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Over-the-Counter Contraception Is Immensely Popular. But Democrats Have Doomed It
In 2019, it’s liberals, not conservatives, who are holding the pill hostage for political gain.
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Pelosi Moves to Cancel Trump’s State of the Union Speech. Good Riddance.
The shutdown may force the government to cancel the State of the Union.
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How Scientology Recruits Inside Florida Prisons
Criminon says it's a secular program to rehabilitate inmates, but critics say it’s a recruiting pitch for Scientology.
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The Next Attorney General Says He Won't Go After State-Licensed Marijuana Suppliers
William Barr does not like legalization but says Congress has to resolve the "untenable" conflict between state and federal law.
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The Whimsical Illogic of 'Assault Weapon' Bans
The category is defined by politicians, who focus on looks rather than function.
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Judge Rules Police Cannot Require People to Unlock Their Own iPhones With Thumb or Iris
Compelled use of facial and finger recognition features runs afoul of the Fifth Amendment.
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The Gillette Ad Tells Men Not to Hurt People. Why Is This Offensive?
"Toxic masculinity" is sometimes a scapegoat for the left, but this particular commercial makes no grand anti-male claims.
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The Lessons of the Government Shutdown
Private citizens often step in to do what government officials say only the government can do.
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The Myth of Mass Immigration
America needs more, not fewer, immigrants
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Attorney General Nominee William Barr Defends Long Prison Sentences, But Says He’s Open to Reforms
“As a system, it’s working,” Barr says of the criminal justice system. “It’s not predicated on racism.”
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America's Trade Deficit With China Just Hit a New Record
And it's not a record low. That's fine, but it's not what the president said would happen.
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Federal Judge: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ‘Violated the Public Trust’ with Census Citizenship Question
The Trump administration can't ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, Judge Jesse Furman ruled.
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The Supreme Court's First Divided Opinion of the Term
A 5-4 decision, but not along the lines we usually expect.
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Atlas Brew Works' Beer Is About To Go Bad Thanks to the Shutdown
The bureaucracy-beleagured beermakers are suing the feds.
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Women's March Co-Founders Won't Condemn Farrakhan, Revealing the Hollowness of Intersectionality
If the left is going to insist that only the most consistent enemies of bigotry are welcome in their ranks, one might expect some consistency.
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Press Outlets Dunk on Rand Paul for Going to Canada, Land of 'Socialized Medicine,' for Surgery. But the Clinic Is Private.
Checkmate, libertarians? Nope.
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U.S. Air Traffic Controllers Are Working Without Pay During the Shutdown. Canada's Privatized Air Traffic Control System is Bailing Them Out With Free Pizza.
Spinning off America's air traffic control system from direct government control would immunize it from the shocks caused by government shutdowns.
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Supreme Court to Consider Whether Police Can Order Blood Draws from Unconscious Drivers
Warrantless "implied consent" laws are under review over Fourth Amendment concerns.
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For Once, the TSA Is Right
Blame normal TSA incompetence, not the government shutdown, for allowing a passenger to smuggle a firearm through security.
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Jeff Sessions Deals One More Blow to Criminal Justice Reform on His Way Out the Door
The former Attorney General has made it much for difficult for the DOJ to crack down on police departments accused of civil rights violations.
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The World Is Getting Better, Declare Op-Eds in Leading Newspapers
Doomslayer Julian Simon vindicated after 40 years.
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Apple's Tax Tactics Deserve Defending, Not Shaming
Is it moral to pay higher taxes, even if that hurts employees, consumers, and shareholders? David Brooks seems to thinks so.
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L.A. Teachers to Strike After Rejecting Offered Pay Raise
They were offered 3 percent, but wanted 6.5. The district probably can't afford that.
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Grocery Store Applies for Historical Designation to Avoid Being Designated as Historical
The anti-development crowd has weaponized D.C.'s historic preservation process. A Safeway wants the city to rule that nothing important happened there.
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'Our Porous Border' and Other Myths of Trump's Increasingly Popular Wall Mania
Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and other major Republicans are spreading misinformation in support of the president's fixation on a border wall.
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Assault Weapon Bans Are All About Appearance
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s latest bill classifies firearms not by what they do but based on how they look.
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Liberty Has a New Champion on the Federal Bench
Don Willett has championed economic freedom and accountability for cops.
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The Supreme Court's Decision To Duck a Foie Gras Case Is Bad News for Food Freedom
SCOTUS' decision not to hear the case could lead to a vicious food fight between the states
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Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq War Veteran and Skeptic of America's Wars, Will Run for President in 2020
The Hawaii congresswoman will be a voice for humility in U.S. foreign policy.
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Can You Curse On-Air During a Government Shutdown? Reason Investigates
There's one fool-proof way to find out.
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Bill de Blasio: 'We Will Seize Their Buildings, and We Will Put Them in the Hands of a Community Nonprofit'
NYC's mayor takes on private property (again).
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Sorry, Paul Krugman, the Government Shutdown Is No Great Libertarian Experiment
Trump's shutdown is a temporary, political fight that won't save any money or reduce the size of government.
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The Democrats' Alternative to Trump's Wall Isn't Good for Privacy or Property Rights Either
Congressional Democrats want to put more cameras and sensors on private property.
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A New Bill Would Rein in Executive Overreach and the Administrative State. But Does Congress Really Want That Power?
The REINS Act is back. Again.
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70 Years After They Were Wrongly Imprisoned, the Groveland Four Have Been Pardoned
The criminal justice system failed four black men after a white woman accused them of rape.
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Dianne Feinstein Wants to Ban Parts That Make 'Assault Weapons' Legal Again
The latest version of the senator's "assault weapon" ban targets products that highlight the irrationality of "assault weapon" bans.
