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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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Contrary to countless tales of its demise, U.S. manufacturing has always been strong relative to its own past and relative to other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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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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Sen. Paul and the Writs of Assistance
February 15, 2011.
An Imaginary Federal Election Commission
January 19, 2011.
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October 26, 2010.
This Just In: People Engaged in Politics!
October 22, 2010.
That Conway Ad and Social Liberalism
October 19, 2010.
Free Speech Means More Equal Speech
October 15, 2010.
The Primary Purpose of McCain-Feingold Revealed
October 13, 2010.
October 13, 2010.
The New York Times Undermines its Narrative
October 12, 2010.
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September 24, 2010.
More Surprises from the Kentucky Senate Survey
September 7, 2010.
August 16, 2010.
New Attack Ad Provides an Early Look at the Fall Campaign
August 4, 2010.
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DISCLOSE Again and Maybe for the Last Time
July 23, 2010.
July 15, 2010.
I Didn’t Know People Like This Still Existed
July 14, 2010.
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June 29, 2010.
The Principle behind Campaign Finance Regulation
June 14, 2010.
Problems Overturning Citizens United
June 11, 2010.