Too many members of Congress seem still to believe that the good life is brought about primarily by government programs, not by individuals acting in their private capacities. And they believe equally that the Constitution authorizes them to enact such rograms, even as many Americans know better. But government rarely solves the problems it purports to solve; in fact, it usually makes those problems worse.

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Commentary

Dear Rand Paul: Keep Fighting the Fight on Drones

By Malou Innocent. US News and World Report Online. April 25, 2013.

Vultures of Capitol Hill

By Michael D. Tanner. National Review (Online). April 24, 2013.

Schumer-Toomey Gun Bill Deserves a Committee Hearing

By David B. Kopel. Daily Caller. April 11, 2013.

Cato Studies

Grading the Government’s Data Publication Practices

By Jim Harper. Policy Analysis No. 711. November 5, 2012.

The Independent Payment Advisory Board: PPACA’s Anti-Constitutional and Authoritarian Super-Legislature

By Diane Cohen and Michael F. Cannon. Policy Analysis No. 700. June 14, 2012.

Renewing Federalism by Reforming Article V: Defects in the Constitutional Amendment Process and a Reform Proposal

By Michael B. Rappaport. Policy Analysis No. 691. January 18, 2012.

Articles

Congressional Abdication and the Cult of the Presidency

Gene Healy. White House Studies. Vol. 10. No. 2. 2010.

Public Filings

City of Arlington v. FCC

By Ilya Shapiro, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Trevor Burrus & Mac Stone. Legal Briefs. November 26, 2012.

Federal Infrastructure Investment

By Chris Edwards. Testimony. November 16, 2011.

United States v. Bond

By Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. September 23, 2011.

Reviews & Journals

The Courage to Change the World

Gov. Mark Sanford. Cato's Letter. Winter 2009.

Events

The Federal Reserve, the Centennial Monetary Commission, and the Sound Dollar Act

Featuring Rep. Kevin Brady and Mark A. Calabria. May 16, 2013. Policy Forum.

Citizens v. the Ruling Elite

Featuring John Samples. April 20, 2012. Policy Forum.

The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment and Evidence-Based Health Reform

Featuring Michael F. Cannon. October 5, 2011. Policy Forum.