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# September/​October 2021 

Vol. 43 No. 5 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Political Sectarianism and the Presidential Cult ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/political-sectarianism-presidential-cult)

By [Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy) 

It’s hard to miss the signs that partisan contempt has become more pervasive and toxic.

##### Features 

#### [On Sanctuaries, Nullification, and Commandeering ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/sanctuaries-nullification-commandeering)

By [Robert A. Levy](https://www.cato.org/people/robert-levy) 

The U.S. Constitution sets a floor, not a ceiling, on individual liberty.

#### [Has Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Worked? ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/has-medical-malpractice-tort-reform-worked)

By [David A. Hyman](https://www.cato.org/people/david-hyman) and Richard Anderson 

We need better incentives to deliver error-free care.

#### [The Muslim Case for Liberty ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/muslim-case-liberty)

Cato scholar offers personal statement on faith and freedom

#### [Cato News Notes ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/cato-news-notes)

#### [A Buzz in the Air ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/buzz-air)

New book explores the new era of drones

#### [A Well-Rounded Education ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/well-rounded-education)

Educators participate in Cato’s 2021 Sphere Summit

#### [The Case for Free Trade in Medicine ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/case-free-trade-medicine)

How to reverse pandemic-era moves in the wrong direction

#### [Cato Studies ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/large-bureaucracy-administration)

#### [To Be Governed… ](/policy-report/september/october-2021/be-governed)

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