# Op-Eds [“The First Amendment, Taxes, and Religion,”](https://bit.ly/3Bj7sxQ) nysun.com, September 14, 2022. [“Rethinking the FDA,”](https://bit.ly/3ws4ky8) nysun.com, August 24, 2022. [“Libertarian Land: Limit Income Redistribution to Help Only the Poor,”](https://bit.ly/3PaMDcX) nysun.com, August 8, 2022. [“Libertarian Land: Federalism, States’ Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment,”](https://bit.ly/3PErjx6) nysun.com, July 20, 2022. [“Libertarian Land’s Latest Poser: Should Societies Ban H?”](https://bit.ly/3IrDknm) nysun.com, July 8, 2022 [“Libertarian Land: Marriage Unbound,”](https://bit.ly/3xESYqp) nysun.com, June 20, 2022. [“Libertarian Land: The Logic of Price Gouging,”](https://bit.ly/3LY6Sc6) nysun.com, May 27, 2022. [“Welcome to Libertarian Land, Where There’s No Need to Use the USA Patriot Act Against Parents,”](https://bit.ly/3MrEQa2) nysun.com, May 19, 2022. **“Welcome to Libertarian Land,”** nysun.com, April 29, 2022. **“Prohibition, Not Big Pharma, Caused the Opioid Epidemic,”** (with Jacob Winter), nysun.com, April 21, 2022. **“Government Bans on GMOs are Making Global Hunger Worse – and Do Serious Harm to the Planet,”** (with Sarah Eckhardt), fee.org, February 14, 2022. [“As the Supreme Court Prepares to Weigh Covid Rules, the Logic of Federal Mandates Starts to Fade,”](https://bit.ly/3t2x6V4) (with Pedro Soares), nysun.com, January 4, 2022. [“Texas’ Social Media Law is Ill Conceived,”](https://bit.ly/3jAfPgu) (with Pedro Braga Soares), expressnews.com, 10/25/21. [“The SAFE Banking Act is a Good Step Toward Marijuana Legalization,”](https://bit.ly/3G8KGuq) (with Pedro Braga Soares), realclearpolicy.com, October 20, 2021. **“Opium Suppression in Afghanistan Was a US-led Failure,”** (with Jeffrey Clemens and Pedro Braga Soares), reason.com, August 24, 2021. **“Why the Time is Ripe to Finally Repeal the Draft,”** (with Sarah Eckhardt), fee.org, July 20, 2021. **“To Improve the Criminal Justice System, Repeal Misguided Laws,”** (with Erin Partin), detroitnews.com, June 24, 2021. **“Entitlement Spending, Not Covid-19 Stimulus, Threatens our Fiscal Future,”** (with Erin Partin), [www.realclearpolicy.com](http://www.realclearpolicy.com), May 25, 2021. [“Waiving Covid-19 Patents Would be Disastrous,”](https://on.mktw.net/2SSkAr9) (with Pedro Soares), marketwatch.com, May 19, 2021. **“USPS needs overhaul to keep election politics off the mail route,”** with Erin Partin, detroitnews.com, August 28, 2020. [“The Upside of Economic Disaster,”](https://bit.ly/39U0BNk) iai.tv, August 3, 2020. [“Reduce Spending on Police by Limiting What they Must Enforce,”](https://bit.ly/2OEMUrG), ocregister.com, July 20, 2020. [“To Reduce Vaping Illness, Legalize Marijuana,”](https://bit.ly/2SYSWad) (with Jacob Rich), reason.com, December 27, 2019. [“Trump is Doing All the Wrong Things on Immigration,”](https://cnn.it/2IOpEpd) cnn.com, June 26, 2019. [“Opioid Suits Are a Misguided Cash Grab Against Politically Unpopular Target,”](https://bit.ly/2GqNciL) (with Laura Nicolae), realclearpolicy.com, April 16, 2019. [“Democratic Socialism is the Scenic Route to Serfdom,”](https://cnn.it/2Z43YeX) (with Ryan Bourne), cnn.com, April 9, 2019. [“Overdosing on Regulation: How Government Caused the Opioid Epidemic,”](https://bit.ly/2VqWM9S) (with Laura Nicolae), realclearpolicy.com, March 1, 2019. [“Why the U.S. Can’t Afford a Green New Deal,”](https://cnn.it/2VhFbBh) (with Laura Nicolae), cnn.com, February 24, 2019. [“Yes, Marijuana Legalization is Working,”](https://bit.ly/2EmZRkr) (with Laura Nicolae), insidesources.com, February 10, 2019. [“Forget the Wall Already: It’s