Bernie Sanders' Ongoing Argument With Himself About Gun Violence Liability
He has turned against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act but talks like he still supports it.
Civil Liberties
OSU Threatens to Expel Student Activists for Making Campus Staff Feel Unsafe
"The people in this building have a right to a safe environment ... where their jobs won't be interrupted," OSU officials say.
Bill Nye, "Science Guy," Open to Jail Time for Climate Change Skeptics
"There is a chilling effect on scientists who are in extreme doubt about climate change, I think that is good."
California Teachers Union Wins Appeal Over Often Student-Harming Job Protection Policies
Vergara victory overturned, more or less on grounds that crummy teaching probably harms most California students equally.
Judge Rules That Pastafarianism Is Not a Proper Religion
As of this week, religious accommodation doesn't require a prison to let an inmate wear a pirate costume.
Ted Cruz Takes a Stand Against Operation Choke Point
"The Obama administration initiated Operation Choke Point to punish law-abiding small businesses that don't align with the president's political leanings," says Cruz.
Young Women Care As Much About Gun Rights As They Do About Abortion
Millennial women are ambivalent about feminism, fans of Bernie Sanders, fearful of Donald Trump, and want government out of their uteruses and their gun racks, thanks.
Cops Freak Out over Man's Unloaded, Disassembled, Handgun, Assault Him, Lawsuit Claims
Alabama man is also suing Utah cops for violating his Second Amendment rights
Sens. Burr, Feinstein Release Formal Draft of Encryption Law, Show They Still Don't Get It
Sen. Wyden threatens a filibuster to block it.
Mass Surveillance Has a "Chilling Effect" on Online Expression
The people who say they "have nothing to hide" are the most skittish about commenting on controversial topics on social media.
Charlie Hebdo, Terrorism, and the Culture of 'You Can't Say That'
The strangling of free, open commentary on Islam in Europe has had an impact that is as predictable as it is dire.
Student Petition Asks Congress to Defund the Title IX Inquisition
OCR's budget should be reduced to zero.
The Crypto Wars Are Not About Terrorism, They're About Power
Make no mistake: the War on Crypto is not primarily about "terrorism" or "fighting crime" or "public safety" at all.
Clinton Uses Ridiculous Number to Blame Sanders' State for Gun Violence in Hers
She says Vermont "has the highest per capita number" of New York crime guns bought in other states.
Another Sexual Assault in Service of the Drug War
A lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman describes a humiliating five-hour ordeal that discovered nothing.
Ohio University Wants to Impose Cultural Sensitivity Training After Students Wrote 'Trump 2016' on Free Speech Wall
Punishing students for wrongthink.
Will the Real Jackie Robinson Finally Be Allowed to Stand Up Tonight?
Ken Burns promises a look at the man behind the mythical barrier-breaking ballplayer. It's about time.
Victimhood Culture: How Abuse, Bullying, Trauma, Mental Disorders, Addiction, and Prejudice Became Pervasive
Psychological "concept creep" pathologizes everyday experience and encourages a sense of impotent victimhood.
Got an Awesome Liberty-Themed Tattoo?
Time to show it off in Reason's first (and probably last) ink contest.
Shut Up, They Explained
Increasingly, free speech ends where the listener stops agreeing.
Dennis Hastert Notwithstanding, the Structuring Law Is Unjust
Even people who have committed no other crime can go to jail for trying to maintain their financial privacy.
College Grad Looking For a Job? The NSA Wants YOU!
National Security Agency is recruiting college students to work at its controversial Utah Data Center.
Federal Judge Rules Skim Milk Isn't 'Skim Milk'
This is what happens when government regulators control definitions of words.
Bernie's Job Interview, Lessons From the Panama Papers, and Racial Disparities in Cop Violence: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan argue about the meaning and value of "democracy"
Watch the First Part of the Libertarian Party Presidential Debate in Full!
Prepare for tonight's Part II by re-living John Stossel grilling Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen last week
Senate's Attempt at Encryption Bill Would Destroy the Very Idea of Cybersecurity
It wouldn't make a 'back door'-it would make a gigantic crater.
Comedy, College, and the Fight to Save Free Speech: Can We Take a Joke?
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's Greg Lukianoff
Free Speech Attack by Attorneys General in ExxonMobil Climate Change Probe of Skeptical Non-Profit
Down the perilous path toward Lysenkoism in which only officially approved science is allowed
Student Suspended for Rape Because He Didn't Stop Friends from Slapping Girl's Butt
Judge rules against University of Southern California, says due process violated.
Pro-Palestinian Activists Shout Down Jerusalem Mayor's Speech at San Francisco State University
Respect for free expression goes out the window when it comes to Israel/Palestine issues on college campuses.
Clinton Blames New York Gun Violence on Vermont
Trying to impugn Bernie Sanders, she falsely claims his state provides a big share of crime guns in hers.
Trump and Clinton Trip on Abortion Taboos
The two presidential candidates accidentally complicate the debate.
The Incredible Cluelessness of Donald Trump
Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he doesn't know the slightest thing about policy. The GOP is supporting him anyway.
Ban Pro-Palestinian Group from CUNY Campuses, 35 NY Lawmakers Say
Bipartisan gaggle of politicians equate incendiary political speech on campus with "intimidation."
Five Years After Feds Escalated the Title IX Inquisition, Are Students Ready to Sue?
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education says the Office for Civil Rights broke the law.
Panama Papers Previews What Donald Trump's Jacksonian Economics Would Look Like
When the biggest economy on the block gets to write the global rules, foreigners and regular Americans get screwed, elites skate, and hypocrisy rules the day.
Raised Hands Violate University Safe-Space Policy
And no shaking your damn head, either!
Run a Pot Ad, Go to Jail?
A long overlooked provision of the Controlled Substances Act makes it a felony to "place" a marijuana ad.
Protesters Smoke Weed Outside of White House
The Reschedule 420 campaign seeks to remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.
Waco Biker Incident Grand Jury Expires; 39 Arrested Still Unindicted
But the district attorney wants them to know he might just indict them later on over the 11-month old incident for which no one has seen trial yet.
Reminder: Watch 3 Libertarian Presidential Candidates Debate Each Other at 9 pm ET on FBN's #StosselForum (UPDATED)
Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen slug it out on Fox Business Network's Stossel; Matt Welch and Kennedy provide commentary
Whose Foreign Policy Is Really Dumb; the Elephant Man Theory of Beauty Pageants, and 'Some Idiot Wrote This'—Introducing The Fifth Column Podcast
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan talk smack about culture and current events
