Joe Verruni

Happy feast day of Saint Frances Xaviar Cabrini

I would very much like Selcouth Quartet to tour again.

Went from getting the MLB package because I had a baby to missing the entire World Series because I have a baby

Twice-Yearly Time Travel Is Bad for Your Health Sticking to one time year-round makes sense for sleep, safety, and sanity.

🕰️ This Sunday, we change the clocks. But maybe it's not just an inconvenience, it’s a health risk.

“Our internal clocks are aligned with the sun, not social schedules,” writes Dr. Jeff Singer. Let’s pick a time and stick with it.

Washington has “showered” the US steel industry with protection from import competition for decades. Yet the industry continues to struggle, and steel prices in the US are among the world’s highest.

More protectionism will only exacerbate this long-term trend. www.cato.org/blog/folly-a...

Getting used to constant military jet flyovers isn’t something I had planned on

Opinion | Striking down the tariffs won’t hurt anybody The Supreme Court will not devastate the economy or the budget by obeying the Constitution.

“Given the legal deficiencies in the Trump administration’s case, this shock-and-awe approach is understandable. Yet it suffers from a serious flaw: The underlying policy claims are ridiculous.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social @cato.org

Feeding AI's Energy Appetite Featuring Jennifer Huddleston and Travis Fisher

Can free market policies in both AI and electricity create previously unimaginable levels of human flourishing and prosperity? @cato.org @jrhuddles.bsky.social

The Tylenol Scare Is a Reminder: We’re Leaving People in Pain with Too Few Options The Tylenol scare is built on shaky evidence but creates real fear, leaving women with almost no safe options.

What do pregnant women with high fevers and people with severe chronic pain have in common? Increasingly, both are being told to “tough it out.”
The Tylenol scare is built on shaky evidence, but it leaves women, like millions with pain, with nowhere to turn.

@fatherjmisty.bsky.social covering @brucespringsteen.net at the Stone Pony a couple years back

Trump vs. George III: A No Kings Comparison Our own mad king is repeating many of his predecessors' greatest hits

Since I'm about to head out to DC's No Kings protest, here's a quick look at America's ORIGINAL No Kings movement, and a review of how many of George III's crimes outlined in the Declaration have been repeated by Trump. juliansanchez.substack.com/p/trump-vs-g...

The Spanish literally have a king (he has way less power than our president)

RAICES v. Noem The government’s assertions are based on either misinterpretations or tortured readings of the data, attempting to find justification for a spurious legal argument in facts that simply are not there.

Cato filed an amicus brief in RAICES v. Noem, the case challenging Trump's Border Dictator order that purports to suspend all immigration law because it is "ineffective." Our brief describes how the government's arguments are baseless www.cato.org/legal-briefs...

We don't pull any punches in this one. And for those who may not know it, DHS publicly threatened my colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social for his superb work exposing their lies about one specific ICE misconduct episode.

Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution Podcast Episode · Cato Podcast · 10/14/2025 · 32m

@davidjbier.bsky.social & @pgeddington.com chat assaults on ICE and the constitution on the @cato.org Podcast

Opinion | Is it America’s fate to decline and fall? Here’s what history says. The American experiment will soon turn 250. Is its time running out?

“Great civilizations, history shows, do not end by fate or old age. They end — or revive — by choice…”

It’s fun being 40 at concerts you just complain about how your body hurts between bands

Maria Corina Machado has inspired hope among Venezuelans and emerged as a moral leader across the region, says Ian Vásquez, VP for International Studies at the Cato Institute.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, a valued friend of the Cato Institute, on winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize!

YouTube video by The Cato Institute María Corina Machado at “The Rebirth of Liberty in Argentina and Beyond”

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado speaks to @cato.org’s conference last year youtube.com/watch?v=GLeO...

“But all this time she’s been so afraid of failure that she forgot to also be fearful of success. And that’s become her central dilemma.”

DEI for me, not for thee.

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown reut.rs/4mQvdTF

Rock Creek

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Go Alex/mass immigration!

This is genuinely the most optimism-inspiring event of Trump 2.0.

Hate getting hit with the “you actually need to parent” notification

In all fairness, they probably released a statement Friday afternoon because it would get buried rather a rush to get it out.