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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.
Cato.org. March 12, 2007.
Smoking Bans Continue an Assault on Freedom
Arizona Republic. October 24, 2005.
Do’s and Don’ts of Tort Reform
Freeman. May 1, 2005.
Cato.org. March 23, 2005.
Tort Reform as if Federalism Mattered
Fox News (Online). December 16, 2004.
American Spectator. December 3, 2004.
Apple Daily. November 17, 2004.
Smokers Already Are Paying a High Cost for Their Habit
Chicago Sun-Times. November 13, 2004.
Republicans Take Their Shot at Tobacco Jackpot Justice
Cato.org. October 13, 2004.
Future of Federalism Is in Voters’ Hands
National Law Journal. October 4, 2004.
Let the Courts Resolve the D.C. Gun Ban
National Review (Online). October 1, 2004.
What the Supreme Court Really Said about Jose Padilla
Legal Times. August 2, 2004.
Let’s Cap the Damage to the Constitution
Cato.org. July 31, 2004.
Cato.org. June 29, 2004.
The Food, Drug & Nanny Administration
Cato.org. June 21, 2004.
Too Fat: Federal Powers Need a Constitutional Diet
Fox News (Online). March 31, 2004.
A Welfare State for Aggrieved Market Losers
Financial Times. March 24, 2004.
The Gore-Dean Endorsement: Campaign Finance Loophole?
Cato.org. January 7, 2004.
Liquor and Beer Ads Are Not the Problem
Chicago Tribune. December 8, 2003.
Like It Or Not, Free Speech Protects Telemarketers, Too
Investor’s Business Daily. October 10, 2003.
Jose Padilla: No Charges and No Trial, Just Jail
Chicago Sun-Times. August 11, 2003.
Cato.org. July 21, 2003.
Cato.org. July 10, 2003.
Courts to Universities: Discriminate but Obfuscate
Cato.org. July 1, 2003.
American Prowler. April 22, 2003.