walter Olson As I’ve noted before, there are many genuine reasons to be concerned about the practice of so‐called ballot harvesting, in which political operatives collect signed ballots from many voters, perhaps hold them at campaign headquarters for a while, and then
Friday Feature: St. Joseph Montessori School
Colleen Hroncich When you visit a Montessori school, there’s a unique feel to it. The multi‐age classrooms are full of hands‐on materials that allow children to explore and learn in a very natural way. Rooms are ordered in a purposeful way designed to give students
A Crackdown on Crypto Won’t Stop Hamas
Norbert Michel In a perfect world, it would be out of bounds to use incidents of horrific violence against innocent people to revive an otherwise unrelated political agenda. Nonetheless, it seems that Senator Elizabeth Warren (D‑MA) and her colleagues are going to
Don’t Conflate US and Israeli Border Security Challenges
Alex Nowrasteh Americans widely condemned Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7 and reacted with justified horror at the unconscionable brutality of the terrorists. The images of murdered civilians, children, and even babies should raise the fury and disgust of all
Not Just Any Fiscal Commission Will Resolve America’s Fiscal Crisis
Romina Boccia The Fiscal Commission Act is a Promising Start “It’s time for a bipartisan fiscal commission,” writes the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB). I couldn’t agree more. Congress and the executive should empower a fiscal commission with real authority to stabilize debt as a share
Governments Infringe on Women’s Right to Decide Where to Have Their Baby
Jeffrey A. Singer Birthing centers have been gaining popularity as alternative venues for labor and delivery. Nurse midwives usually operate them. In some regions of the country, such as rural Alabama, they enable African‐American women to give birth in culturally familiar
State Taxes and Debt
Chris Edwards Government legislators pursue spending increases because they believe that spending solves problems in society and benefits their constituents. However, they use methods of fiscal illusion to try to hide the costs of spending. One method is debt. By borrowing,
Deeper Than ‘Banning’: Possible Liberal Bias Detected in Public School Libraries
Neal McCluskey Over the last few years, there has been a surge in challenges to books in public school libraries. These “banning” battles have drawn considerable attention – and alarm – but they miss deeper questions: How do public schools select books
A Dollarization Reading List
Gabriela Calderon de Burgos Since Javier Milei not only made the campaign for Argentina’s presidency a three‐horse race but became the likeliest to occupy the Casa Rosada this coming December, there has been much reporting in the international press about dollarization, his
Menthol Tobacco Ban Appears Inevitable. Expect a Healthy Black Market, More Criminal Justice Inequities
Jeffrey A. Singer In April 2022, when the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and cigars, I blogged about it, explaining why it was a bad idea. Later, in response to the agency’s request for public
Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector
Michael F. Cannon I am happy to announce the release of my latest book, Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector. If I have any notoriety in this crazy world, it is for the work I did trying to stop ObamaCare. For my
The Hamas-Israel War
Justin Logan Like many Americans, since last Saturday I’ve been watching events in Israel with sorrow and horror. I woke up at 5 am for some reason, picked up my phone, and saw image after image that turned my stomach. Terrorism, and the
New IRS Estimate of the Tax Gap
Chris Edwards The federal “tax gap” is the amount of taxes owed but not paid, essentially the amount of cheating on federal taxes. All tax systems have tax gaps, and there are pros and cons of using tougher enforcement to reduce
Friday Feature: Edupreneur Support Program
Colleen Hroncich When I think about education, the Bob Dylan song “The Times They Are a‑Changin’” often comes to mind. In the past few years, things have changed dramatically on the education front. Parents are increasingly looking beyond their children’s assigned district
Ballot Measures: A Preview
Walter Olson Voters will go to the polls soon in states and municipalities to decide ballot issues of significance for individual liberty, limited government, and sound public administration. Some highlights (via Ballotpedia and Bolts): If Ohio voters approve Issue 2 to legalize