Editor's Note: Reasons for Optimism

Nick Gillespie

Contributors

Run Away, Jury!

We're being tried before dozens of imbeciles.

Tim Cavanaugh

An Echo Chamber of His Own

Bernie Goldberg's new niche is a little too comfortable.

Cathy Young

The Long and Happy Death of the Celebrity Profile

There's more entertainment coverage than ever, and that's why it's so crappy.

Matt Welch

When Patriots Dissent

Surprise: Standing up to the PATRIOT Act can be good politics.

David Weigel

Freedom Riders

How motorcyclists won the right to feel the wind in their hair--and why drivers still have to buckle up.

Jacob Sullum

Property Seizures and the New London Tea Party

Homeowners' attorney Scott Bullock talks about the Supreme Court's Kelo v. New London decision and America's brewing revolution against eminent domain abuse.

Tim Cavanaugh

"Like Undermining Motherhood and Apple Pie"

Why are California Dems in local government embracing eminent domain abuse?

Matt Welch

Exile Without an End

The first ethnic cleansing in American history.

Amy Sturgis

Remembering Roger Williams

What the father of Rhode Island can still teach us.

Nick Gillespie

Do Movies Cause Smoking?

Snuffing out another nanny state myth.

Jacob Sullum

Inherit the Baloney

Creationists try to settle a score with Darwin.

Chris Lehmann

Artifact: A Pogrom for Tea

Kerry Howley