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Cato Daily Podcast - The Drug War and the Constitution
By what authority in the Constitution does the federal Drug War exist? Roger Pilon has an answer.
Cato Daily Podcast - The Second Amendment Applies in D.C.
A federal judge in the case of Palmer v. D.C. has ruled that the District of Columbia's complete ban on the carrying of handguns in public is unconstitutional. Alan Gura is the attorney on the case.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS MoreOrLess: The prevalence of paedophilia?
The Pope was reported to have said that 2% of Catholic clergy were paedophiles. Is this a big number? Wesley Stephenson looks at the research on the prevalence of paedophilia and how the Catholic clergy compare to the world's population as a whole. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Cato Daily Podcast - Should You Need a License to Braid Hair?
Occupational licensing boards demand that hair braiders either spend thousands of dollars and hours to become cosmetologists or be put out of business. Paul Avelar with the Institute for Justice is challenging those requirements.
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Right Number of Legal Immigrants?
Policy arguments over immigration focus almost solely on those who arrive illegally. What's the right number of legal immigrants? Tim Kane of the Hoover Institution put that question to a group of scholars.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Sentencing Commission Makes Reform Retroactive
Sentencing reforms approved by the U.S. Sentencing Commission will become retroactive, affecting tens of thousands of prisoners. Molly Gill of Families Against Mandatory Minimums comments.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Halbig against ObamaCare’s Mandates
A win for the plaintiffs in the case of Halbig v. Burwell would free a quarter million employers and 57 million workers from ObamaCare mandates. Michael F. Cannon explains.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS MoreOrLess: The Tour de France
The Tour de France has reached the mountains, but what does it take to be a good climber and why are the cyclists thin and bony, while sprinters are bigger with bulging muscles? And what is the best body type to win the yellow jersey? Also are 24,000 people really killed by lightning each year? This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Cato Daily Podcast - Support for Common Core Crumbling
Even some fans of national education standards no longer support Common Core. Neal McCluskey, author of Feds in the Classroom, offers his thoughts.
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Cato Daily Podcast - A Renewed Push for Fed Transparency
The Federal Reserve has assumed new powers in recent years. At the agency's 100th anniversary, Mark Calabria evaluates the calls for reining in the Fed.
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