E-Verify: More Study Needed

Though reauthorization of E-Verify was briefly in doubt, it appears now that congressional authorizers have agreed on a way forward, and that the program needs a lot more study.
A bill on the House floor today would extend E-Verify as a “voluntary” program for 5 years and require much more study of the system and its […]

Pots, Kettles, and Sen. Brownback

Via Yglesias, Sam Brownback is outraged that the Chinese government would spy on foreigners on its soil without a warrant. When it was pointed out to him that the United States government is now authorized to conduct warrantless spying in the United States, he had this to say:
We don’t put the hardware and software on […]

All Pretenses Abandoned

Welfare enthusiasts have always used pushes for free trade as leverage for increased support for laid-off workers. The logic was that because free trade brings myriad benefits to society, society could give just a little spare change to those who no longer can shelter behind consumer-funded protectionist walls.
That is not exactly a principled position, of course (as I have asserted […]

Indictment of Sen. Stevens - An Interesting Tidbit

I suppose the charges brought against Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) aren’t terribly interesting to most libertarians. Perhaps we get a bit of schadenfreude as one of the mighty fall, but shady dealings that edge into outright corruption are part and parcel of politics.
You’re not going to see a lot of jaws dropping around the Cato […]

No Resort Left Behind

A few years ago I wrote a paper trying to itemize where federal education dollars go. Unfortunately, no one keeps comprehensive data on uses like this. Apparently, you just can’t analyze student performance without “four-and-a-half acres of indoor gardens and winding waterways….a 25,000-square-foot day spa and fitness center” and “the energy of Glass Cactus nightclub.”

Must You Smear?

Over at Flypaper, Liam Julian has started a Quick and the Ed Watch, a quest to expose every bit of hyperbole that comes out of the blog belonging to the think tank Education Sector. Well, we at Cato have had our own share of run-ins with those fine folks, and Kevin Carey’s response to my […]