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Ian Vásquez: COVID Accelerated the Global Decline in Human Freedom

Overall human freedom peaked in 2007, according to the Cato Institute, and governments' COVID response merely exacerbated the trend toward a radically less-free planet.

Reason

The Australian finds super ‘victims’ among Sydney’s well-heeled – or is it satire?

The paper has a case study of the pain to be inflicted by Labor’s higher tax rate on superannuation above $3m, but so does the Shovel. Plus: the ABC’s Mardi Gras ‘indulgence’

The Guardian - AU

5 Memphis Cops Charged With Murder of Tyre Nichols, Who Died After Traffic Stop Beating

Plus: Judge blocks California's COVID-19 censorship law, Cato's latest Human Freedom Index, and more...

Reason

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Commentary: Americans unprepared for consequences of freewheeling federal spending

While waiting at a red light one day, my then-4-year-old son piped up from his car seat, “Mommy, the government should give everyone a dolphin.”

Tribune News Service

Is It 'Treason' To Support Free Trade?

Shipping industry insiders floated a recommendation to charge critics of the Jones Act with treason, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Reason

Marjorie Taylor Greene dodges question about most fentanyl being smuggled by US citizens – not migrants

‘I’m sorry, is the CATO down there securing our border and stopping illegal aliens and human trafficking and drug trafficking’

The Independent UK

"The Sordid Business of Dividing Us Up"

The Cato Institute's fall "Cato's Letter" newsletter publishes a speech I gave at Cato on America's racial classification system. It begins: Racial classifications by law have been as American as apple pie, since at least the 19th century. Modern Americans tend to shake their heads with revulsion when they think…

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Somebody in the Shipping Industry Wants Opponents of the Jones Act Charged with Treason

There’s nothing patriotic about a law lining the pockets of cargo companies at the expense of consumers.

Reason

Video of Cato Institute Constitution Day Panel on Recent Supreme Court Cases on "Constitutional Structure"

Participants included VC contributor Jonathan Adler, George Mason University law Prof. Jennifer Mascott, and myself.

Reason

How Government Officials Bully Social Media Companies Into Censorship

A new Cato report sheds light on "jawboning," or attempts by state actors "to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech."

Reason

Most Americans Support Student Debt Forgiveness Until They Think About It

New poll shows majority of Americans oppose student loan forgiveness once they become aware of the obvious tradeoffs involved, like higher inflation and rising tuition prices.

Reason

Restoring the right to bear arms, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen

Article for Cato Supreme Court Review

Reason

How SEC Gag Orders Silence the Accused

"They don't want the defendant to tell this side of the story," says Clark Neily of the Cato Institute.

Reason

Cato Institute Files Lawsuit Seeking Release of Report Used to Justify Trump's Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

The contents of the report may well prove the Trump Administration tried to deceive the courts.

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Cato: Dividend Insights

Sunday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Cato (NYSE:CATO).

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