The Great Libertarian Conspiracy

Democrats campaign against people they don’t understand.

Matt Welch

Contributors

Where Do Libertarians Belong?

Torture Tort Terror

Obama uses national security as a cover for violating people’s rights.

Jacob Sullum

The Case for Bifurcated Trials

Narrowing the odds of executing the innocent

Radley Balko

The Well-Pilfered Clavier

Does copyright protection prevent creators from making stuff and selling it?

Tim Cavanaugh

Stimulus: Still Not Working!

Unbelievably, the administration and its allies keep insisting that a failed policy was a success.

Veronique de Rugy

The Fitness Divide

What happened after JFK told America to take a hike

Greg Beato

Egg Recall Hatches More Regulations

More FDA regulations don’t always mean greater food safety.

Ronald Bailey

The Appearance of Corruption

Both Theodore Roosevelt and John McCain tried to save their reputations by pushing campaign finance regulations.

Jacob Sullum

Doctors’ Orders

The government’s war on medical “price fixing” squelches speech without helping consumers.

S.M. Oliva

The Year of YouTube Advertising

The wildest crop yet of online campaign commercials

Armin Rosen & Jesse Walker

Briefly Noted: Boardwalk Empire

Radley Balko

Briefly Noted: A Chorus of Praise for Silent Cal

Katherine Mangu-Ward

Briefly Noted: Gratuitous Government

Jacob Sullum

Briefly Noted: Nazis’ Cinematic Crimes

Radley Balko

The Conquering Bureaucracy

A new history of the FDA shows how regulators entrenched and extended their own power.

Keith E. Whittington

Rap and Metal on Planet Islam

The booming voice of pent-up Middle Eastern anger

James M. Dorsey

Heeding the Sage of Baltimore

A new edition of H.L. Mencken’s Prejudices captures the legendary journalist at his corrosive best.

Damon W. Root

Glenn Beck’s Great Awakening

Populism, revivals, and goth Americana

Nick Gillespie

Briefly Noted: Hidden Video

Jesse Walker

Shredding Public Art

Is this desecration or participation?

Tim Cavanaugh