As Democrats prepare to roll out the end of federal cannabis prohibition, it's worth taking stock of where cannabis legality stands today. Erin Partin details how states have moved over the past decade, and how the feds ought to move forward. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Congress Preps to End Cannabis Prohibition

President Joe Biden lost credibility in his own party by failing to make good on campaign promises to increase the cap for refugee admissions to the United States. David Bier says Biden has no reason to back down from his immigration promises. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Biden Backpedals on Immigration Reform

Defining a hate crime is a challenge and definitions vary by jurisdiction, but Congress is moving ahead with revising and expanding those laws federally. Walter Olson comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Hate Crimes Legislation Moving in Congress

The rigidity that Democrats want in labor markets doesn't serve women well, and Republicans are far from innocent in pushing for new mandates. Rachel Greszler of the Heritage Foundation comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the Name of Fairness, A Push for Big New Labor Market Regulation

Defenders of certificate-of-need laws make big claims, like those laws effectively protect access to health care services. Economist James Bailey at Providence College has examined that claim. He says there’s not much evidence to support it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Certificate of Need and Access to Health Care

The housing market's normal churn has been all but absent in this pandemic. Does that make for a housing bubble? Tom Firey comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Housing Churn and Housing Bubbles

New proposed authorities to combat domestic terrorism after the attack on the Capitol again pose challenges for basic constraints on government like probable cause and particularized suspicion. Patrick Eddington comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dick Durbin, Counterterrorism, and Patriot Act 2.0

Parents, put in a bind by a pandemic, have focused their attention on the options available to them for their kids' education. This year may be the very best for the expansion of school choice so far. Jason Bedrick explains how it happened. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is 2021 the Best Year for School Choice Ever?

The price we all would ultimately pay for a central government database of our vaccination status to regulate our public engagement could be very high. Can we get the benefits without the costs? Julian Sanchez and Jeff Singer comment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vaccine Passports vs. Private Vaccine Certifications

The pandemic has shown us that there is a price to be paid for failing to understand economic consequences. Ryan Bourne catalogs many of the missteps in his new book, Economics in One Virus: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning through COVID-19. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Economics in One Virus: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning through COVID-19

Islamic thinkers once inspired great Western thinkers. How can Islam fully embrace respect for science, reason, liberty, and other religions? Mustafa Akyol is author of Reopening Muslim Minds. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance

Local efforts at criminal justice reform can be preempted by state-level edict. How should states and localities work to get along? Rachel Elise Barkow, author of Prisoners of Politics, comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Local Criminal Justice Reform and State Preemption

The authorizations that have enabled two decades of American-led war across the globe should be repealed. Congress may finally agree. Gene Healy and John Glaser explain why. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is Congress Ready to Rein in Executive War Power?

The Biden Administration hopes to spend trillions of new dollars on public infrastructure, and while they're at it, massively subsidize private infrastructure. Cato's Chris Edwards says it's utterly unnecessary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Biden's Big Unnecessary Infrastructure Push

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has a new piece of would-be reform legislation, though the proposal highlights just how hard it is to do content moderation at scale. Mike Masnick of techdirt and Cato's Will Duffield comment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Section 230 and the PACT Act

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