July 2012

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The libertarian legal movement threatens Barack Obama’s signature law.

Stupid Season

American politics is getting dumber even as fiscal catastrophe looms larger.

Matt Welch

The Internet vs. the NEA

Is Kickstarter a secret right-wing plot to undermine the National Endowment for the Arts?

Greg Beato
Are Atheists Worse Than Rapists?

Polls find that godless Americans are (still) wildly unpopular.

Ronald Bailey
Use a Computer, Go to Jail

How a federal law can be used to prosecute almost anyone who visits a website

Jacob Sullum
No to Nukes

Nuclear power isn’t cost-effective, no matter how you do the math.

Veronique de Rugy
How Many Americans Are Really Out of Work?

A new bill aims to change the way we report unemployment.

Tim Cavanaugh

Ron Paul’s Clone Army

The Revolution spawns a new generation of GOP candidates in the mold of Dr. No.

Brian Doherty
Wonky Justice

The dubious policy assumptions behind ObamaCare’s legal defense

Peter Suderman
Fair-Weather Federalists

Why conservatives and progressives should unite against an overweening national government.

Jacob Sullum
What’s Next If ObamaCare Is Struck Down?

The political upside of ditching the health insurance mandate

Peter Suderman
The ObamaCare Tax?

Regulation, taxation, and the insurance mandate

Jacob Sullum

The Cure for Abject Poverty

A new book argues that inclusive institutions offer the best path to prosperity.

Ronald Bailey
The Freaky Fetishes of Golden Age Hollywood

A tolerant new tell-all from Tinseltown’s sexual fixer

Nick Gillespie
Fusionism Revisited

Matt Welch vs. Jonah Goldberg and Nick Gillespie vs. Ann Coulter on the future of the libertarian-conservative alliance

Matt Welch & Nick Gillespie
The Paternalists’ Bible

The Other America, which helped create modern welfare, turns 50.

Thaddeus Russell