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What's So Funny About Tulsi Gabbard?
The Reason Roundtable analyzes an establishment smear against a foreign policy heretic, and laments the bipartisan panic against online speech.
If Confiscating 'Assault Weapons' Is a Gimmick, So Is Banning Them
Beto O’Rourke’s scheme would be an ineffectual attempt to enforce arbitrary distinctions.
Elizabeth Warren Is Running Out of Fake Money to Pay for Her Terrible Ideas
Warren says her wealth tax math "clearly" adds up. It doesn't.
Corporate America Discovers the Limits of Political Posturing as a Marketing Tactic
Defining a company with political branding is risky business.
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Trump's Cronies Meddling in Ukraine Undermined U.S. Goals, Says Ambassador Taylor
Plus: Involuntary commitment and "Indian-made" laws scrutinized, unconstitutional copyright bill passes, stranger danger panic, and more...
Trump Said Leaving Syria Was About Bringing Our Troops Home. Why Is He Sending Them to Iraq?
The mishandling of the Syrian withdrawal appears to have created less stability in Syria and considerably weakened Trump's ability to dictate foreign policy—a situation where actually bringing the troops home now seems even more farfetched.
As Tennessee Forces Opioid Prescription Cutbacks, More People Are Dying of Overdoses
Deaths continue to rise, thanks to increased use of less-safe black market pain pills.
Activist Students Demand The Harvard Crimson Apologize for Asking ICE to Comment
"Getting both sides isn't always what is fair."
Is Sam Adams' New 28 Percent ABV Beer Legal in Your State?
Remnants of Prohibition-era policies continue to frustrate brewers.
A Famous Study Found That Blind Auditions Reduced Sexism in the Orchestra. Or Did It?
More implicit bias research comes under scrutiny
'Data Portability' Bill Would Risk User Privacy and Crush Social Media Startups
Plus: Court says scraping social media profiles is not hacking, and more...
What 'Rights' Do We Have When We're Talking About Our Private Online Data?
Defining terms is tricky, particularly when governments with bad track records on privacy want to call the shots.
Study: Styrofoam Might Last Only Decades, Not Millennia, in the Ocean
Researchers from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution say that sunlight can break down polystyrene within a few decades.
What's So Funny About Tulsi Gabbard?
The Reason Roundtable analyzes an establishment smear against a foreign policy heretic, and laments the bipartisan panic against online speech.
Florida Cops Went to Absurd Lengths to Entrap Man Who Showed No Interest in Underage Sex
Sarasota deputies violated best practices and ethical standards for sting operations.
Nick Cave Slams 'Woke' Culture as 'Self-Righteous' and Suppressive
"Antifa and the Far Right," he adds, are "good for nothing."
Tulsi Gabbard Conspiracy Theories Go Mainstream as Hillary Clinton Accuses the Candidate of Being Groomed by Russia
Gabbard called Clinton "the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long."
Medicare for All Is All Democrats Want To Talk About
Health care policy has dominated the early 2020 debates, and Obamacare has few defenders left.
The Third Lesson of Economics
Henry Hazlitt's insights were far more sophisticated than one modern critic thinks.
Fast-Food Bans Are a Dumb Idea That Won't Die
Food nannies won't let failure stop them from banning everything they can.
The Creek Nation and the Culture of Consent
Under threat from the United States, Creek people replaced consent with coercion. Then they lost everything.
Federal Judge: Florida Can't Block Felons From Regaining Voting Rights For Inability to Pay Fines
The ruling is a partial victory for civil liberties groups, who argue that lawmakers were subverting a constitutional amendment expected to restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians.
Georgia Intends to Execute This Man, Whether or Not He Pulled the Trigger
A DNA test might show that he didn't fire the shot that killed a clerk in 1994. But the law says he'd be guilty anyway.
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