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DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain, Kennedy & Nick Gillespie | May 21

America’s Small-Business Fetish

Veronique de Rugy | June 2012

When it comes to job creation, size doesn’t matter.

China and the Lure of the Status Quo

Steve Chapman | May 21

China in 2012 is a lot like Japan in the 1980s.

King-Sized No More

Greg Beato | June 2012

Michelle Obama shrinks your snickers

Is There a Libertarian Case for Organized Labor?

Sheldon Richman | May 20

Individualism, trade-unions, and “self-governing combinations”

The Swing Vote: Why Independents Will Decide the 2012 Election

Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg | May 19

Opt Out of School Lunch

Baylen Linnekin | May 19

Should schools force kids to eat USDA-approved food, or should families take back control of what their kids are eating?

NATO Comes to Chicago

Ed Krayewski | May 18

NATO's summit this weekend in the Windy City will produce a lot of hot air, but what the aging alliance really needs is a douse in cold water.

What is an Astronaut's Life Worth?: An Interview with Robert Zubrin

Anthony L. Fisher & Matt Welch | May 18

The Case for a Romney-Paul Ticket

A. Barton Hinkle | May 18

Paul's presence would give the ticket something it has lacked up to this point: spine.

Jerry Brown's Broken Budget

Steven Greenhut | May 18

The California governor betrays his promise to deliver an "honest" budget.

Nicholas Kristof's Bogus Anti-Beer Crusade

Walter Olson | May 18

The New York Times columnist launches a sloppy attack against Anheuser-Busch based on beer sales to South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation.

The Samaritan and Lovely Molly

Kurt Loder | May 18

A crime thriller from Samuel L. Jackson, a horror show from the director of The Blair Witch Project

Friday Funnies

Chip Bok | May 18

How Obama saved 20-somethings from the bad economy.

The Terrible Truth About the TSA

J.D. Tuccille | May 17

It's a failure at everything it does.

3 Lies About the Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Recall

May 17

How Pat Buchanan Conquered America

Brian Doherty | June 2012

Reliving the 1990s in the 2012 GOP race

Making Life Fair

John Stossel | May 17

Wealth disparity is not unfair—if it results from free exchange.

The Implausibility of Nuclear Terrorism

Steve Chapman | May 17

The worst eventuality is one that will likely never happen.

‘The Financial Crisis Was the Result of Government Housing Policy’

Anthony Randazzo | June 2012

The American Enterprise Institute’s Peter Wallison on how government, not greed, was the essential ingredient in the 2008 meltdown.

Is There a Drone in Your Backyard?

Andrew Napolitano | May 17

Even when we don't have an expectation of privacy, we do have a right to be left alone.

Liberal Intolerance and the Firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley

Cathy Young | May 16

Left-wing academics silence a critic.

China Needs the Rule of Law

Ronald Bailey | May 16

What the fall of a Communist princeling and the jailbreak of a blind pauper tell us about China's prospects.

Reason TV: Outraged Fullerton citizens react to Kelly Thomas beating tape

Paul Detrick | May 16

When Will Obama Evolve on the Drug War?

Sheldon Richman | May 16

Much is made of how Obama’s position on same-sex marriage has “evolved." One hopes his position on the “war on drugs” is also evolving.

JPMorgan Proves We Don't Need More Regulation

David Harsanyi | May 16

Unlike our friends in Washington, JPMorgan Chase paid a price for its bad choices.

Gay Marriage, Like All Marriage, Not Worth Celebrating

Thaddeus Russell | May 16

Beware of governments granting the "right" to enter onerous lifelong contracts.

Romney's Gay Marriage Challenge

Jacob Sullum | May 16

What does he mean by "domestic partnership"?

5 TV Shows for Today's Great Recession

Ed Krayewski | May 15

From zombies attacks to scheming bar owners, these shows reflect today's climate of fear and loathing