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Investing
A US Sovereign Wealth Fund and Tariffs
Tad DeHaven As the economic damage from the president’s tariff fanaticism continues, the Trump administration is reportedly considering using tariff…
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Utah’s Fluoride Ban: A Win for Medical Autonomy
Jeffrey A. Singer The Utah legislature passed and sent a bill that bans local governments from adding fluoride to public…
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The Untouchables: How Prosecutorial Immunity Breeds Injustice
Mike Fox Last month, a Maryland judge declared a mistrial in the case of Charles Smith, who was charged in connection…
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Economy
Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts
For years, businesses, governments, and researchers have struggled with a persistent problem: How to extract usable data from Portable Document…
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Investing
Today at 8:00 AM ET: Discussing the Federal Budget on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
Romina Boccia This morning, I’ll join C‑SPAN’s Washington Journal alongside Emily Gee from the Center for American Progress to discuss…
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Investing
The Good and Bad of the New Executive Order on Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Andrew Gillen The Trump administration has issued a new executive order that limits eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF),…
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Investing
A New K-12 Productivity Chart
Neal McCluskey Over the years, many people have inquired about updating the chart below, which plots change in academic achievement for…
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Investing
Another Stopgap Funding Bill, Another Budget Failure
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Congress is barreling toward a March 14 discretionary funding deadline with no agreement in sight.…
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Investing
The Coming Trump Travel Bans Will Seek to Exclude a Small Terrorist Threat
Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is preparing several travel and immigration bans for people from different countries that could be…
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Investing
Freedom, Not Tariff, Is the Most Beautiful Word in the Dictionary
James A. Dorn President Trump likes to say, “The word tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary”; tariffs “make…
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