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María Corina Machado Is Different—She Can Bring Liberty and Democracy Back to Venezuela
Marcos Falcone Over 26 years, Venezuela’s gradual transition from a democracy into a dictatorship involved increasing authoritarianism on the part of...
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Recovering Mercy by Restoring Jury Power: Lessons from Judges Bibas and Sullivan
Matthew Cavedon A recent conversation between two judges suggests that mercy should have more of a role in the criminal...
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President Trump to the Left of Governor Newsom on House Buying
Stephen Slivinski President Trump’s recent Truth Social missive about housing fits the mold of many of his others to date:...
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Friday Feature: Skola Microschool
Colleen Hroncich “I was a teacher who always stretched the limits and broke the rules a little bit,” admits Kristin...
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US Tariff System Is Getting More Complex—Will the SCOTUS’s Ruling on the IEEPA Tariffs Change That? (Spoiler: Probably Not)
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Back in December, we showed how measures imposed by the Trump administration in 2025 have made...
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Trump’s “I’ll Control the Money” Venezuela Oil Claim
Tad DeHaven The Trump administration says that it will sell Venezuelan oil at market prices and oversee the allocation of...
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Public Schooling Culture War Declined Slightly in 2025, State-Level Rose
Neal McCluskey Arguably the biggest thing happening in American K–12 education over the past several years has been culture war:...
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The CFPB’s 2024 Fee Caps Would Not Really Promote Affordability
Solveig Singleton Morning Money’s piece, “How gutting the CFPB clashes with affordability concerns,” suggests that the Trump administration’s efforts to shut...
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Do the Feds Still Merit the Court’s Presumption of Regularity?
Walter Olson In a major setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion on December 23,...
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New Debanking Report Published by Cato Institute
Nicholas Anthony Today marks the publication of my latest report: Understanding Debanking. The report reviews the growing phenomenon of debanking—the...
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