Is Chaos the Natural State of Congress?
The federal budgeting process was broken long before Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy's recent spat.
Editor's Note
Love, Trade, and Force: The Machinery of Freedom at 50
David Friedman's anarchism doesn't have the answer for everything. That's the point.
The Sticky Spaghetti School of Constitutional Law
Politicians are throwing laws at the wall and seeing what sticks.
EpiPens and Government Cheese
Some things won't change no matter who wins the 2016 election.
The Transparency Bullies
Climate change skeptics have rights to free speech and privacy, too.
Trump Is Not the Peace Candidate
Don't be fooled by the false prophet of anti-interventionism.
How Congress Helped Sink Rand Paul's Campaign
Republican control of both houses poisons the atmosphere in D.C.
What Black Lives Matter and the Oregon Ranchers Have in Common
A little empathy could go a long way
Apocalypse 2016
The leading candidates to replace Barack Obama think America is going to hell.
The Strange Convergence of Pro-Lifers and Gun Controllers
Inside the emotion-fueled politics of Planned Parenthood and school shootings
Flamin' Hot Cheetos Are the American Dream
I disapprove of what you eat, but I'll defend to the death your right to eat it.
The Eternal Recurrence of Bush Conservatism
Can "conservatarians" save the GOP from itself?
Don't Close the American Mind
There is nothing 'open-minded' about using government to punish disfavored views.
The Net Neutrality Riddle
Why are Edward Snowden's supporters so eager to give government more control over the Internet?
It's Stupid Season. Have You Been Vaccinated?
How the press turned a local issue into the first controversy of the 2016 presidential campaign.
When Every Life Is Precious
We value individual human lives more every day. That's (mostly) good news.
It's Not Just About Race, It's About Power
Rethinking policing after the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown
The Reality and Propaganda of War
An honest conversation about foreign policy requires us to confront the brutality and imagery of violence.
Kiss Your Financial Privacy Goodbye
American politicians are systemically destroying the right to confidential banking.
From Lincoln to LBJ to Frank Underwood
Metaphors for the Obama presidency have gone from heroic to homicidal.
Rand Paul, Racism, and Prison
Paul has had a busy summer trying to roll back mandatory minimum sentencing, bar federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients, and restrain civil forfeiture laws.
Barack Obama: Stealth Libertarian?
As unlikely as it sounds, anti-interventionists may miss the 44th president when he's gone.
Sovereignty Is Such a Lonely Word
Two decades of promiscuous intervention softened the ground for Putin's expansionism.
When the Left Turned Against Free Speech
The long, ugly journey from the Free Speech Movement to professors assaulting protesters
Progressive Puritans
From e-cigarettes to sex classifieds, the once-transgressive left tries to criminalize fun.
The Prohibitionist Curse
Success softened drug warriors' arguments. Now failure has exposed them.
The Third Lesson of Nelson Mandela
With great foreign intervention comes flawed moral reasoning.
The Death of Obama's "Noble Lie"
The disastrous ObamaCare rollout unmasks liberalism's paternalistic dishonesty.
The Corruptions of Being the World's Policeman
Obama's Syria blunder demonstrates the folly of playing international sheriff.
Making the World a Better Place Since 1968
How reason and freedom have changed since our humble founding in a turbulent year
Obama's Last Gasp at a Legacy
As his potency dwindles, the president should ease up on pot prohibition
How Thatcher Defeated Mitterrand
Lessons from the late prime minister's decisive victory in the war of economic ideas.
When the Madness Began to Lift
Rand Paul's historic filibuster may have changed American politics.
Spending Denialists and the Fiscal Illusion
The late economist James Buchanan predicted our current budgetary impasse. Is there a way out?
America's Free Speech Retreat
The Obama administration's shoddy response to the consulate attack in Libya