by Scott Holleran | Aug 11, 2026 | Books
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie recounts an unavenged American horror story—arguably another act of war on America here in the U.S. Indeed, the assassin was charged and convicted with terrorism by the U.S.
by Raymond C. Niles | Aug 10, 2026 | Housing
Walk through almost any beloved old Manhattan neighborhood and you quickly run into a strange fact: much of the city people love would be illegal to build today. In 2016, The New York Times published an analysis titled “Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today.” Using data from Quantierra, the […]
by Chip J | Aug 10, 2026 | Psychology & Living
Someone who cared about you—perhaps genuinely, perhaps for years—decided that their framework mattered more than you did.
by Ninos Malek | Aug 9, 2026 | Price Controls
Is it the legitimate role of government to pressure or threaten private businesses over the prices they voluntarily charge for their own property?
by Jim Brown | Aug 4, 2026 | Investing
What a neighborhood cigar shop can teach you about the global financial system — and about whether you’re an investor or a speculator.
by Dominick T. Armentano | Aug 2, 2026 | Antitrust & Monopolies
Almost every piece of price-fixing legislation produces results opposite to those intended.
by Raymond C. Niles | Jul 31, 2026 | Price Controls
If price controls make housing affordable, New York’s favorite food deserves the same protection. Mayor Mamdani, Please Freeze the Price of Pizza!
by Jim Brown | Jul 29, 2026 | Money & Banking
Payment stablecoins – a new way for governments to print money – are manifestly and intrinsically inflationary.
by Cato Institute | Jul 29, 2026 | Free Trade, Protectionism & Tariffs
After years of watching the two Trump administrations stretch virtually every trade statute they could find past the breaking point, Congress’ plan is to write the current administration a brand new one—voluntarily and on a bipartisan basis.