Here are a few highlights from Cato Today, a daily email from the Cato Institute.

• Dan Ikenson and Scott Lincicome argue in a new study that restoring the pro‐​trade consensus must be a top priority for the Obama administration.

• In the DC Examiner, Gene Healy discusses Obama’s first 100 days and argues that he’s massively expanded the power of government in a short period of time.

• In the Asia Times Online, David Isenberg discusses private security contractors in the war in Iraq.

• Watch Patrick J. Michaels discuss energy on CNBC.

• In Tuesday’s Cato Daily Podcast, Peter Van Doren discusses the interaction between Congress and regulators on the issue of food safety.