Editor’s Pick

Brandan P. Buck Israel’s airstrikes on Iran and US involvement shatter the illusion that America First guides President Trump’s Middle East policy. The hijacking of “America First” for hawkish goals is…

Colleen Hroncich Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play. According to MIT researcher Mitchel Resnick, these are the “four Ps of creative learning.” He notes that in kindergarten, children have historically learned…

Walter Olson Last month, I expressed alarm about a provision in the House budget reconciliation bill proposing to strip from federal courts the power to use contempt sanctions to enforce…

Jeffrey Miron On May 27, NPR, Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KSUT Public Radio filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that would cancel all federal…

Three sectors stand out, with one sporting a recent breakout that argues for higher prices. Today’s report will highlight three criteria to define a leading uptrend. First, price should be…

This week, Julius shows how the Technology sector is edging toward leadership, alongside Industrials and soon-to-follow Communication Services. He highlights breakout lines for SPY, XLK, and XLC, noting that conviction…

While the S&P 500 ($SPX) logged a negative reversal on Wednesday, the Cboe Volatility Index ($VIX), Wall Street’s fear gauge, logged a positive reversal. This is pretty typical: when the…

David J. Bier and Alex Nowrasteh President Trump signed a proclamation on June 5 that, with few exceptions, bans nineteen nationalities from entering the United States, supposedly based on “security” concerns, and went…

Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo Previous Cato at Liberty posts have demonstrated that increased trade with China did not decimate US manufacturing. By multiple metrics, US manufacturing is stronger than ever, and increased…

Jennifer Huddleston In 2023, many “doomers” who worried about artificial intelligence (AI) growth called for a moratorium on AI development in a viral letter. In the two years since, however,…