The Electoral College has cast its votes for President. It should come as no surprise that Joe Biden won. Cato Chairman Robert A. Levy details the current process and the hurdles to changing it for future elections.

Electoral College Politics in 2020

Statistics are typically meant to influence, and influence can be achieved with bad statistics. Tim Harford tries to help you discern truth from fiction in The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics.

The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics

Why do so few defendants get their day in court? Kevin Ring of FAMM discusses <a href="https://famm.org/vanishingtrial/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Vanishing Trial</a>.&nbsp;You may also <a href="https://www.collectiveeye.org/pages/host-a-screening" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">host a screening</a> of the film.

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State budgets didn't suffer the fate that was so widely predicted as COVID-19 began spreading throughout the U.S. Why? Logan Kolas of the Buckeye Institute and Chris Edwards comment.

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When species recover, the feds should remove them from the Endangered Species List. But that's not how it often works. Jonathan Wood of the Property and Environment Research Center comments.

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Despite a Supreme Court ruling nudging states in the other direction, Indiana is continuing its fight to lay excessive fines over small-time drug crimes. Sam Gedge with the Institute for Justice is representing Tyson Timbs against Indiana.

Indiana Continues to Fight for Excessive Fines

The minimum wage debate is rekindled as the Biden Administration plans its push for $15 an hour. Chris Edwards and Ryan Bourne discuss the side-effects and drawbacks.

The Costs of Biden's Big Minimum Wage Boost

Tom Firey and Will Yeatman offer the soberest of sober assessments of the Trump regulatory record and a few thoughts on what's in store from Team Biden.

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The second impeachment trial for Donald Trump ended up considerably more bipartisan than the last one, but “Citizen Trump" was nonetheless acquitted. So, have Republicans helped set a kind-of precedent by not issuing a conviction? Gene Healy dissects the trial.

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