Episodes

  • Past and Present Efforts to Obscure Presidential Health Problems

    Past and Present Efforts to Obscure Presidential Health Problems
    Jul 26 2024
    It is no small matter to attempt to hide a physical or mental infirmity in the President of the United States. The ramifications could be severe. Walter Olson discusses considerations in any attempt to insert some transparency into what the public and Congress should know about the chief executive’s wellbeing.

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    17 mins
  • Trump and Harris on Energy Policy

    Trump and Harris on Energy Policy
    Jul 25 2024
    Cato's Travis Fisher walks us through the record and pronouncements of candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on critical energy issues.

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    8 mins
  • Joe Biden's Departure and the Unserious Challenges to State Electoral Deadlines

    Joe Biden's Departure and the Unserious Challenges to State Electoral Deadlines
    Jul 24 2024
    Republicans seem so concerned about Joe Biden's departure from the presidential race that some groups have threatened litigation over any Biden replacement on Americans' ballots. Walter Olson comments.

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    13 mins
  • Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth

    Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
    Jul 23 2024
    Why have five or more children? Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth by Catherine Pakaluk details the stories and reasoning of dozens of women who have gone well beyond replacement-level fertility.

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    29 mins
  • J.D. Vance on Immigration

    J.D. Vance on Immigration
    Jul 22 2024
    Donald Trump's running mate this time around is a consistent opponent of immigration and doesn't draw the typical – and reasonable - distinctions between legal and illegal immigrants. David Bier comments.

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    16 mins
  • Free Trade in the Name of National Security

    Free Trade in the Name of National Security
    Jul 20 2024
    Protectionism is frequently justified on national security grounds, but there are strong reasons to liberalize trade in the name of American security, as well. Colin Grabow explains.

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    11 mins
  • The Ever-Expanding Definition of 'Public Health'

    The Ever-Expanding Definition of 'Public Health'
    Jul 19 2024
    The One Weird Trick of public health advocacy seems to be to define as much as possible as a public health concern to justify massive intervention into the lives of Americans. Jeff Singer explains.

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    11 mins
  • Two Problems That Vanish with the End of Cannabis Prohibition

    Two Problems That Vanish with the End of Cannabis Prohibition
    Jul 18 2024
    Most Americans have access to either medical or recreational cannabis, but prohibition at the federal level persists, and that prohibition keeps in place at least two big problems. Paul Best explains.

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    10 mins