In Defense of Drunk Sex

They warned us for years, "Don't drink and drive." Now it's, "Don't drink and fuck."

Brendan O'Neill | 3.01.2015

National Security State

The strange powerlessness of the "most powerful man in the world"

Gene Healy | 3.01.2015

How the War of 1812 Eroded U.S. Liberalism

The War of 1812 helped "the State come into its own" by concentrating power and interest in the national government.

Sheldon Richman | 3.01.2015

DHS Kinda/Sorta Still Funded, But Why?

Nick Gillespie | 2.28.2015

Confessions of a Stockton Slumlord

The northern California city of nearly 300,000 has become a key test case on whether cities can reduce their unaffordable public pensions when they head into bankruptcy court

Steven Greenhut | 2.06.2015

The Historic Roots of Homan Square, Chicago's CIA-Style Black Site

The Chicago Police Department didn't need the War on Terror to teach it to violate civil rights.

Noah Berlatsky | 2.28.2015

Taxes and Restrictions Masquerading as Federal Dietary Guidelines

A panel of government-appointed experts has recommended new food taxes, eating less meat, restricting food marketing, and banning some food at the local level.

Baylen Linnekin | 2.28.2015

Top Putin Critic Gunned Down on Streets of Moscow

A day before a planned opposition rally

Scott Shackford | 2.27.2015

The Human Right to Offend

Self-censorship in the face of intimidation has another name: cowardice.

Ronald Bailey | 2.27.2015

3 Charts That Show The FCC is Full of Malarkey on Net Neutrality and Title II

Nick Gillespie | 2.26.2015

Libertarians Will Never Be Successful Because EDWARD SNOWDEN!

Nick Gillespie | 2.27.2015

Dare to Dream: IRS Subject of Criminal Probe Over Missing Emails

They were "missing" much like a box shoved in a closet is "missing."

Scott Shackford | 2.27.2015

California Unions' Double Standard on Flex Time

State’s rigid overtime rules squelch choice and innovation while politically connected unions are exempt.

Steven Greenhut | 2.27.2015

The FCC Just Voted to Regulate the Internet Like a Utility

Net neutrality regulation is sure to create some problems of its own

Peter Suderman | 2.26.2015

Forget Scott Walker’s ISIS/Unions Comments: Today’s Republican Foreign Policy Scandal Is That GOP Elites Still Agitate for Pre-Emptive War

Judging by a conservative "debate," the options range from overthrowing the Ayatollahs to replacing them with explicitly pro-American leaders.

Matt Welch | 2.26.2015

Focus and Map to the Stars

Will Smith outshone by Margot Robbie, David Cronenberg in Hollywood hell.

Kurt Loder | 2.27.2015

ATF Tries to Ban Common Rifle Ammo As "Armor-Piercing" Despite Its Own Statutory Definition

Gun rights community sees a disturbing ongoing crackdown on common ammo availability via ATF fiat.

Brian Doherty | 2.25.2015

On Stage at CPAC, Chris Christie is Grilled While Ted Cruz is Pitched Softballs

Two very different sessions for two very different GOP politicians.

Peter Suderman | 2.26.2015

Screwed by Seniors

The people expected to pay for Social Security and Medicare can't afford it.

Veronique de Rugy | 2.06.2015

The Black Family in 1965 and Today

Poor black neighborhoods are not the unassisted creation of poor black people, but largely the malignant result of factors beyond their control.

Steve Chapman | 2.26.2015

Domestic Fear Is the Price of Empire

We can only live without the fear of terrorism if the U.S. government stops antagonizing foreign populations that have never threatened us.

Sheldon Richman | 2.26.2015

Exclusive: Here is the New Homeland Security Report on 'Sovereign Citizen Extremist' Violence

Does it live up to CNN's hype about domestic right-wing terror? You decide.

Jesse Walker | 2.25.2015

What if the Government Fears Freedom?

What if Bush and Obama have been wrong about the priority of their constitutional duties as president?

Andrew Napolitano | 2.26.2015

Terry McAuliffe’s Ethics Hypocrisy

Investigations occasionally have followed in McAuliffe's wake like a slime trail.

A. Barton Hinkle | 2.25.2015

Obama Is No BFF of Latino Immigrants or Civil Liberties

His Criminal Alien Removal Initiative is brutal and hypocritical.

Shikha Dalmia | 2.25.2015

The Tougher-Than-Thou Senator

Has Chuck Grassley ever seen a prison sentence he thought was too long?

Jacob Sullum | 2.25.2015

Saban Trying to Take Down Awesome Power Rangers Bootleg Reboot

Restrictive copyright and IP regimes means you can't re-imagine some of your childhood memories.

