Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s your weekly round up of bloggers who are writing about Cato research, analysis and commentary:
- United Liberty editor Jason Pye discusses Cato’s new site, DownsizingGovernment.org.
- Scott Hinrichs quotes Cato senior fellow Tom Palmer in a post on the relationship between governments and the people.
- Below the Beltway‘s Doug Mataconis and Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent post Cato’s new video on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
- At the Real Clear World Compass Blog, Greg Scoblete quotes Justin Logan on Afghanistan.
- Harry Waisbren of Get Fisa Right and Salon’s Glenn Greenwald discuss Julian Sanchez’s video on Fox’s coverage of the Patriot Act.
- Heritage’s Gerrit Lansing interviews David Goldhill during a Cato Hill Briefing, “How American Health Care Killed My Father.“
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Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s a round-up of bloggers writing about Cato research and analysis:
- Blogging from Korea, Joseph Steinberg writes about Cato’s foreign policy views on East Asia.
- Chris Estes defends Obama’s decision to slap a tariff on Chinese tire imports, and cites Dan Ikenson’s research on the subject.
- A blog that just started up this summer, Political Policy takes a look at Cato’s analysis of Obama’s health care address to Congress.
- Wes Messamore rounds up libertarian responses to the 9/12 demonstration in Washington DC.
- Y-Intercept takes a look at Jim Harper’s analysis of government transparency.
- Bloggers at The Liberty Pen cite Michael Cannon’s research on the “public option” provision that has been debated for inclusion in the final health care reform bill.
UPDATE: The Humble Libertarian is revising his list of the top 100 libertarian blogs and is accepting submissions.
Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s a roundup of bloggers who are writing about Cato research, commentary and analysis. If you’re blogging about Cato, let us know.
- Blogger Melissa Clouthier helps spread the word about Cato’s analysis of Obama’s health plan by posting a video of Cato experts dissecting the ABC special last week.
- David Kirkpatrick examines Obama’s record on civil liberties by quoting Cato scholar Doug Bandow.
- Education blogger Brandon Dutcher links to Neal McCluskey’s analysis of American public schools.
- At the Real Clear World Compass blog, Kevin Sullivan quotes Juan Carlos Hidalgo on the political crisis in Honduras.
- Blogging for Townhall.com, Kevin Glass quotes Michael F. Cannon on Wal-Mart’s support of an employer mandate to provide health care.
- Freedom Politics blogger Thomas J. Lucente Jr. cites foreign policy expert Christopher Preble in a post about the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq.
- Writing about the political situation in Honduras, Patrick Murphy draws from Juan Carlos Hidalgo’s analysis on the president’s removal.
- At the Americans for Tax Reform blog, Tim Andrews cites David Boaz’s post that lists the “taxes proposed or publicly floated by President Obama and his aides and allies.”
Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s a round-up of bloggers who are writing about Cato commentary, research and analysis:
- Real Clear World blogger Greg Scoblete quotes Justin Logan on how pundits in Washington are handling the protests in Iran.
- Bloggers from The Orange County Register, My Ford Dreams, and The Truth about Cars posted the video of P.J. O’Rourke’s discussion at Cato on the future of the American car.
- In a round-up of commentary about Obama’s health care plan, Liberty Papers blogger Stephen Gordon quotes Michael Tanner’s analysis of Obama’s proposal.
- Colin Grabow writes about Brandon Arnold’s commentary on the effect of taxes on European sports.
- Pete Eyre of The Motorhome Diaries interviews David Boaz on the future of the freedom movement.
- At Liberty Maven, Mike Miller quotes Jim Harper about the movement toward a national ID card.
- Kiran Rao, who blogs about world politics from India, cites Doug Bandow’s commentary on the European Parliamentary elections.
Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s your weekly roundup of bloggers who are writing about Cato research and commentary:
- Liberty Maven blogger Mike Miller cites Jim Harper in a post about the effort to impose a national ID card on American citizens.
- W.E. Messamore, AKA The Humble Libertarian, interviews Cato health analyst Michael D. Tanner about Obama’s plan to overhaul the health care system.
- Insider Online blogger Alex Adrianson covers Cato’s standoff with Hugo Chavez supporters and government agents during a pro-free market conference in Venezuela.
- Writing for Real Clear World’s Compass blog,
- At Red State, Ryan Ellis uses Michael Cannon’s research in a post about a market-based alternative to government-run health care.
- Blogging for Young Americans for Liberty, Jeff Hubbard and Elliot Engstrom write about Cato University and Ilya Shapiro’s CNN commentary on Sonia Sotomayor.
- Blogger David Kirkpatrick cites Daniel J. Ikenson’s analysis of the GM bankruptcy.
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Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s a weekly round up bloggers who are writing about Cato research, commentary and analysis:
- Stephen Littau from The Liberty Papers and Michael Todd at The Classic Liberal write about the Citizens United v. FEC case that is soon to be decided Supreme Court.
- At the Legal History Blog, “Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion? Lessons from the New Deal and the Great Depression.”
- Joshua Bardwell discusses the Cato study, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, at his blog, Jack-Booted Liberal.
- QandO‘s Bruce McQuain cites Doug Bandow’s commentary on Obama’s new credit card legislation.
- At the Reason Foundation blog, Anthony Randazzo writes about Cato research showing that there is a significant pay gap between government and private workers.
