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Neighborhoods with many same-sex couples face slightly higher mortgage rates. That proves nothing about discrimination.

One of the biggest trumpeted gains, the new auto rules, are actually the worst part of the new agreement.

During the Clinton impeachment imbroglio, Alexander Hamilton's definition of "impeachable offense" from Federalist No. 65 was plastered from one end of the media to the other. With the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, get ready for...

Prohibition brings out the worst in people. It provides the corrupt and the corruptible with irresistible money-making opportunities.

Break up tech giants? The modern age has been full of dire predictions of monopoly dominance by one or another tech firm, each in turn superseded.

For the past 40 years, the level of concentration within many sectors of the American economy has increased substantially. This rise in concentration has been associated with a decline in both competition and labor's share of income. It has also...

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The state of denial increases susceptiblity to misinformation.

“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider” (Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996). Those 26 words (and...

Judge Sessions and fellow Members of the United States Sentencing Commission, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today on the subject of mandatory minimum sentencing provisions under federal law. My name is Erik Luna, and I am a law...

Elected officials and policymakers have a choice about where to invest educational resources and a responsibility to invest wisely.

Washington, DC — The Cato Institute is launching a new billboard campaign in the heavily trafficked New York City region this month to educate motorists on the impact of the Jones Act on their daily commute. The two billboards, located along I-95 at...

Tax Day is here. In a column about this unhappy day, Christine Emba of the Washington Post provides her views regarding income tax filing and tax simplification.