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Rudy Giuliani Says "Anything is Legal" in War, Including Taking Iraq's Oil

On 9/11 anniversary, "America's Mayor" defends Donald Trump's "take the oil" refrain.

Anthony L. Fisher | 9.11.2016
Gary Johnson Needs to Average 25% in His Next Two Polls to Qualify for the Debates

ABC/Washington Post poll comes in at 9%, leaving the Libertarian far short of 15% before Judgment Day

Matt Welch | 9.11.2016
September 11: Remembering Lives and Liberties Lost 15 Years Ago

Fifteen years later, we really do have "nothing to fear but fear itself"

Ronald Bailey | 9.09.2016
15 Years After 9/11, Will the West Shut Itself Down To Freedom Like the Arab World Has?

The 2016 election is ultimately a fight between a future based on freedom and a bunker mentality in trade, culture, and immigration.

Nick Gillespie | 9.11.2016
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld Shift Focus to Answering Questions Outside of Debates

‘I’m no longer so sure that it’s game over if we’re not in the debates,’ Weld tells Reason

Matt Welch | 9.10.2016
Dairy Lobby Sides with Florida in Orwellian Attempt to Redefine 'Skim Milk'

According to state regulators, skim milk = skim milk + mandated additives.

Baylen Linnekin | 9.10.2016
Female Student Admits to Incredible Lie That Got Auburn Football Player Kicked Off Team

Says Title IX coordinator 'really wanted to make it a big deal, after I told her basically that I lied.'

Robby Soave | 9.09.2016

The Truth About the Biggest U.S. Sex Trafficking Story of the Year

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.09.2016
Prison Censors Impound Reason Because It 'Presents a Threat' to 'Security, Good Order, or Discipline'

A Florida inmate can't read his copy of the magazine this month. Can you?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.09.2016
Gary Johnson Apologized to Veterans Group For His Supporters' "Harassment" Over His Exclusion From Presidential Forum

IAVA's Paul Rieckhoff says Johnson apologized for "threatening and unprofessional tactics" by some of his supporters.

Anthony L. Fisher | 9.09.2016

9-State Contender Evan McMullin Says Gary Johnson is ‘Not a Serious Candidate’

‘He spends his time advocating for legalized prostitution,’ the #NeverTrumper contends, inaccurately, while seizing on the Aleppo gaffe

Matt Welch | 9.09.2016
The Media Is Giving Hillary Clinton a Free Pass

Freaking out over the commander-in-chief forum.

David Harsanyi | 9.09.2016
What If You Were Mistakenly Put on a Watchlist?

Innocent until the government makes a mistake.

Steven Greenhut | 9.09.2016
Regardless of Aleppo, Gary Johnson Is Only Candidate Talking Spending Cuts and Foreign-Policy Restraint

Wash Post op-ed lays out strong case for a president not beholden to either Dems or GOP.

Nick Gillespie | 9.08.2016

Anarchy, Swamp, and Utopia

Archeologists offer a new look at a secretive settlement of runaway slaves.

Jesse Walker | 9.08.2016
Gary Johnson's Aleppo Gaffe Is an Inexcusable Blunder, But Hardly Unique to Presidential Candidates

"Serious" major party candidates screw up foreign policy questions almost every election cycle.

Anthony L. Fisher | 9.08.2016
11 Oakland Cops Disciplined Over Prostitution Scandal Involving Exploited Teen

Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.08.2016
Digital Privacy Shouldn't Depend on a Law Written in the Time of Stranger Things

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was passed in 1986.

Veronique de Rugy | 9.08.2016
Apple’s New iPhone is a Reminder That Innovation Doesn’t Always Happen Where, When, or How You Expect

Peter Suderman | 9.07.2016
What Did Veterans Watching (and Protesting) the IAVA Commander in Chief Forum Think of the Candidates?

Reason spoke to vets tonight at IAVA's headquarters and outside the forum.

Anthony L. Fisher | 9.07.2016
Trump Denounces Clinton's Wars, Calls for a Military Buildup

In two speeches, the Republican candidate mixes the refreshing and the ridiculous.

Jesse Walker | 9.07.2016
Hillary Clinton's Endless Plan

From Alzheimer's to Epipens to youth unemployment.

A. Barton Hinkle | 9.07.2016
Sorry, Peter Thiel, but We Don't Need a Manhattan Project for Everyday Life

The visionary tech billionaire is right that government is dysfunctional but wrong about its core responsibilities.

Nick Gillespie | 9.07.2016
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump vs. Free Speech

Free speech beset by enemies.

John Stossel | 9.07.2016
Trump's 'Softening' Can't Make His Immigration Stance Popular

Most voters do not agree that unauthorized residents pose an intolerable threat.

Jacob Sullum | 9.07.2016
UMass-Amherst Says Students Won’t Get in Trouble for Harambe Jokes. But...

'Dicks out for Harambe' is okay. Probably.

Robby Soave | 9.07.2016
New 7% Showing in CNN Poll Almost Certainly Dooms Gary Johnson’s Debate Chances

Libertarian nominee needs the next three polls to average 20% to qualify, unless the Commission on Presidential Debates changes its criteria at the last minute.

Matt Welch | 9.06.2016
UMass-Amherst: Harambe Jokes Are Racist Microaggressions, Violate Title IX

'Any negative remarks regarding ‘Harambe’ will be seen as a direct attack to our campus’s African American community.'

Robby Soave | 9.06.2016
Washington Post and Matthew Sheffield Dig a Deeper Hole While Grudgingly Correcting Clumsy Falsehoods About Reason (UPDATED)

Maybe the third time will be the charm for blaming Donald Trump on libertarians

Matt Welch | 9.06.2016
Cash Means Freedom, Which Is Why So Many Officials Hate It

Opponents and proponents of folding money agree that the stuff protects you from the state—but they differ about the value of that protection.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.06.2016
The American Legion Wants Marijuana Reclassified to Help Treat PTSD

How much do politicians really care about veterans’ health?

Scott Shackford | 9.06.2016
Did the Free Market Create Political Incorrectness?

"The real threat to free inquiry isn’t students, but that same market imperative that First Amendment defenders claim to hold dear." Wrong!

Nick Gillespie | 9.06.2016
Cornell College Republicans Decertified After Endorsing Gary Johnson

The group calls the Libertarian nominee "the true conservative in this election."

Jacob Sullum | 9.05.2016
The Worst Case for Republicans: Trump Wins

The GOP would be saddled with responsibility for his behavior.

Steve Chapman | 9.05.2016
Government's Obamacare Failures Spur Calls for More Government Meddling

From the public option to stiffer penalties, Obamacare supporters won't admit government is the problem.

A. Barton Hinkle | 9.05.2016

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