DC Interns Shine at Cato Debate

The Cato Institute held its second annual Libertarianism vs. Conservatism Intern Debate Thursday, pitting Cato interns against students interning at the Heritage Foundation (video of the debate can be found here ). This year’s event proved to be a marked improvement over last year, with the …

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Written by Ajay Ravichandran on Friday July 22, 2011

America's Secret Trillion Dollar Debt

When times were good, governors who cut taxes received praise for their "tough" fiscal conservatism. But they may have left taxpayers with a $1 trillion tab. A PS to my recent column about the huge mind-crunching pension liabilities of state governments: $1 trillion in total, according to the …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday February 24, 2011