Donald Trump's Mexico Day Trip and Immigration Policy Nightmare
Trump visits Mexico before offering a laundry list of anti-immigration policy proposals at a rally in Arizona.
Month: August 2016
First Relevant Poll in Nearly a Month Is Very Bad News for Gary Johnson's Debate Prospects
Fox News has the Libertarian at 9%, making his national average in the polls that matter 9.2% with two-plus weeks before the 15% cutoff
Read a Classified Email Hillary Clinton Sent From Her Personal Server…in 2013!
The former secretary of state's loose email habits continued long after she left office. Does that matter?
NJ Police Union President Writes His Mayor Five Tickets While on His Side Job
Police union backing police chief the mayor is trying to demote.
Tampa SWAT Team Attempts to Serve Drug Warrant, Unarmed Man Shot and Killed
Two grams of marijuana reportedly recovered.
Sign Voters Are Not So Stupid: Supporting Slipping for Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton
Growth for third-party choices and among undecideds.
Maybe 2016 Will Be the Year Voters Elect an Openly Gay Republican to Congress
Sheriff Paul Babeu wins primary, focusing heavily on border fears.
Trust in Authority Is Declining—Thank Goodness
When institutional authority declines, social gains follow. Even if there's also a rise in weird beliefs.
Critics of U. Chicago Say Trigger Warnings Aren't Mandatory. Here's Proof They're Wrong.
Drexel University, among other schools, seems to require trigger warnings when it comes to sex and gender.
#VeteransForKaepernick, Compulsory Patriotism, Free Speech, and Dissent
Freedom of expression and a tolerance for ideas that might offend are American ideals worth fighting for.
Climate Change Court Drama: What Does New York's Attorney-General Have to Hide?
Competitive Enterprise Institute sues NYAG Eric Schneiderman for a little Freedom of Information
How Libertarian Activists Helped Impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
"Brazil's democracy has never been stronger."
Larry the Cable Guy: "I'm a Trump man and when I say 'Trump Man,' I mean Gary Johnson"
Blue Collar Comedy stalwart and Prilosec pitchman makes novel case for LP nominee: "Do I want to poop my pants or do I want somebody else to poop my pants?"
Wave Farewell to Terrible Florida Prosecutor Angela Corey
Much maligned and noted for her viciousness, she joins a rare trend of voters ousting attorneys.
New Mexico Passed a Law Ending Civil Forfeiture. Albuquerque Ignored It, and Now It's Getting Sued
A new lawsuit filed by an Albuquerque woman and the Institute for Justice challenges the city's refusal to shut down its lucrative vehicle seizure program.
Colorado Libertarian Barred From Senatorial Debate After Falling 0.023% Short of Arbitrary Requirement
Your daily reminder that the default setting among the powerful is to give third parties zero margin for error
Austin Police Botch Nearly 1,400 DNA Cases
Forensic-testing issues dating back to the 1980s could leave hundreds of Texas cases open for reinterpretation.
Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward on the Future of the Magazine
The new new editor in chief talks new content, defending the plastic bag, and why she is a manic optimist.
Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward on the Future of the Magazine
The new new editor in chief talks new content, defending the plastic bag, and why she is a manic optimist.
The FBI Distributes Child Pornography to Catch People Who Look at It
By its own logic, the government victimized children thousands of times.
Mom Briefly Left Kids Alone While She Grabbed Starbucks. Cop Accused Her of Child Abuse.
Cop says most women in her situation "would do anything to get out of this."
Obama Will Issue Thousands of Commutations If He Keeps This Month's Pace
The president might even surpass Richard Nixon's commutation rate.
The Perverse Penalties of Leper Lists
A federal appeals court finds little evidence that the burdens imposed by sex offender registries are justified.
Neither Dictator nor King
Libertarians Gary Johnson and William Weld suggest there are limits to presidential power.
Newly Revealed Benghazi Emails Bring Hillary Clinton's Server Scandal Full Circle
At least 30 of Hillary Clinton's supposedly non-work-related emails discussed Benghazi attack. It's a good time to revisit her decision to attack Libya, too.
Obama Commutes Sentences of 111 More Federal Inmates
Among them is Timothy Tyler, a gentle Deadhead who got life in prison for selling LSD.
When Reason Met Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the DNC
"If free speech is so great, why are they just giving it away for free?"
FBI's Comey Proposes an 'Adult Conversation' About Giving the FBI Whatever They Want
Two words from a government official to dismiss decades of expertise on encryption.
Venezuela Prepares for Massive Protests By Arresting Activists
2008 Cato Institute Milton Friedman Prize winner Yon Goicoechea is among the arrested.
P. Diddy's Charter School in East Harlem Opens Up, Draws Immediate Flack
Capital Prep's operator doesn't like teachers unions, so teachers don't like him.
One Candidate Had a Foreign Policy That Anticipated Trump's
From George Wallace to Donald Trump
Designer Babies and Human Enhancement: Ronald Bailey Lectures in Moscow
Also most babies will be created using skin cells and the bioethics of radical life extension
Will a Zombie Congress Devour Our Gains?
Well...more than the non-zombie Congress already does.
