April 14, 2009 8:06PM 

# New at Cato 

By Brandon Arnold 

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Here are a few highlights from *Cato Today*, a daily email from the Cato Institute. You can [subscribe here](https://www.cato.org/ecommunity/index.php).

- [Andrew Coulson](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10118) argues that Obama’s rhetoric on education doesn’t square with the reality of his budget.

- [Christopher Preble and Malou Innocent](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10117) declare that Obama deserves credit for choosing effective means for definite ends in Afghanistan.

- Watch[ Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/mediahighlights/index.php?highlight_id=441) discusses high-speed rail on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

- Join the Cato Institute [Thursday, April 16](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5954) to hear Welile Nhlapo, South African ambassador to the United States, discuss the upcoming South African election.

- In a [new video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGIfbAt8voU), Cato scholars reveal the heavy burden of today’s tax code.

- In today’s [Cato Daily Podcast](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=874) Chris Edwards discusses National Tax Day.

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