JD Vance Takes On JD Vance

Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness asks: What happened to the author who once urged Americans to take responsibility for their lives instead of turning to the government for solutions?

Police Use of Military Tools Presents A Growing Danger

Senior Fellow Abigail R. Hall argues Trump’s recent executive order promises more of the same: continued erosion of the civilian character of policing and a steady march toward militarized law enforcement.

Are Fiscal Folly and Money Mischief Our New Normal?

Research Fellow Alexander William Salter explains the Fed can either help Uncle Sam pay its bills or promote economic stability—not both.

Domestic Ship-Production Rule Hinders National Defense

Research Associate Caleb Petitt recommends American companies use foreign-built ships for cabotage to lower shipping costs and encourage trade.

Why Do We Care How Much We Spend On Medicaid?

Senior Fellow John Goodman offers one way to resolve the impasse in the Senate over the House reconciliation bill.

FEATURED BOOK (Now in Paperback)

The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights

The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance

by David T. Beito

“This book is not mere history; it is an exposé. You won’t know which is more shocking: the lengths to which FDR and New Dealers like Senators (and future Supreme Court justices) Hugo Black and Sherman Minton went to suppress freedom of speech, privacy, and civil rights; or the degree to which these efforts have been concealed by pro-FDR and New Deal propagandists.”

—Randy E. Barnett, Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law Center