Behold the Democratic Future, Boasts Jonathan Chait, Because Suspicion of Government Is Racist

J.D. Tuccille | 4.23.2014

The Value of Privacy

What we really value is the freedom to choose when we'll give up some privacy and when we'll tell people to butt out.

John Stossel | 4.23.2014

A Constitutional Case for Gay Marriage

The Equal Protection Clause demands equal treatment for same-sex couples.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.23.2014

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is Neil Patrick Harris’ One-Man Show

The onstage band kicks, and the songs are fierce.

Kurt Loder | 4.23.2014

The Overwrought 'Blurred Lines' Backlash

Just say no to Big Sister.

Cathy Young | 4.23.2014

Go to Heaven, Bloomberg

The meddling ex-mayor thinks he is on a mission from God.

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014

SCOTUS Grills Ohio Over Its Speech-Suppressing 'Ministry of Truth'

Damon Root | 4.22.2014

Promise and Peril in Tech Approaches To Stopping Child Sex Trafficking

From surveying to surveilling to spreading information, one organization is showing promise and raising concern.

Zenon Evans | 4.22.2014

Foundation Gives Obamacare Enrollment Group $13 Million After Sebelius Call

Peter Suderman | 4.22.2014

Detroit Retirees Get a Bailout; Detroit Residents the Shaft

Last week's bankruptcy deal was a missed opportunity to restructure the city's insane pension system

Shikha Dalmia | 4.22.2014

'You Can't Have Freedom for Free': On Rush, Ayn Rand, and Not Compromising

"I don't want to 'grow up,' if growing up means abandoning the principle that individuals matter," writes Matt Kibbe in Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto.

Matt Kibbe | 4.22.2014

Sex Slaves and the Surveillance State

Why 'human trafficking' is a dangerous term

Thaddeus Russell | 4.22.2014

Four Great Myths of the McCarthy Era

Sixty years after the Army-McCarthy hearings, we should reexamine some of our accumulated lore about the period.

Jesse Walker | 4.22.2014

Obama and the Most [REDACTED] Administration in History

He now has explain when he feels legally entitled to kill you.

Gene Healy | 4.22.2014

More Minimum Wage Nonsense in New York

The latest dubious innovation in left-wing political economics.

Ira Stoll | 4.21.2014

Bitcoin is No Substitute for Government Money, But a Refuge From Control

Bitcoin has the ability to bypass capital controls. If you can convert your wealth into Bitcoin, you can get it out of your government’s reach.

Jerry Brito | 4.21.2014

Stop Attacking Charter Schools

Unions and politicians are trying to kill the best hope for many disadvantaged kids.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.21.2014

In Your Eyes: A DIY showcase

Joss Whedon’s newest flick isn't just a great new movie. Its distribution model may be the future of great new movies.

Kurt Loder | 4.21.2014

The Menace of Secret Government

Obama's proposed intelligence reforms fail to safeguard civil liberties

Ronald Bailey | 4.21.2014

Save E-Cigarettes From the Children

Concerns about underage consumption should not dictate the choices available to adults.

Jacob Sullum | 4.21.2014

A Libertarian Society Owes Itself More Than Non-Aggression

To treat people as ends, not means, is a libertarian issue.

Sheldon Richman | 4.20.2014

What's Wrong With Victims' Rights?

If victims get higher priority, something else will have to get a lower priority—resulting in fewer arrests, fewer prosecutions or more clogged court dockets.

Steve Chapman | 4.21.2014

Tax Collectors for the Warfare State

We should never agree to trade tax deductions for lower tax rates.

Jon Basil Utley | 4.19.2014

Bans on Sharing Food With Homeless Persist

It will take a concerted effort by advocates for the homeless to pressure cities to repeal these inane, mean-spirited, and un-American laws.

Baylen Linnekin | 4.19.2014

Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Gun Case?

The Second Amendment protects the right to armed self-defense. Does that include the right to carry guns in public?

Damon Root | 4.18.2014

The Bundy Ranch Standoff and Attitudes Toward the State

Brian Doherty | 4.18.2014

Conservatives Still Don't Want You to Get Sick and Die

It is possible to deem Obamacare destructive policy and still support "expanding affordable health coverage."