time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders,”](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/31/open-borders-help-economy-combat-illegal-immigration-column/862185002/) usatoday.com, July 31, 2018. [“Data Confirm that Marijuana Decriminalization is Long Overdue,”](https://bit.ly/2LjC63e) thehill.com, July 20, 2018. [“Trump’s Anti-Opioid Ads Won’t Work,”](https://bit.ly/2y3Ik0S) townhall.com, June 9, 2018. [“Why Won’t the DEA Allow Us to Discover the True Nature of Marijuana,”](http://bit.ly/2EMGmUv) newsweek.com, February 16, 2018. [“Some Libertarians Cheer When the Government Shuts Down. Here’s Why They Shouldn’t.” ](http://bit.ly/2Dvhosp) vox.com, January 21, 2018. [“Could Legalizing All Drugs Solve America’s Opioid Epidemic?,”](https://fortune.com/2017/09/19/jeff-sessions-opioid-epidemic-legalize-all-drugs/) fortune.com, September 19, 2017. [“How to Kill the Marijuana Black Market,”](http://dpo.st/2vCOgsQ) denverpost.com, August 11, 2017. [“Are the Obamacare Repeal Tax Cuts Just Giveaways to the Rich?”](http://cnn.it/2ukkIOy) cnn.com, June 28, 2017. **“Wrong: Cheap Canadian Drugs Won’t Heighten Opioid Crisis,”** theamericanconservative.com, June 26, 2017. **“The Stunning Cost of the War on Drugs,”** merionwest.com, April 29, 2017. **“Will President Trump Kill Capitalism,”** learnliberty.org, February 24, 2017. [“Legalize It: Why Thailand (And Every Other Country) Should Legalize Marijuana,](/file_url/115)” *Two Magazine*, April-May, 2016. “[Why Protecting Steel Workers from China’s Imports Doesn’t Help America](http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/opinions/trump-trade-policy-misses-point-miron/),” cnn.com, November 28, 2016. [“Seven Common Myths About Legal Marijuana,”](http://www.newsweek.com/seven-common-myths-about-legal-marijuana-518564) newsweek.com, November 12, 2016. [“Experience Shows Little Impact on Safety,”](http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2016/10/dills_goffard_and_miron_experience_shows_little_impact_on_safety) bostonherald.com, October 24, 2016. [“Ach, Sie glauben an Verbote? Warum alle Drogen legal sein sollten.,”](https://www.schweizermonat.ch/artikel/ach-sie-glauben-an-verbote) Schweitzer Monat, October, 2016. [“Why Trump’s Economic Policy Would be Disastrous,”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/08/opinions/trump-economic-policy-miron/index.html) cnn.com, August 8, 2016. [“El Chapo Shows the Folly of the War on Drugs,”](http://time.com/4187449/el-chapo-war-on-drugs/) time.com, January 21, 2016. [“Good Intentions Don’t Always Lead to Good Results,”](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/12/should-prices-at-nail-salons-and-elsewhere-reflect-their-true-cost/good-intentions-dont-always-lead-to-good-results) nytimes.com, May 12, 2015. [“The Case to Reclassify Grass,”](http://www.newsweek.com/case-reclassify-grass-312845) newsweek.com, March 11, 2015. [“The Tax Code Should Not Redistribute Wealth,”](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/02/04/can-tax-policy-distinguish-the-rich-from-the-middle-class/the-tax-code-should-not-redistribute-wealth) nytimes.com, February 4, 2015. [“Why Congress Should Legalize Pot,”](http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/opinion/miron-marijuana-legalization/index.html?hpt=op_t1) cnn.com, Nov 19, 2014. “[Why All Drugs Should be Legal](http://theweek.com/articles/445005/why-all-drugs-should-legal-yes-even-heroin),” *Weekly Wonk*, July 23, 2014. [“Regulation Depresses the Market,”](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/07/23/new-rules-for-part-time-work/regulation-depresses-the-job-market) *New