- Blogger David Kirkpatrick makes note of the Cato Weekly Dispatch, which reported the Obama administration is scrapping the term “War on Drugs.”
- At the RealClearWorld.com Compass blog, Ben Friedman’s analysis of the Pakistani nuclear program.
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Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s a roundup of bloggers who are writing about Cato research and commentary:
- Blogging for CEI’s OpenMarkets.org, Ryan Young used Edward Crane’s op-ed about conservatives’ shortcomings.
- At The Hill‘s Congress Blog, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann cited Cato research that shows that taxpayers spend about $300 billion per year on tax preparation services.
- Cory Doggett blogs regularly about oil issues, and has been writing a lot lately about Patrick J. Michaels’ work on climate change.
- At The Liberty Papers, Brad Warbiany quoted David Rittgers on the drug war in Afghanistan.
- FreedomPolitics.com editor Bill Goodwin blogged about the controversy over private property and the 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania, linking to Ilya Shapiro’s commentary.
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Who’s Blogging about Cato
Bloggers from all over are discussing Cato’s research and commentary. Here are a couple we found:
- Stephen Littau wrote about Glenn Greenwald’s paper on drug decriminalization at The Liberty Papers.
- At the U.S News and World Report‘s “Risky Business” blog, Matthew Bandyk discussed Ilya Shapiro’s Supreme Court coverage in the Washington Examiner.
- Net Right Nation editor Adam Bitely has linked to Cato commentary and analysis regularly over the past few months.
- Writing for the Libertarian Party Blog, Donny Ferguson discussed the new Cato study, “Bright Lines and Bailouts: To Bail or Not To Bail, That Is the Question.”
- Tom Jackson just started The Libertarian News Network and has linked to many Cato events and commentaries.
- At the Show-Me Institute Blog, Sarah Brodsky wrote about charter schools, citing a Neal McCluskey’s post about the drawbacks of charter school education programs.
- SWGA Politics blogger Jeff Sexton wrote about airport privatization based on a Cato@Liberty post by Chris Edwards.
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Who’s Blogging about Cato
Here’s a round-up of bloggers who are writing about Cato research and commentary:
- National Review‘s Mark Hemingway quoted Ilya Shapiro about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s recent decision on gun laws. He also posted David Boaz’s reaction to the New York Times blog that stated that Cato has been “remarkably silent on bailouts.”
- QandO‘s Michael Wade offered his own thoughts on the New York Times blogger who said Cato’s voice against bailouts has not met her “expectations of adequate noise.”
- Blogging about high-speed rail, The Reason Foundation’s Samuel Staley cited Randal O’Toole’s study, High-Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America.
- At The New Republic’s “The Plank” blog, James Kirchick discussed last week’s Cato event, “Left Turn? South Africa after the Election.”
- The Atlantic‘s Clive Crook reviewed the new Cato book, The Beautiful Tree, which explains how private education efforts are empowering children in Third World nations.
- Blogging on Tax Day, Jacob Grier cited Charlotte Twight’s essay in Cato Journal on the history of income tax withholding in the United States.
Who’s Blogging about Cato
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- Georgia Examiner writer and blogger Jason Pye offered his thoughts on Ilya Shapiro’s post about the “Jefferson 1.”
- Wes Messamore finished his list of the top 100 libertarian blogs and Web sites.
- Free Marketeros editor James Barcia linked to Juan Carlos Hildalgo’s new report on the success of El Salvador’s free market reforms.
- Health care writer John Goodman discussed John Cochrane’s recent Policy Analysis on market-based strategies to improve health security.
- At NRO’s The Corner, Veronique de Rugy is following the debate between Cato scholar Chris Edwards and French economist Thomas Piketty over whether the rich should pay higher taxes.
Who’s Blogging about Cato
On April 3, Cato hosted a special blogger briefing with Glenn Greenwald, who was here to speak about his new paper on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal.
Here are a few highlights from bloggers who wrote about it:
- Dan Bernath from the Marijuana Policy Project
- Scott Morgan of StopTheDrugWar.org
- Jesse Singal, associate editor of Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress
Also, a few links to bloggers who are writing about Cato:
- Citing new research that shows that the DC school choice pilot program was highly successful, Betsy Newmark linked to Andrew J. Coulson’s commentary on the study results.
- Ilya Somin discussed Patri Friedman’s new essay at Cato Unbound about the Seasteading Institute and the history of libertarian activism.
- Blogger Connie Carr wrote about William Niskanen’s essay in the new Cato Policy Report, “How to turn a Recession into a Depression.”
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Who’s Blogging about Cato
A few bloggers who wrote about Cato this week:
- New York Times blogger Andrew C. Revkin wrote about Cato’s forthcoming full-page ad on climate change that will run in newspapers around the country next week.
- Wes Messamore helped set the record straight: Cato scholars have criticized the growth of government regardless of who’s in power.
- Law blogger Kenneth Lammers reviewed Tim Lynch’s new book, In the Name of Justice.
- Jim Harper’s blog post on government transparency made the cut on Bruce McQuain’s “Quote of the Day” segment at QandO.
- Brandon Dutcher posted Cato’s Monday podcast with Adam Schaeffer on universal pre-school.
- John Hood discussed Jagadeesh Gokhale’s new paper on the financial crisis at The Corner.

