Spending Denialists and the Fiscal Illusion

The late economist James Buchanan predicted our current budgetary impasse. Is there a way out?

Matt Welch

Contributors

Letters and Reaction

Smoking Pot and Tying the Knot

Familiarity is breeding tolerance of marijuana and gay marriage.

Jacob Sullum

Soaking the Rich

Sorry, Warren Buffett, but extracting cash from the wealthy won’t solve our problems.

Veronique de Rugy

Are Republican and Democratic Brains Different?

A new study concludes that everyone uses reason to persuade, not to find truth.

Ronald Bailey

Twitter: Free Speech in 140 Characters

The virtues of pseudonymity in an age of full disclosure

Greg Beato

Congress After Ron Paul

Meet the men seeking to fill Dr. No’s shoes

Brian Doherty

Predicting the Future Is Hard

Building better models, from elections to financial markets

Lynne Kiesling

Moneyball in the Workplace

Employment personality tests have evolved from phrenology to Facebook.

Greg Beato

Imperial Ad Men

A new history shows American public diplomacy conflicted at the core.

Noah Berlatsky

Beyond the Limits of the Constitution

A leading liberal law professor abandons the Constitution in the name of understanding it.

Damon W. Root

‘I Escaped a North Korean Prison Camp’

An interview about life inside the Hermit Kingdom’s gulag

Todd Krainin

Transhumanism’s Timeless Temptation

Brian Doherty

A Is for Anarchy

Katherine Mangu-Ward

The Wisdom of Gamers

Scott Shackford

Superhero Status Quo

Peter Suderman

Right-Wing Folk

Jesse Walker