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Jeffrey Miron The United States currently recognizes eleven federal holidays: Independence Day (1870), Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents’ Day) (1879), Christmas (1885), New Year’s…

Jeffrey A. Singer A December 12 report in the UK Independent implies Elon Musk thinks most homeless people are “violent drug zombies with…

Mike Fox Carrying large amounts of cash is not a crime in the United States. But tell that to Stephen Lara, a Marine Corps…

George Selgin Having questioned, in a previous post, some proclaimed benefits of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and specifically the claim that building such…

David J. Bier This is the five-minute spoken summary of my written testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee’s December 10, 2024, hearing,…

Erec Smith This blog is part of a series on technology innovation and free expression. In all likelihood, President-elect Trump will repeal Biden’s…

Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than…

Marc Joffe The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a promising adjunct to the second Trump administration that proposes to identify and…

Michael F. Cannon I submitted the following recommendations to the “Department of Government Efficiency,” a private-sector organization that will advise President-elect Donald Trump…

Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne Shortly after winning the 2024 election, President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a parastatal Department of Government Efficiency…