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The Nonemergency Emergency Spending Causing a Fiscal Emergency
The emergency spending that's come to characterize an increasing share of federal outlays has contributed mightily to current fiscal woes. Jonathan B…
3 years ago
A Glimpse at a Trump Foreign Policy Agenda for 2025
Donald Trump might prefer to leave Congress out of the loop on decisions about which nations or actors receive U.S. weapons. A new Heritage Foundatio…
3 years ago
The Supreme Court's Opportunity to Restore Unsung Rights
The Supreme Court long ago erred in gutting a key provision of the 14th Amendment. Anastasia Boden says a case the court could take up this term give…
3 years ago
How Putin and Kim Meeting Changes the War in Ukraine
Seeking fresh weaponry for his war in Ukraine, Russia's Vladimir Putin met with North Korea's Kim Jong Un recently. Eric Gomez discusses the geopolit…
3 years ago
Saudi Arabia: Pariah or Partner?
What does the United States get in terms of security enhancement given its informal, but pricey financial commitment to Saudi Arabia? President Biden…
3 years ago
Does School Choice Raise the Price of Private Education?
School choice is on the march so it's reasonable to ask if the shift toward relatively more students receiving private school educations will raise p…
3 years ago
Guns, Drugs, Hunter Biden, and the Selectively Long Arm of the Law
The President's son, Hunter Biden, now faces charges related to his drug use and gun ownership. It illustrates, as Clark Neily details, the enormous …
3 years ago
The Tremendous Upside of Humanitarian Sponsorship for Escapees of Authoritarianism
"Parole sponsorship" allows individuals in the U.S. to sponsor people fleeing unstable or authoritarian regimes. The Biden administration has reinvig…
3 years ago
Why Do Rights-Violating University Officials Get Qualified Immunity?
What happens when public university officials violate your free speech rights? Often the get qualified immunity, thus shielding them from consequence…
3 years ago
Joe Overton, Policy Change, and the 'Overton Window
Policy change can be a long slog. The now-famous "Overton Window" gives us a way of thinking about how change happens. Joe Lehmann of the Mackinac Ce…
3 years ago