York Times,* July 23, 2014. [“A Case for the Libertarian,”](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/17/miron-a-case-for-the-libertarian/) *Washington Times,* July 18, 2014. [“Are recreational pot's low tax numbers worrisome? No,”](http://www.denverpost.com/2014/03/21/are-recreational-pots-low-tax-numbers-worrisome-no/) *Denver Post*, March 23, 2014. [“Is the War on Drugs Over?,”](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/1/27/miron-war-on-drugs/) *Harvard Crimson*, January 27, 2014. [“Uruguay and Marijuana Legalization,”](http://www.peruviantimes.com/07/international-analysis-uruguay-and-marijuana-legalization/21128/) *Peruvian Times*, January 7, 2014. [“Marijuana, Sex, and Amsterdam,”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-a-miron/marijuana-sex-and-amsterd_b_3867458.html) Huffington Post, September 5, 2013. [“Do We Need Climate Change Guidelines?,”](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/carbon-518840-tax-policies.html) Orange County Register, July 29, 2013. [“The Tea Party’s Cynical Opposition to Immigration Reform,”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-a-miron/tea-party-immigration-reform_b_3640596.html) Huffingtonpost.com, July 22, 2013. [“Do the NSA's Phone and Internet Monitoring Programs Make Sense?**,”**](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-a-miron/nsa-surveillance-programs_b_3430377.html) huffingtonpost.com, June 13, 2013. [“The Sequester is Good for the Economy,”](http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/28/the-sequester-will-be-good-for-the-economy/) dailycaller.com, March 1, 2013. "[The (Imperfect) Case for Question 3](http://goo.gl/wd1XC),” [www.huffingtonpost.com](http://www.huffingtonpost.com), November 1, 2012. [“Romney’s Economic Plan Has the Edge,](/%20http://goo.gl/dS034)” cnn.com, October 18, 2012. ["Fixing Medicare Requires Seniors to Pay Quite a Bit More](http://goo.gl/SVKxT),” latimes.com, September 4, 2012. “[Eliminate Impediment to Growth](http://goo.gl/4J2xD),” nytimes.com, August 17, 2012. “[How to Get an Economy Growing Fast](http://goo.gl/lxNPy),” cnn.com, March 26, 2012. “[Prosecute Wal-Mart, but Get Rid of Anti-Bribery Law](http://goo.gl/IKBja),” cnn.com, April 26, 2012. “[Making the Case for Marijuana Legalization](http://goo.gl/nylUV),” cnbc.com, April 20, 2012. “[The Fed versus the Gold Standard](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-a-miron/the-fed-versus-the-gold-s_b_1434367.html),” [www.huffingtonpost.com](http://www.huffingtonpost.com), April 18, 2012. “[A Little Humility Would Help](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/01/how-to-teach-economics-after-the-financial-crisis/a-little-humility-among-economists-would-help),” [www.nytimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com), April 2, 2012. “[An Economic Defense of Insider Trading](http://www.atlassociety.org/brc/economic-defense-insider-trading),” February 15, 2012. “[Who’s to Blame for Washington Gridlock?](http://goo.gl/T0io8)”, cnn.com, December 23, 2011 “[Can Inflation Kickstart the Economy](http://goo.gl/Nwii4),” npr.org, November 21, 2011 “[Greece Should Default and Abandon the Euro](http://goo.gl/zlEYX),” bbc.co.uk, , October 25, 2011. “[Soaking the Rich is Not Fair,](http://goo.gl/8ofnx)” huffingtonpost.com, September 2, 2011. “[The Speech Obama Should Have Given](http://goo.gl/vZU0n),” townhall.com, September 10, 2011. “[Just a Theory](http://goo.gl/QGt6l),” thedaily.com, August 30, 2011. “[Why Warren Buffett is Wrong](http://goo.gl/Rzezw),” cnn.com, , August 15, 2011. “[A Pox on Both Parties](http://goo.gl/xXNvX),” cnn.com, July 