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Stossel: Rep. Thomas Massie Says End the War in Afghanistan

The Kentucky congressman tells John Stossel why we should withdraw immediately from this "graveyard of empires."

John Stossel & Maxim Lott | 8.26.2017
Trump Pardons America's Worst Lawman, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

The notorious former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff was held in contempt by a federal judge.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.25.2017
7 Things Donald Trump Shouldn't Do After Hurricane Harvey

The federal government is awful at handling disasters. Can we try not to screw it up this time?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.25.2017
Lawsuit Shows Muddied Waters over What Counts as 'Spring Water'

A lawsuit alleges Poland Spring Water amounts to “a colossal fraud perpetrated against American consumers.”

Baylen Linnekin | 8.26.2017
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Review Proposes Shrinking 4 of 27 National Monuments

Environmental activists go ballistic.

Ronald Bailey | 8.25.2017
Stop Subsidizing Sports!

From stadium deals to college teams Olympics, why are taxpayers forced to pony up cash for athletic ventures that don't benefit them?

Andrew Heaton & Sarah Rose Siskind | 8.25.2017
The Minority Leader Who Cried Wolf in a Crowded Theater

Nancy Pelosi doesn't understand free speech.

Eric Boehm | 8.25.2017

Border Patrol Will Keep Checkpoints Open During Hurricane Harvey

Because the important thing during a hurricane is making sure evacuees aren't undocumented immigrants.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.25.2017
Can Science Reverse Aging?

"I plan to live forever," says futurist José Cordeiro.

Ian Keyser & Nick Gillespie | 8.24.2017
Local NAACP Leader Defies Own Group, Supports New Florida Charter School

It's not racist to want access to school choice. It's racist to deny it.

Scott Shackford | 8.25.2017

New Whitney Houston Documentary Is Not Right, But It’s Okay

Sweeping generalizations take the place of actual analysis or thoughtful narratives.

Glenn Garvin | 8.25.2017
Movie Review: The Villainess

Return of Lady Vengeance.

Kurt Loder | 8.25.2017
Jeff Sessions Should Be Screaming Bloody Murder About a Potential Joe Arpaio Pardon

Jeff Sessions has been an opponent of clemency for nearly two decades. Will he make an exception for Sheriff Joe?

Mike Riggs | 8.24.2017
Stossel: Private School Success Around the World

In South Korea, the best teachers are paid like star athletes. Why can't U.S. schools reward talent?

John Stossel & Maxim Lott | 8.23.2017

Donald Trump's 10 Theses: A Phoenix Rally Quiz

See if you know what's on the president's mind.

Jacob Sullum | 8.24.2017
Republicans Still Seeking Casino Cronyism

Online gambling is under attack.

Veronique de Rugy | 8.24.2017
Al Gore's Hype

The former vice president's new film is just more scaremongering.

John Stossel | 8.23.2017
Is There Really an 'Insidious Libertarian-To-Alt-Right Pipeline'?

No, but believers in "Free Minds and Free Markets" should be in the forefront of attacking racism, anti-Semitism, and parochialism.

Nick Gillespie | 8.23.2017
What Gives Censors Any Right to Censor?

There is no right to revoke free speech rights.

A. Barton Hinkle | 8.23.2017
Stossel: Government-Run Schools Crush Innovation

The public education system is failing our kids. Here's how to fix it.

John Stossel & Maxim Lott | 8.22.2017
Why Are Media Outlets Giving Commentary Space to Wannabe Censors?

Any authority to shut down speech will be turned toward the press eventually.

Scott Shackford | 8.23.2017
Judge Hammers Penn State a Second Time For Its Treatment of Students Under Title IX

Says the school failed to follow policies it supposedly put in place after his first rebuke.

Samantha Harris | 8.23.2017
Forfeiture Loot Corrupts Justice

When law enforcement agencies make money by seizing property, due process vanishes.

Jacob Sullum | 8.23.2017
Trump Doubles Down on His Fake Immigration Plans in Phoenix

His enforcement action has nothing to do with the drop in border apprehensions.

Shikha Dalmia | 8.23.2017
Remember That Time Trump Said 'Get Out of Afghanistan'? Neither Does He.

The president's latest flip-flop is total and appalling. Will it finally alienate his base?

Nick Gillespie | 8.22.2017
Anti-Interventionists in Congress Respond to Trump's Afghanistan Strategy

Amid efforts to get Congress to vote on a new Authorization for Use of Military Force

Ed Krayewski | 8.22.2017
Trump’s Arizona Rally Is an Advertisement for the GOP’s Pathologies

Behold a squabbling but still powerful coalition of nationalist authoritarians, immovable interventionists, finger-in-the-wind opportunists, and vastly outnumbered libertarian-leaners.

Matt Welch | 8.22.2017
Why Trump Hates Jeff Flake [Podcast]

Reason editors discuss the president's attack on the Arizona senator, Steve Bannon's exit, and what's next in Afghanistan.

Andrew Heaton & Ian Keyser | 8.21.2017
Trump Opens Door For Afghanistan Peace, But Says U.S. Sticking Around

Says he's going against his first instinct, but that that's what presidents do.

Ed Krayewski | 8.22.2017
Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians React to Solar Eclipse

Denial and panic aren't the only responses, folks. (Works for climate change, too.)

Sarah Rose Siskind & Andrew Heaton | 8.20.2017
Tribalism and Economic Nationalism Are Cut from the Same Cloth

Antiglobalism and anticosmopolitanism might flow purely from economic ignorance, but it is hard to believe that’s all it is for many people.

Sheldon Richman | 8.20.2017
Trump vs. the Business Community

Obama was not the friend CEOs think the president of the U.S. should be. But in Trump, they're finding out what it's like to have a real enemy.

Steve Chapman | 8.20.2017
Virginia Governor Responds to Violence with Temporary Protest Ban in Richmond

No more public gathering around a handful of Confederate monuments until the government can make more rules.

Scott Shackford | 8.21.2017
Protect Internet Companies' Freedom to Refuse to Host Racists, or Anyone Else They Don't Like

If government censorship is the fear, then we must protect private free association.

Scott Shackford | 8.18.2017
Steve Bannon’s Once and Future Website Warns That Trump Could End up Like Schwarzenegger (UPDATED)

While Arnold dings Donald on Charlottesville, Breitbart readies for “WAR.”

Matt Welch | 8.18.2017

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