David Harsanyi | 4.18.2014

Blame Lefties if India Elects a Sham Free Marketer Hindu Extremist

The left's opposition to liberalization has made Indians desperate for an economic savior

Shikha Dalmia | 4.18.2014

Peoria Mayor Sends Police to Track Down Twitter Parodist

Scott Shackford | 4.18.2014

Milk Debate Touches Raw Nerve in California

Special interest groups are stopping Mariko Yamada's raw milk bill.

Steven Greenhut | 4.18.2014

Obamacare Sign Ups Hit 8 Million, Demographic Mix Falls Short of Target

Peter Suderman | 4.17.2014

Transcendence

Johnny Depp and Rebecca Hall in a low-key digital love story.

Kurt Loder | 4.18.2014

Regulating Hateful Speech Won't Stop Hateful Crimes

Glenn Miller's long trail of bigotry and violence is not an argument for censoring speech—or for spying on people who have done nothing more than say ugly things.

Jesse Walker | 4.17.2014

"Automatic Government" is Leading to an Automatic Spending Disaster

Philip K. Howard, "The Rule of Nobody," and how technocracy is strangling the future.

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2014

Obama and the Appeasement Myth

The stark fact is that Ukraine is not a place over which the U.S. and NATO should be ready to go to war, and nothing short of going to war will change its fate.

Steve Chapman | 4.17.2014

The Original NSA Whistleblower

Intelligence analyst William Binney's revelations preceded Edward Snowden's by more than decade. Why didn't anyone listen?

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2014

America's Fear of Iranian Nuclear Power Is Overblown

U.S. hawks aren't telling the full story about Iran's agenda.

Sheldon Richman | 4.17.2014

Hope for the Dead

When the government takes away our free will, the government steals a gift from God; it violates the natural law; it prevents us from having and utilizing the means to the truth.

Andrew Napolitano | 4.17.2014

Prostitution Precrime? Monica Jones and ‘Manifesting an Intent' to Prostitute in America

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.16.2014

Clinton Leads Potential GOP Contenders in Early 2016 Polling

Peter Suderman | 4.16.2014

Earth Daze: Overcoming Environmental Hysteria

Environmentalism is now more religion than science.

John Stossel | 4.16.2014

The Dumbest Federal Policy You'll Read About Today

It benefits special interests, hurts consumers, and harms the planet. What could be worse?

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.16.2014

Department of Cronyism

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration is a favor-dispensing machine.

Veronique de Rugy | 4.16.2014

Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism

Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2014

Progressives Fight to Keep Poor Kids Trapped in Failing Schools

With NYC's per pupil spending at $20,000, why can't public schools afford pens?

Jim Epstein | 4.15.2014

Where Does Your Tax Money Go?

Ed Krayewski | 4.15.2014

Three Cheers for Tax Scofflaws (They Keep Us Afloat and Limit Government's Reach)

J.D. Tuccille | 4.15.2014

Want Useful Data on Obamacare? The Census Bureau Won’t Help You.

Peter Suderman | 4.15.2014

62 Percent of Americans Say They Favor a Flat Tax

They also say it is not the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people.

Emily Ekins | 4.15.2014

Deputizing Everyone Doesn't Stop Terrorism, but Officials Keep Trying

We're generating an atmosphere of perpetual, low-level anxiety and excuses for official harassment.

Gene Healy | 4.15.2014

Stifling Commerce

How the Department of Commerce smothers what it's supposed to promote

Sonny Bunch | 4.15.2014

A Conservative Defense of Brandeis University

No, Ayaan Hirsi Ali did not have her speech "suppressed."

Ira Stoll | 4.14.2014

Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech

From the Dixie Chicks to Mozilla, free speech is under fire from both right and left.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.14.2014

Progressive Puritans

From e-cigarettes to sex classifieds, the once-transgressive left tries to criminalize fun.

Matt Welch | 4.14.2014

Gay Rights, Intolerance, and Racial Parallels

Persecution of dissent on gay marriage is bad not only for intellectual freedom and the cultural climate but ultimately, perhaps, for gay equality as well.

Cathy Young | 4.14.2014

Harmless Drones Get Federal Flak

The FAA is throwing its weight around, not protecting the public.

Steve Chapman | 4.14.2014

Put Cameras in the Supreme Court

Australia, Canada, and England all allow cameras in their high courts. So should the U.S.

