Episodes

  • EPA and the Coming Water Fluoridation Fight

    EPA and the Coming Water Fluoridation Fight
    Feb 6 2025
    The EPA routinely uses punitive regulation on local water systems, and the costs are sometimes crippling for local governments. The benefits are less than clear. The Manhattan Institute's Judge Glock makes a case for ending federal control over municipal water systems just as a new fight over water fluoridation is set to emerge.

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    17 mins
  • Trump's Open Disrespect for Law Could Be a Calculated Gamble

    Trump's Open Disrespect for Law Could Be a Calculated Gamble
    Feb 5 2025
    The White House is asserting the ability to defy longstanding legal and constitutional rules. It's almost certainly not an accident. Walter Olson comments.

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    15 mins
  • What Congress Can Do for Financial Privacy, Innovation, and Freedom

    What Congress Can Do for Financial Privacy, Innovation, and Freedom
    Feb 4 2025

    Financial regulation comes in many forms, and freeing Americans from the most pernicious ones should be a high priority for Congress. Jennifer Schulp and Norbert Michel explain where to start.


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    17 mins
  • Would Wider Access to GLP-1s Throttle Addiction?

    Would Wider Access to GLP-1s Throttle Addiction?
    Jan 31 2025
    Drugs like Ozempic show potential to help those with addiction with little downside risk. How quickly can their availability be expanded? Nicholas Reville of CASPR makes his case.

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    15 mins
  • Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy

    Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
    Jan 30 2025
    What does a Christian theology consistent with liberal values and institutions look like? Jonathan Rauch suggests something has gone wrong in communities of faith in the US, and hopes for a reckoning in Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy.

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    20 mins
  • Libertarianism Oversimplified?

    Libertarianism Oversimplified?
    Jan 29 2025
    If you are a libertarian, odds are good that you started with a particular writer or thinker. Political philosopher Matt Zwolinski suggests you read more broadly before committing yourself to one particular vision for libertarian society.

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    18 mins
  • Facebook, Content Moderation, and Federal Jawboning

    Facebook, Content Moderation, and Federal Jawboning
    Jan 28 2025
    Did Facebook roll over for the Trump administration? Content moderation at scale is incredibly difficult, and the company will be criticized no matter what it does. David Inserra and John Samples discuss the state of play.

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    22 mins
  • Making Legal Immigration More Difficult Is Part of the Trump Agenda

    Making Legal Immigration More Difficult Is Part of the Trump Agenda
    Jan 27 2025
    Republicans often talk tough when it comes to illegal immigration, but dramatically reducing legal immigration is key to the Trump agenda, and that fact makes the oft-repeated "just immigrate legally" canard fall apart. David Bier explains.

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    24 mins