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Ours Is a Most Peaceful Era
Gene Healy on declines in global violence in the DC Examiner.
Time to Play Dr. No
Michael F. Cannon on Medicaid spending in New York in the New York Post.
Stimulus Now but Slowdown Later
Jagadeesh Gokhale on payroll tax cuts in the Washington Times.
Do Falling Home Prices Imperil Recovery?
Alan Reynolds in Investor's Business Daily.
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"Congress Rediscovers the Constitution"
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"2011: Year of the Constitution"
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January 4, 2011

Congress Rediscovers the Constitution

The new Congress will be sworn into office on Wednesday, and the first order of business in the House on Thursday will be a reading, aloud, of the Constitution. In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Cato scholar Roger Pilon explains that this focus on the Constitution — while nowhere near a public policy panacea or even a return to limited government — is a terrific first step.

House Moving to Repeal ObamaCare

House Republicans have set January 12 as the date that the House will vote to repeal Obamacare. It is likely that the repeal bill will have enough votes to get through the House, but the Senate and a certain presidential veto will probably prevent it from going much further. Cato scholar Michael D. Tanner argues that Republicans shouldn't just take their symbolic victory in the House and call it a day. "There are many things they can do short of repeal," says Tanner, "that can begin the step-by-step dismantling of ObamaCare."

How the War on Drugs Is Destroying Black America

The main obstacle to getting black America past the illusion that racism is still a defining factor in America is the strained relationship between young black men and police forces. And the primary reason for the massive number of black men in jail is the War on Drugs. In the latest issue of Cato's Letter, UC-Berkeley professor John McWhorter argues, "If the War on Drugs were terminated, the main factor keeping race-based resentment a core element in the American social fabric would no longer exist. America would be a better place for all."


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