David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. I've written entirely too much about the Jones Act this year, but like a bad penny, it just keeps turning up in the public discourse.

The Jones Act, a century-old law that prevents the shipment of cargo between U.S. ports, is an unjust prohibition that raises costs for just about everyone and should be waived permanently.

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This question from a U.S. Farm Report viewer took some research: “What would be the economic effect of repealing the Jones Act on U.S. Agriculture?” The quick answer is repealing the Jones act ...

The new chairman, for the 119th Congress, said the Jones Act is quite literally the bedrock and foundation of the nation’s shipbuilding industrial base because it helps to maintain a pool of ...

While the Jones Act harms Puerto Rico (“Repeal the Jones Act for Puerto Rico’s future,” Dec. 15), the claim that the law “forces Puerto Rico to route trade through U.S. ports” is inaccurate.