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In the latest issue of Regulation magazine, M. Todd Henderson reviews last year’s brouhaha over health insurance and birth control. According to Henderson, lost in the firestorm about religion and feminism were larger lessons about health care policy and regulation. Also in this issue, Cato scholar Richard L. Gordon argues that new federal efforts to cut emissions are the result of longstanding legal and judicial mandates, not a sudden Obama administration push.
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The Cato Institute tops a new measure of think tank performance in the United States, according to a recent report. Cato bested all other U.S. think tanks in the main category of “Aggregate Profile per Dollar Spent.” “I’m grateful to the Center for Global Development for showing that Cato gives its sponsors something I wish government gave more of to taxpayers: bang for the buck,” said Cato CEO John Allison.
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March 19, 2009.
A National Talk-Show Host with Nuclear Weapons
February 24, 2009.
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February 19, 2009.
Stimulus Package = The Dems’ PATRIOT Act
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What Is It Good For? Centralizing Power.
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‘After’ the Imperial Presidency?
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“Ponytail Guy” and the Presidency
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September 30, 2008.
How Smart Should a President Be?
September 26, 2008.
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Bow Down Before the One You Serve
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Cult of the Presidency in National Review
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