Ed Krayewski | 2.24.2015

New York Times Worried That Allowing Cubans to Have More Money Will Increase ‘Income Inequality’

No, I’m not making that up

Matt Welch | 2.24.2015

Jonathan Gruber’s Excuse for his Obamacare Subsidies Speak-O Grows Weaker Still

Peter Suderman | 2.24.2015

The Red Meat, Eggs, Fat, and Salt Diet

Government nutrition nannies get it wrong

Ronald Bailey | 2.24.2015

Edward Snowden's Libertarian Moment: We "will remove from governments the ability to interfere with [our] rights"

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2015

The Quantified Citizen

Engineering happiness might sound good, but it will leave us all less free.

Greg Beato | 2.24.2015

Cody Wilson's "Ghost Gunner": Banned by FedEx?

Brian Doherty | 2.23.2015

The Obama Administration Doesn’t Know Why 800,000 Obamacare Tax Forms Were Sent Out With Errors

Botched forms suggest the complexity of the law, even for those trying to implement it.

Peter Suderman | 2.23.2015

Florida, the Freest State in the Country?

California, New York, and New Jersey always rank near the bottom of these lists as intrusive, red tape-bound hellholes.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.23.2015

Michigan Cops Protect Citizens by Stealing Leaf Blowers From Cancer Patients

Medical marijuana growers face forfeiture.

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2015

Prosecutors: Not Enough Evidence Cops Who Shot Unarmed Man 16 Times As He Lay In Bed Acted With ‘Malice’

A judge recently ruled the Washington man's lawsuit could move forward, but prosecutors say they aren't impressed by the evidence.

Ed Krayewski | 2.22.2015

Sean Penn's Green Card Joke Bombs at Oscars or, How to Make Academy Awards Even More Dreary

Nick Gillespie | 2.23.2015

More Money Does Not Equal Better Public Schools

Education policy meets Economics 101.

A. Barton Hinkle | 2.23.2015

Today's Pothead Is Yesterday's Cigarette Fiend

Good-for-nothing teenagers gotta smoke something.

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2015

Jeb Bush's Empty Indictment

Both brothers use muscular-sounding bromides that substitute for understanding.

Steve Chapman | 2.23.2015

Edward Snowden Documentary Wins the Oscar, Neil Patrick Harris Makes 'Treason' Joke

Hilarious

Robby Soave | 2.22.2015

Do Androids Dream of Changing Bedpans?

Robots to the rescue for Japan's aging population

Peter Suderman | 2.06.2015

The Economic Way of Thinking About Health Care

Health insurance does not grow wild and abundant in nature or fall from the sky like manna.

Sheldon Richman | 2.22.2015

How to Fix Our Schools

Nick Gillespie | 2.22.2015

Elder Care Doesn't Have to Resemble Prison

Regulations, fear of lawsuits prevent nursing homes from allowing patients basic autonomy

Anthony L. Fisher | 2.06.2015

Dying and in Denial

A new book offers a powerful dissection of contemporary end-of-life care, yet misses the underlying problem.

David Goldhill | 2.06.2015

The Government's War on Freedom of the Press

Press freedom has declined in recent years.

Ken Silva | 2.21.2015

The Elusive Politics of American Sniper

It isn't a hawkish movie, and it isn't conventionally dovish either. But it does have a distinct political perspective.

Jesse Walker | 2.20.2015

Less Economic Freedom Equals More Income Inequality

Politicians aiming to reduce inequality end up unintentionally making it worse.

Ronald Bailey | 2.20.2015

Fifty Shades of WTF

Everybody hates E.L. James' bondage fantasy except for hundreds of millions of readers and moviegoers. Maybe, just maybe, the fans are onto something.

Nick Gillespie | 2.20.2015

Judge ‘Outraged’ at Innocent Man, Orders Him to Pay $30,000 in Support for Child That Isn’t His

When poor men are inaccurately declared fathers of children they don’t know, the justice system sneers at their pain.

Matt Welch | 2.19.2015

E-cigs Under Fire, Despite Likely Benefits

Anti-vaping campaign is more about ideology than public health.

Steven Greenhut | 2.20.2015

Norway’s Muslims Organize to Protect Jews

Ring around the synagogue

Charles Paul Freund | 2.20.2015

Liberals Right That Guns Won't Stop Campus Rape, Wrong About Much Else

Liberals say guns won't mitigate college rape, and they're right. But affirmative consent won't help, either.

Robby Soave | 2.20.2015

The Oscars: Parsing a Year Filled with Good Movies

Predictions are basically pointless but, as always, irresistible.

Kurt Loder | 2.20.2015

Friday Funnies: Jobs for Jihadis

Chip Bok | 2.20.2015

Male Student Allegedly Banned from Campus Because His Resemblance to a Rapist Was Triggering?

Colleges are increasingly inclined to prevent all conceivable harm, not settle matters fairly.

Robby Soave | 2.19.2015