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June 7, 2025

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** JD Vance Takes On JD Vance ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness asks: What happened to the author who once urged Americans to take responsibility for their lives instead of turning to the government for solutions?
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** Police Use of Military Tools Presents A Growing Danger ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Abigail R. Hall argues Trump’s recent executive order promises more of the same: continued erosion of the civilian character of policing and a steady march toward militarized law enforcement.
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** Are Fiscal Folly and Money Mischief Our New Normal? ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Alexander William Salter explains the Fed can either help Uncle Sam pay its bills or promote economic stability—not both.
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** Domestic Ship-Production Rule Hinders National Defense ([link removed])
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Research Associate Caleb Petitt recommends American companies use foreign-built ships for cabotage to lower shipping costs and encourage trade.
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** Why Do We Care How Much We Spend On Medicaid? ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow John Goodman offers one way to resolve the impasse in the Senate over the House reconciliation bill.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION
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** Modern Age ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Robert Whaples compares J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye to Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. Read more » ([link removed])


** Time.com ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness explains what you need to know about the USCIT’s tariff ruling.[link removed] more » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder argues it’s time to unleash the free market on universities. Read more » ([link removed])


** The Orange County Register ([link removed])
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Former Research Fellow Adam Summers cites the recent California Golden Fleece® report in an op-ed on homeowners’ insurance. Read more » ([link removed])


** Real Clear Markets ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa asks tough questions about Trump’s trade policy. Read more » ([link removed])


** Chronicles ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., challenges readers to rethink absolute judicial independence. Read more » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook argues the US Supreme Court should rule on the rights for all to purchase the most popular rifle in America. Read more » ([link removed])


** FEATURED BOOK (Now in Paperback)
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** The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights ([link removed])
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** The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance ([link removed])
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** by David T. Beito
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“This book is not mere history; it is an exposé. You won’t know which is more shocking: the lengths to which FDR and New Dealers like Senators (and future Supreme Court justices) Hugo Black and Sherman Minton went to suppress freedom of speech, privacy, and civil rights; or the degree to which these efforts have been concealed by pro-FDR and New Deal propagandists.”

—Randy E. Barnett, Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law Center
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