S.M. Oliva | 4.13.2014

The War on Porn Continues

Three decades after the Reagan administration crackdown, the crusade against pornography is waged online and overseas.

Peter Suderman | 4.13.2014

Big Government Bigots

The founder of GOProud, Jimmy LaSalvia gives three reasons why the GOP is in trouble.

Jimmy LaSalvia | 4.12.2014

National School Lunch Program Embarrassment Continues

The USDA has managed to make school lunches stink even more. So why does the government continue?

Baylen Linnekin | 4.12.2014

Jeb Bush: The GOP's Legacy Underdog

For the chattering class, Jeb will always be the Bush who got away.

Debra J. Saunders | 4.11.2014

Nevada County Commissioner Implies a Death Threat Against Out-of-Staters Who Might Come to Support Cattle Rancher in His Fight with the Feds: [UPDATED: BLM Backs Down!]

Brian Doherty | 4.11.2014

The Biggest Obstacle to Gender Neutral Bathrooms? Building Codes.

Government went beyond mandating that employers give workers a place to do their business to specifying exactly how and in what ratios this must occur.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.11.2014

California Demands $55 Million from Microprocessor Inventor

The state has been harassing him for decades

Steven Greenhut | 4.11.2014

Cop Block: Cops May Do Bad Things, But Are White Guys Filming Them Worse?

Brian Doherty | 4.10.2014

Only Lovers Left Alive

Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston out for blood.

Kurt Loder | 4.11.2014

Friday Funnies: Deadline Extension

Henry Payne | 4.11.2014

Looks Like We Won’t Have Sebelius to Kick Around Much Anymore

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2014

Boy, I Wonder How the Folks at Salon Feel About Ayn Rand

The troll-the-libertarians business model.

Jesse Walker | 4.10.2014

Issa Accuses Cummings of Colluding With IRS, House Committee Refers Former IRS Official to DOJ

Former director of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division at the IRS has pleaded the Fifth twice at Congressional hearings

Matthew Feeney | 4.10.2014

Printed Bong Spells the End for the War on Drug Paraphernalia

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2014

11 Reasons Unemployment Is So Freaking High

Nick Gillespie | 4.10.2014

Your Tax Returns Are Hacker Bait

The IRS is a terrible guardian of information, and the tax man keeps a treasure trove of personal data about almost every American.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.10.2014

The Myth of Economic Immobility

Americans are actually more mobile than we've ever been.

Greg Beato | 4.10.2014

A Democratic Dilemma on Legalizing Pot

There's only one thing standing in the way of the Democratic Party using the pot issue to win elections: Democratic politicians.

Steve Chapman | 4.10.2014

NSA Admits to Wrongdoing—What Now?

The Director of National Intelligence lied to a congressional committee about the most massive Fourth Amendment violation in history. Will he be prosecuted?

Andrew Napolitano | 4.10.2014

Condi Rice Joins Dropbox Board of Directors. Who Should Worry?

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2014

Leland Yee’s Less Sexy Corruption Just Part of the System

Caught taking money to pass protectionist regulations—how do people think these laws get made in the first place?

Scott Shackford | 4.09.2014

Is There a Dry Cleaning Gender Gap?

President Obama laughingly promised to look into discriminatory dry cleaning pricing, but it's no joke for some.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.09.2014

How the Tax Code Manipulates Us

Every time tax rules nudge us in a chosen direction, they preempt the market's signals.

John Stossel | 4.09.2014

Bush Lied. So Did Obama.

Dishonesty is the order of the day at the White House.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.09.2014

Free Speech vs. the Collective

Stephen Breyer's dangerously broad rationale for campaign finance regulations

Jacob Sullum | 4.09.2014

Can Bobby Jindal's Health Plan Get the Republican Party on Track?

The Louisiana governor's proposal could be a turning point for the party.

Peter Suderman | 4.08.2014

White House Says Wage Gender Gap Stats Are Misleading...When Applied to the White House

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.08.2014

Republican Bill Boosts 'Imperial Presidency' It's Trying To Squash

Rep. Eric Cantor is more interested in taking shots at Obama than actually fixing the monstrous executive office.

