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The world’s major faiths face a test, and some religious leaders are failing by endangering human lives in the name of adhering to tradition—and ushering…

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Lawmakers Seek To Decree Retroactive Business-Interruption Coverage

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The insurance business has long understood that a pandemic could cause widespread business interruption. State lawmakers must not be allowed to pass bills attempting to conjure up coverage neither promised nor paid for at the time.

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States Suspend Certificate-of-Need Laws to Address COVID-19

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Featuring Angela C. Erickson and Caleb O. Brown

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Episode 535: Jones Act: National Security Asset or Liability?

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The Jones Act is hailed by many in the maritime community as an essential lifeline to keep the domestic merchant marine viable. There is an equally vocal argument that it is not just unnecessary, but counterproductive. Are the assumptions being make...

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Homeschooling’s Past, Present, and Future | Cato Daily Podcast

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April 2, 2020 Homeschooling’s Past, Present, and Future Featuring Kerry McDonald and Caleb O. Brown Parents were caught flatfooted with respect to schooling ...

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Illinois Quietly Reversed Its Ban on a Dangerous Physical Restraint for Students

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After a ProPublica Illinois and Chicago Tribune investigation sparked a statewide ban on some forms of seclusion and restraint of students, a small group of schools lobbied against the measure. And it worked.

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Homeschooling's Past, Present, and Future

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Featuring Kerry McDonald and Caleb O. Brown

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Is Retail Marijuana Essential?

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Pandemic or not, prohibition is not the answer.

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The Economics of Lockdowns

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Homeschooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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As nearly one billion students around the world miss school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents suddenly find themselves working and learning alongside their children.

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Pandemics and Power: A Notebook

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When government begins asserting emergency powers, the temptation to abuse is inevitable: examples from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Posse Comitatus and Interstate Travel Bans

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President Trump has taken his idea for an “enforceable quarantine” of the Tristate Area off the table for now; let’s hope it stays there.

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No, we still don't want 'fiscal stimulus' right now

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A stimulus-focused expansion right now works against the other measures Congress has pursued. And it would be very risky to commit to before knowing the shape of the recovery.

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Stuck at Home? Read about the History of Liberty

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These selections from The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism make up an essential short course in the history of liberty, libertarian ideas, and pro‐liberty activism.

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Alaska establishes new statewide online school staffed by a Florida education provider

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The statewide teachers union said it was blindsided by the announcement. “I cannot, and will not, endorse a plan which sends $500,000 to Florida and has no vetting and no input from Alaska education professionals,” said NEA-Alaska’s leader.