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Cato Institute
- Ian Vásquez According to the polls, Venezuelans will overwhelmingly vote against President Nicolas Maduro in Sunday’s presidential election, posing the biggest threat his regime has so far seen to its survival. Nobody expects Maduro to accept the results, but neither does anybody […]
- Benjamin Giltner and Jonathan Ellis Allen On Wednesday, July 24, President Joe Biden delivered a speech in which he claimed he is the “first president of this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war […]
- Daniel Raisbeck The outcome of Sunday’s election in Venezuela is anyone’s guess. For one thing, referring to the exercise as an “election” is hardly precise because most voters will not be allowed to elect their candidate of choice. In 2023, the Chavista […]
- Vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak to the national convention of the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-largest teacher union. She will almost certainly talk about raising teacher pay.
- Michael Chapman Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Republican Senator J.D. Vance (OH), is a very smart and admirable man, but when it comes to basic economics—economics vital to liberty—he apparently is lacking. Vance supports price controls, specifically hiking the federal minimum […]
- The basic premise of the Great Barrington Declaration was “right on target.”
- Many of the VP options are state governors. Cato grades the governors from “A” to “F” every two years on their tax and spending policies.
- “We’re probably going to stop calling it ‘central bank digital currency.’ It’s going to be a digital form of the cash,” said Central Bank of Bahrain governor Khalid Humaidan,“and at some point in time hopefully we will be able to be one […]
- House Budget Committee Seeks to Reform Emergency Spending as Senate Prepares to Raid Rainy Day FundsCongress has a habit of playing fast and loose with emergency spending, like a kid in a candy store with grandpa’s credit card.
- The appearance of synthetics in Europe is a direct result of the crackdown on opium production.
- If you ran a corporation, and a division you did not need suffered massive losses while proving either ineffective or downright incompetent at its job, you would seriously consider dissolving it, right?
- President Joseph Biden bows out of the 2024 presidential race — and the prospects ahead.
- Chris Edwards, Marc Joffe, and Krit Chanwong Without reforms, exploding federal debt will generate a major economic crisis. Technically, the solution to the problem is simple (cut spending), but there is no consensus on what political approach or legal mechanisms are needed […]
- The foresight Carol Topp had in creating HomeschoolCPA has been tremendously helpful to education entrepreneurs who are stepping up to offer new learning options for families.
- A Maryland judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore seeking climate change damages from oil companies, ruling that it attempts an unlawful end run around federal authority.
- From 2009 to 2019, Kansas and Missouri engaged in a costly and wasteful competition in the Kansas City metropolitan area. In 2019, political leaders from both states agreed to a six-year truce. Unfortunately, this truce has ended a year early as Kansas […]
- If the Social Security program continues to operate as it currently does, a median US worker earning around $60,000 annually could soon face an additional burden of more than $3,000 in payroll taxes—bringing their total payroll tax burden to more than $10,000 […]
- Travis Fisher It’s no secret that administrative agencies have significantly overstepped their statutory authority in recent decades. The Supreme Court’s recent Loper Bright ruling—marking the official demise of Chevron deference—is a necessary course correction that offers hope for a return to the […]
- Chris Edwards The Secret Service has failed at its core mission in a stunning manner. Investigations into the assassination attempt on former President Trump are just beginning, but we’re already hearing some really lame excuses from federal officials. Secret Service head Kimberly […]
- Republicans and others are linking immigration and crime in ways that don’t match the facts.
Libertarian Institute
- “At the bottom of the interventionist argument there is always the idea that the government or the state is an entity outside and above the social process of production, that it owns something which is not derived from taxing its subjects, and […]
- Stop building these things. Even the corporate/access defense media is starting to sound the alarm bells on the multi-billion carrier fiasco that is the USS Ford which is probably causing plenty of public relations professionals in the Navy to go apoplectic. As […]
- “Why ‘capitalism’? Words have an unfortunate tendency to confuse. Free market capitalism is not really about capital, it is about handing control of the economy from the top to billions of independent consumers, entrepreneurs and workers, and allowing them to make their […]
- The US Navy surface fleet continues to shrink. And every surface hull commissioned after the Arleigh Burke class in 1991 has been a failure. The Chinese Navy exceeds the US Navy in total warships deployed. What makes this even more astonishing is […]
- 2024 is the end of the ten year lease after expending $110 million to build and $30 million a year to maintain the base. The French forces were booted in October 2023. American troops are leaving now and the German troops will […]
Liberty Nation
- By Paul R. Brian Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in a new political reality following the events of the past several weeks. With the GOP now unified behind Trump and the Democratic Party rallying around Kamala Harris, the viability of Kennedy’s independent presidential run is in question. At first it appeared that underwhelming polls hadn’t […]
- By Dave Patterson When Russia and China fly a formation of bombers into the US Air Defense Identification Zone, America takes notice. On July 25, that’s exactly what happened off the Alaskan coast, and NORAD scrambled its fighters to shadow the intruders. Russian planes close to Alaska aren’t rare, but joint formations with the Chinese […]
- By Liberty Nation Authors It seems that Vice President Kamala Harris’ greatest challenge will be Kamala Harris. For more episodes, click here.