Gene Healy | 4.08.2014

Auto-Safety Bureaucrats Want To Enrich Themselves Over the GM Recall Tragedy

Lawmakers are falling for NHTSA's line that it is too poor to keep drivers safe

Shikha Dalmia | 4.08.2014

The Lost Sisterhood and the Case for Libertarian Novels

A best-selling writer explains the power of historical fiction.

Anne Fortier | 4.08.2014

Tax Reform: Dueling Plans from the GOP

Fair tax or flat tax?

Ira Stoll | 4.07.2014

Obama Administration Deserves Kudos For Surrendering Internet Control

The last step in the Internet’s privatization should be applauded for removing government from the process.

Jerry Brito | 4.07.2014

The Case for Knife Rights

Big government overreach claims a new class of victims.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.07.2014

Otis McDonald, Civil Rights Hero and Second Amendment Champion, 1933-2014

Damon Root | 4.07.2014

Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?

If more pot smoking means less drinking, legalization could make the roads safer.

Jacob Sullum | 4.07.2014

Rich People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance Restrictions

When Congress blocks off one avenue for funding political campaigns, millionaires find other routes—or bulldoze new ones through the wilderness.

Steve Chapman | 4.07.2014

California Senate: Inside the Corrupt Reality of Government

Legislators in the Golden State make Breaking Bad seem mild by comparison.

Steven Greenhut | 4.06.2014

Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld and The Unknown Known

"We're all morons" says the Oscar-winning filmmaker. And that's just the beginning of our problems.

Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein | 4.06.2014

Libertarianism Is More Than Just Rejecting Force

The "thick" and "thin" of libertarian philosophy.

Sheldon Richman | 4.06.2014

The State of Food Policy

From heritage hog bans to the "sriracha apocalypse"

Baylen Linnekin | 4.05.2014

Leaders Are Inevitable, Says Nirvana's Krist Novoselic. But They Shouldn't Suck.

Krist Novoselic | 4.04.2014

If Rand Paul Has Hawks Nervous He's Doing Something Right

The Kentucky senator wants a less aggressive foreign policy, and so do most Americans

Matthew Feeney | 4.04.2014

Uber Faces Backlash From the New Luddites

Americans have become so accustomed to regulations, we’ve ceased to see how freedom might operate.

Steven Greenhut | 4.04.2014

Obamacare's Bogus Enrollment Claims

The program has failed in extending coverage to the uninsured.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.04.2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Chris Evans takes on the national-security state.

Kurt Loder | 4.04.2014

Friday Funnies: That Obamacare 'Deadline'

Chip Bok | 4.04.2014

Welcome to the Era of Politically Correct Web Browsing!

Nick Gillespie | 4.03.2014

Bitcoin and Taxes

The IRS's announcement about taxing Bitcoin won't kill the libertarian Bitcoin dream

Brian Doherty | 4.03.2014

Americans Say 75 Percent of Politicians Are Corrupted, 70 Percent Use Political Power to Hurt Enemies

Flight 370 conspiracy theories; college basketball players should share NCAA revenue; distrust of NSA and Facebook; concerns about police misconduct

Emily Ekins | 4.03.2014

Ohio Silences Political Speech, Gets Hauled Before Supreme Court

Damon Root | 4.02.2014

What if Politicians Think Secrecy Trumps the Constitution?

And what do we do about it?

Andrew Napolitano | 4.03.2014

Obama's Victory on Obamacare May Be Short Lived

Peter Suderman | 4.02.2014

Supreme Court Strikes Down Major Campaign Finance Restriction

Damon Root | 4.02.2014

Zoning’s Racist Roots Still Bear Fruit

The long, shameful legacy of state-sanctioned discrimination.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.02.2014

Sunlight Slays Secret Snooping

Why Obama changed his mind about the NSA's phone record dragnet

Jacob Sullum | 4.02.2014

NSA Pawed Through Americans' Communications Without Warrants, Say Senators

J.D. Tuccille | 4.01.2014

Seven Politicians Making Fools Out of You

And not only on April Fools’ Day...

Ed Krayewski | 4.01.2014

How the End of Obamacare's Open Enrollment Resets the Health Care Debate

Peter Suderman | 4.01.2014

If the U.S. Is Going to Have Dynasties, at Least Have Good Ones

The push for Jeb Bush.

Gene Healy | 4.01.2014

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