28, 2011. [“Principles for Lasting Federal Budget Reforms](http://goo.gl/ZPpGD),” [www.philly.com](http://www.philly.com), July 22, 2011. “[Cutting Expenditure is a Good Thing](http://goo.gl/4f3HU),” realclearmarkets.com, April 26, 2011. [“Should Governments Subsidize Health Insuranc](http://goo.gl/8UGKd)e,” huffingtonpost.com, March 25, 2011. “[Unions](http://www.thefreemanonline.org/anything-peaceful/guest-blogging-unions/),” thefreemanonline.org, March 2, 2011. “[More than Just Greed](/%20http://goo.gl/Ynaty),” nytimes.com, January 30, 2011. “[Limiting Free Speech Isn’t the Answer,](http://tinyurl.com/4lw4gh2)” cnn.com, January 15, 2011. “[Harsh Gun Control Will Seem Like War on Drugs](http://tiny.cc/4tdyg),” bloomberg.com, January 14, 2011. “[Anti-Libertarian Presidents](http://goo.gl/r4OrS),” huffingtonpost.com, Nov 18, 2010. “[An Irish Default May Have Benefits](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/11/17/should-ireland-accept-a-bank-bailout),” nytimes.com, November 18, 2010. [“Why Did California Vote Down Legal Pot?](/%20http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/11/a-post-mortem-on-proposition-19/),” cnn.com, November 3, 2010. [“Don’t Buy the Hype on Pot Legalization](http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/19/miron.prop.19/),” cnn.com, October 19, 2010. [“Pot Can’t Solve California’s Problems (But It Should Still Be Legal),”](http://goo.gl/rihzV) forbes.com, October 14, 2010. “[Making an Economic Case for Legali”zing Drug,](http://articles.philly.com/2010-10-03/news/24980497_1_drug-legalization-tax-revenue-california-measure) [www.philly.com](http://www.philly.com), Oct. 3, 2010. “[Drugs and Conservatives Should Go Together](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/29/opinion/la-oe-miron-legalize-drugs-20100929),” latimes.com, September 29, 2010. “[Why the Bush Tax Cuts Worked](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/08/mixing-economics-with-politics),” nytimes.com, September 8, 2010. “[Government Needs to Divorce the Marriage Business,](http://goo.gl/Dk5zr)” aolnews.com, August 13, 2010. “[It’s time to Shift Spending to States](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39802.html),” politico.com, July 16, 2010. “[Should the U.S. Restrict Immigration?](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/libertarianism-z/201007/should-the-us-restrict-immigration),” psychologytoday.com, July 12, 2010. “[Why Limits on Banker Bonuses Are Meaningless](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/07/07/why-limits-on-banker-bonuses-are-meaningless/),” forbes.com, July 7, 2010. “[Gun Control Advocates Should Applaud the Supreme Court](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/libertarianism-z/201007/gun-control-advocates-should-applaud-the-supreme-court),” psychologytoday.com, July 6, 2010. “[States Can Easily Balance Their Budgets](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/07/01/the-truth-states-can-easily-balance-their-budgets/),” forbes.com, July 1, 2010. “[The U.S. versus the G-20 on Spending](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/libertarianism-z/201006/the-us-versus-the-g-20-spending),” psychlogytoday.com, June 28, 2010. “[Less Policy Means More Jobs,](http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/can-obama-create-more-jobs-soon/)” nytimes.com, June 24, 2010. “[What Matters are Consequences, Not Context](http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/06/23/jeffrey-miron/what-matters-are-consequences-not-context/),” [www.cato-unbound.org](http://www.cato-unbound.org), June 23, 2010. “[The