- By Kelli Ballard Editor’s note: Join Liberty Nation News each week to stay up to date on the nationwide ramifications of an open borders America. Harris Suffers Articles of Impeachment and Resolution Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president this week, and with that came a mess of troubles. On Tuesday, July 23, […]
- By Tim Donner After years of public and private ridicule from both sides of the aisle, Vice President Kamala Harris had a golden opportunity on Wednesday, July 24, to establish a fresh narrative. Two days after the so-called palace coup that shoved Joe Biden out and Harris in, she had the chance to burnish her […]
Liberty Law
- Staffan I. Lindberg of the V-Dem Institute joins Kristan again to wrap up the year's theme and discuss their most recent (as of recording) Democracy Report, which analyzes the characteristics of democracy and each country's movement toward democracy or autocracy.Staffan I. Lindberg […]
- This podcast is drawn from a multi-part program the Center hosted on October 12, 2022 entitled The Movement to a Level Playing Field. This second installment features Professor Brad Snyder commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Flood v. Kuhn case. After […]
- This podcast is drawn from a multi-part program the Center hosted on October 12, 2022 entitled The Movement to a Level Playing Field. This first installment features David L. Crane speaking about how the ephemera of the Civil Rights Movement contributed to […]
- Bay Fang, President, Radio Free Asia joins Kristan to discuss the challenges and importance of news reporting in and from Asian countries without strong press freedoms, including China, Cambodia, Laos, Tibet, and the Uyghurs. Bay Fang oversees award-winning journalism with the mission […]
- For our 2022 Constitution Day commemoration, the Robert H. Jackson Center hosted Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson to share how they have come together to advance justice. Keith and Phoebe are the descendants of the named parties in Plessy v. Ferguson, the […]
- Leading experts on Ukraine and international criminal tribunals share their thoughts on how an international tribunal could be established to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine and the atrocities being committed. This episode is drawn from a July 28, 2022 […]
- Richard Overy, historian and prolific author, shares his thoughts on the interplay of the Nuremberg Trials with the allegations of crimes committed by Soviet soldiers during World War II. Professor Overy was the Robert H. Jackson Center's 2022 Al & Marge Brown […]
- Professor Erica Goldberg joins Kristan to discuss free speech and the First Amendment, whether society's understanding of these rights have changed, the role truth (or knowingly making false statements) should play, and limits or guardrails.Professor Erica Goldberg teaches Torts, Constitutional Law, and […]
- Dr. Katelyn Stauffer and Dr. Alex Badas join Kristan to discuss the importance of diversity in the judiciary, including how it impacts public perception of decisions and nominees.Dr. Stauffer is an Assistant professor in the department of political science and affiliated faculty […]
- David Crane joins Kristan to discuss the international humanitarian law implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine including the laws governing armed conflict and the possible paths to hold Russia's leadership accountable and provide justice to Ukraine.
- Atiba Ellis joins Kristan to discuss voting rights laws, with a focus on how propaganda impacts trust in the system, and the roles politicians and voters need to play. Atiba Ellis is a professor of law at the Marquette University Law School. […]
- This is the first episode of Season 2 and the theme for this year is Democracy on Trial. Staffan I. Lindberg and Kelly Morrison of the V-Dem Institute join Kristan to discuss democracy and autocracy around the globe. Each year, the V-Dem […]
- The final installment of our Cold War Secrets Revealed seminar features Professor Arthur T. Downey. He speaks about his government experience and his book – The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies and Crises.The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a world where the […]
- The third installment of the Cold War Secrets Revealed seminar features Nancy Thorndike Greenspan as the Al & Marge Brown Lecturer. She discusses her book Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs. The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a world where […]
- The second episode of the Cold War Secrets Revealed seminar features Eli Rosenbaum. He shared stories from his work as the director for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations, which was primarily responsible for identifying, de-naturalizing, and deporting Nazi […]
- The first episode of the Robert H Jackson Center Cold War Special, Counsel General of Germany in New York, David Gill shares his perspective growing up in East Germany, the changes that occurred after the Berlin Wall fell as Germany reunified, and […]
- We honored the completion of the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials with a special one-hour program: 75 Years Since the Nuremberg Trial: What it Was and Why it Matters, in partnership with the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum and […]
- Join Kristan and the women from the Center for Democracy and Technology as they discuss equity issues in technology. Listen as they about technology accessibility and how socioeconomic status, abilities, and race and ethnicity impact tech equity. Panelists include: Avery Gardiner, General […]
- Join Kristan as she talks to Navi Pillay, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, discussing human rights during a pandemic. Ms. Pillay has focused on human rights for much of her storied career – defending anti-apartheid activists, acting as […]
- Join Kristan in this re-broadcast of our August 2020 interview, What is Justice?, while also asking Enumale Agada to give us an update on The Justice Initiative, a pilot project she oversaw between the Systemic Justice Project and the Thurgood Marshall Center […]