DOGE Has Been a Smashing Success
When compared to the most likely alternatives, DOGE has cut as much government as one could hope for.
When compared to the most likely alternatives, DOGE has cut as much government as one could hope for.
Democrats would have a stronger rebuke to Trumpism if civic service in blue states were the national model rather than a laughingstock.
Google has lost its second major antitrust case against the Department of Justice, threatening the tech giant's free-to-consumer business model.
Longtime surgeon and Cato Institute fellow Jeffrey Singer argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy.
Sunbeams and breezes are too fickle. The most climate-friendly power source is using magic rocks to boil water.
Bills designed to allow more starter homes and apartments near transit face an uncertain future in the state Senate's housing committee.
A new book argues that late-20th-century lowbrow culture created the modern world.
Goldman Sachs estimates that the tariffs will create about 100,000 manufacturing jobs while destroying 500,000 others. In Pennsylvania, it's already starting.
Mark Zuckerberg's donations haven't stopped the Federal Trade Commission from going after his company.
The budget for the project has quadrupled, and private property owners have opposed the use of eminent domain along the proposed 240-mile route.
Using the military to wage the drug war in Mexico raises practical and constitutional issues.
The lawsuit will hopefully make stringent regulations for nuclear power a relic of the past.
Shahzaad Ausman has had to sue the county to confirm that he can continue to live in his own home.
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson urges Democrats to embrace more libertarian, pro-growth policies in his new book.
A simple and quite symbolic presidential decree that symbolizes quite a bit, but accomplishes very little.
From Obama, to Trump, to Biden, to Trump again, the definition of showerhead keeps changing.
Jon Tolley and his family have been serving fresh lobster from their home for over 50 years, but an anonymous complaint to town regulators threatens to shut their business down for good.
In the span of a week, Trump cratered the stock market and brought it much of the way back, with little more than public statements.
Despite politicians touting progress, Los Angeles has only issued three permits for wildfire rebuilds and debris removal is expected to drag on for many months.
Freed of regulatory deadweight, Americans will be in a much better position to compete with the world.
Dynamists, protectionists, hawks, and doves are seeing their policy goals realized in the most bungling and incompetent fashion imaginable.
Decades of efficiency mandates have made dishwashers weaker, A.C. units feebler, and appliances more expensive. A new rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan to create a federal housing developer is a terrible idea.
The escalating dispute threatens Mexican farmers—and American consumers.
Challenging the common knowledge of urban planning
The panelists included M. Nolan Gray, Jennifer Hernandez, and myself.
An interesting new study on how state bar requirements may affect the quality and quantity of legal services.
Plus: the federal government tries to stiff landlords over eviction moratorium one last time, the Supreme Court declines to take up eminent domain case, and starter home bills advance in Arizona and Texas.
We don't know why the justices chose not to take it.
Such a regulation would override consumer choice for scientifically shaky reasons.
The feds have no constitutional authorization to meddle in education.
A Rhode Island town seeks to use eminent domain to block construction of a large-scale affordable housing project.
Set in South Korea, Apartment Women reflects real concerns about the country's lagging birth rate.
A New York case revives concerns about seizing private property to benefit favored developers.
The owners, who were planning an affordable housing project on the site, first learned about the seizure from the mayor's social media post.
"Supply-side progressives" like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are ultimately technocrats, not libertarians. But they recognize that more is better than less and that a good society is not zero-sum.
Good intentions, bad results.
One proposal would create a streamlined process for selling off federal land to state and local governments, but only if they allow housing to be built on it.
Canada’s retaliation against Trump’s tariffs is wiping American alcohol off store shelves—and fueling an unexpected push to deregulate its own restrictive liquor laws.
The outgoing administration shoveled out loans for projects that private lenders wouldn't fund.
The government's demands would reduce competition and harm consumer welfare.
The owner of a beloved neighborhood structure spent years—and thousands of dollars—trying to comply with L.A. bureaucrats’ demands.
Plus: Texas and Minnesota consider an aggressive suite of housing supply bills, while San Diego tries to ratchet up regulations on ADUs.
During Trump's first term, California filed numerous lawsuits seeking to halt deregulation.
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