U.K. Austerity Plan is a 77% Solution](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/06/22/the-u-k-austerity-plan-is-a-77-solution/),” forbes.com, June 22, 2010. “[The Gulf Spill and Compensation for Disaster Victims](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/libertarianism-z),” psychologytoday.com, June 22, 2010. “[Will Europe’s Debt Crisis Hurt the U.S.](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/06/15/will-europes-debt-crisis-hurt-the-u-s/)?,” forbes.com, June 16, 2010. “[Crossing the Line](http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/can-the-u-s-punish-bps-shareholders/),” nytimes.com, June 11, 2010. [“The Decline of Newspapers Shows Capitalism is Working,](http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2010/06/07/the-decline-of-newspapers-shows-%20capitalism-is-working)” forbes.com, June 7, 2010. “[Paying Back America’s Debt](http://alisterpaine.info/2010/06/07/paying-back-americas-debt/),” alisterpaine.info, June 7, 2010. “[The Tea Party and the Drug War](http://article.nationalreview.com/435622/the-tea-party-and-the-drug-war/jeffrey-a-miron),” nationalreview.com, June 7, 2010. “[A Gulf Spill Reality Check](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/06/02/calm-reactions-to-the-gulf-spill/),” forbes.com, June 2, 2010. “[The Gulf Oil Spill: Should Execs be Personally Liable?](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/05/25/the-gulf-spill-should-execs-be-personally-liable/)," May 25, 2010. “[A Double-Dip Warning Sign?](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/05/20/a-double-dip-warning-sign/),” forbes.com, May 20, 2010. “[The Realities Behind the Immigration Debate](http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/18/the-realities-behind-the-immigration-debate/),” dailycaller.com, May 18, 2010. “[Unsustainable Retirement Benefit](http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/the-twilight-of-the-welfare-state/?hp)s,” nytimes.com, May 12, 2010. “[Avoiding Fiscal Meltdown](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/05/12/avoiding-fiscal-meltdown/),” forbes.com, May 12, 2010. “[Let the Euro Die](http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/05/07/let-the-euro-die/%20),” forbes.com, May 7, 2010. “[Let Greece Default](http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/29/greece-bailout-default-opinions-contributors-jeffrey-a-miron.html),” forbes.com, April 29, 2010. “[Slash Expenditure to Balance the Budget](http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/18/slash-expenditure-to-balance-the-budget/),” dailycaller.com,February 18, 2010. [“More airport security won’t do much to stop terrorists. Leaving the Middle East would.”](http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0128/More-airport-security-won-t-do-much-to-stop-terrorists.-Leaving-the-Middle) Christian Science Monitor, January 28, 2010. “[Bailing Out The Banks Was Wrong, But New Tax Won't Make It Right](http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=518158),” Investor’s Business Daily Online, January 14, 2010. “[A Real Stimulus](http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Zjk3NDkwNzJmODE4OWEwNzAwZjc5MWZjZmM3MWM5MDk=),” National Review Online, January 13, 2010. ## Op-Eds [### 2009 ](/pages/2009) [### 2008 ](/pages/2008) [### 2007 ](/pages/2007) [### 2006 ](/pages/2006) [### 2005 ](/pages/2005) [### 2003 ](/pages/2003) [### 2002 ](/pages/2002) [### 2001 ](/pages/2001) [### 2000 ](/pages/2000) [### 1999 ](/pages/1999) [### 1998 ](/pages/1998) [### 1995 ](/pages/1995) [### 1994 ](/pages/1994) [### 1993 ](/pages/1993) [### 1992 ](/pages/1992)