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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.
January 23, 2013.
Obama’s Stimulus: A Bit of Pork, a Lot of Opportunism
January 10, 2013.
Boehner’s Bogus Debt Ceiling Line in the Sand
January 8, 2013.
Bill Shuster Gets the Transportation Committee Gavel
December 20, 2012.
How Rep. Tim Scott Voted on Program Terminations
December 18, 2012.
Sen. Casey Finds Political Opportunity in NHL Lockout
December 14, 2012.
December 13, 2012.
Promises to Restrict Future Spending Are Worthless
December 12, 2012.
The U.S. Postal Service vs. Greece
December 7, 2012.
Conservatives Bash Boehner Over Purge…But What About Paul Ryan?
December 5, 2012.
With Purge, House GOP Leadership Reaches New Low
December 4, 2012.
The White House Does a Gary Bettman
November 30, 2012.
November 28, 2012.
Voting to Save Pork Programs Doesn’t Save Allen West
November 21, 2012.
Postal Reform in the Lame Duck?
November 20, 2012.
Proclaiming Liberty in Central Pennsylvania
November 7, 2012.
Disaster Response and Federalism
October 31, 2012.
‘Mediscare’ and the Pennsylvania Senate Race
October 26, 2012.
Buying Reelection on the Taxpayer’s Dime
September 27, 2012.
Subsidies for Electronic Medical Records Leads to Higher Medicare Bills
September 25, 2012.
The ‘No More Solyndras Act’ Charade
September 20, 2012.
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers on the Budget
September 18, 2012.
How GOP Freshmen Voted on Continuing Resolution
September 14, 2012.
Groundhog Day II: The Fiscal Cliff
September 12, 2012.