Cato, which I have been reading for years, now thinks that protecting shipping from pirates isn't a good idea.
https://www.cato.org/blog/us-military-role-red-sea-now-turning-offensive-bad-deal
Sometimes they do write good articles:
https://www.cato.org/blog/argentinas-javier-milei-slashing-big-government-we-can-do-same-america
On the Middle East: Their complete lack of recognition regarding just who was and wasn't effective (note that this article is about "Washington" and "United States" but completely fails to mention, for example, the Abraham Accords, plus dumps all over "Israel's war in Gaza" where they actually cite Hamas as evidence of all the bad things Israel is doing
According to the Hamas‐controlled Gaza health authorities
https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-middle-east-policy-has-failed
I've just about stopped paying attention to them given their strident opposition to any border controls and their lack of any recognition that President Trump may have done anything good in his four years, especially compared to what we've seen from the Biden Administration, but I think this is probably the end for me. Unless, of course, I just keep the link on the sidebar to see what they are ranting about next.
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I gave them the boot (along with Reason) a few years ago.
Well fortunately it costs me nothing to look at their articles periodically. They do have good stuff on improving government operations (unlike Reason which seems to have devolved into a series of "how can we blame Trump for everything the Democrats do" article. It's become a running joke in the comments that no matter the topic, most of the writers there will eventually (usually sooner rather than later) bring up "but Trump". I read Reason mostly for the entertainment value of the comments at this point. And neither gets my $$.
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