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The Debate I Heard
Decoding the candidates.
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Trump's Phony Crime Crisis
FBI numbers refute his portrait of a nation besieged by violent thugs.
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California Censors IMDB Because of Hollywood’s Alleged Ageism
Lawmakers attempt to tell online database what information it’s allowed to publish.
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Elon Musk Wants You To Be Able To Afford To Move to Mars
Space X gets serious about its mission to the Red Planet
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Hillary Clinton Wants the Economy of the 1990s Without Its Policy Agenda
On budgets, trade, and more, the Democratic nominee rejects Bill Clinton's economic initiatives.
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Rising Prosperity Means Getting to Eat More Meat and Seafood
That's ok, because human ingenuity and free markets satisfy increased demand.
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Trump's Foreign Policy in the Debate: Skeptical of Past Wars, Eager for New Ones
Last night Trump's foreign policy mouth seemed in some cases to be outrunning his mind, making a strict interpretation of his meaning difficult.
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The President Can't Stop Gun Violence
Clinton and Trump agree on a fantasy of presidential power to keep guns out of bad hands in a manner that would be effective, constitutional, and not harass the innocent more than stop the guilty. It can't be done.
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Neither Trump Nor Clinton Know a Damned Thing About Cybersecurity, and Yes, You Should Be Concerned
Who will actually be defining the agenda, because it won’t be these two?
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Donald Trump Said Stop and Frisk Wasn't Unconstitutional. It Was.
Ending suspicionless searches didn't cause crime to rise in New York City.
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Trump and Clinton Declare (Again) Support for Denying Guns Based on Gov't Suspicion
'No fly, no buy' rears its unconstitutional head at the debate.
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Hillary Clinton Just Made the Same Point About Obama Not Ending the Iraq War That Romney Did in in 2012
What the 2012 Democratic nominee took credit for the 2016 nominee blames on Bush.
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Gary Johnson and Bill Weld Answer Your Questions on Facebook With Matt Welch
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USA Today Reporter Blows Jill Stein’s Cover; Candidate Arrested at Debate Site
Third party candidates apparently not allowed anywhere near presidential debate in case voters become aware of other choices.
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7 Issues That Won’t Be Treated Seriously at Tonight’s Debate in Gary Johnson’s Absence
Remove the Libertarian and there goes fiscal sanity, federalism, and free speech.
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Moderators Should Do More Than Fact-Check Debates: They Should Proactively Present Candidates With Facts
Journalists have a responsibility to present voters and candidates with accurate information.
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Maybe Donald Trump Is the Real Ferguson Effect
The FBI releases 2015's crime statistics on the day of the first Trump/Clinton debate.
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Spending Other People's Money Makes Trump a Perfect Fit for Washington
Staring into the abyss.
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Cruz Is the Latest Republican to Endorse a Man He Thinks Is Unfit to Be President
Trump's supporters have called him a "ridiculous" showman, a "con artist," "a pathological liar," and "a cancer on conservatism."
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The Real Threat to the Constitution Is Trump
No amendment is safe.
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Against Democracy and Elitism
The people's best political framework is neither democracy nor epistocracy but original liberalism, or what we today call libertarianism.
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Medical Marijuana Replaces More Dangerous Drugs
A new study adds to the evidence that letting patients use cannabis saves lives by reducing consumption of pharmaceuticals.
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The Haunted House That Guns Built
Did a marketing campaign trick Americans into loving firearms?
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America's Other World War II Internment Camps
The legacy of the German and Japanese prisoners held hostage
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Keith Scott Shooting Body Cam Footage Released
But no body cam footage from the cop who actually shot Keith Scott
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Miami Marlins Pitcher Jose Fernandez, Survivor of Cuba's Castro Regime, Dies at 24
The father-to-be was one of three killed in a late-night boating accident.
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Movie Reviews: The Magnificent Seven and Chicken People
Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt in a not-bad remake, and a visit to the world of competitive poultry.
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ACLU Urges Mass. Court to Vacate 24,000 Drug Cases Based on Tainted Lab Evidence
Annie Dookhan tainted an estimated one in six drug cases in Massachusetts over a nine-year period. The ACLU says all those cases should be thrown out.
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Burn-It-All-Down Political Antinomianism Is Not Libertarian
The lawless passions fueling the rise of Trump are not likely to bring us a freer society.
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‘My Pronouns Are They!’ Hysterical Kansas Students Inadvertently Make the Case Against Safe Spaces
Discussion between leftists and YAF conservatives was uncomfortable, angry, and necessary.
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Keith Scott Family Releases Video of Charlotte Shooting Before Police Release Theirs
A law going into effect in North Carolina next month will keep body cam footage out of the hands of the public.
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Cities Embrace Surveillance State
Little Brother is watching.
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Nicole Eramo v. Rolling Stone Is Going to Trial: Judge’s Decision a Partial Win for UVA Dean
Whether Jackie's lies and Sabrina Rubin Erdely's mistakes satisfy 'actual malice' is a question only a jury can answer, judge rules.
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Breakthrough Study Explains Why We Arrest Moms for Putting Kids in Nearly Non-Existent 'Danger'
Moral disapproval trumps facts.
