Obama Insists 'We Have to Do Something' About Mass Shootings but Can't Say What or Why It Would Work
"Enough is enough" is not a policy.
Civil Liberties
The NSA Will Stop Collecting Your Phone Metadata Tonight!
Thanks to Edward Snowden, a once-secret and always useless government surveillance programs draws to an end.
New York City Bans the Hoverboard
The nanny state stands athwart the future, yelling stop.
Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooter Kills 3, Now in Custody
Three dead, 12 injured in biggest abortion-clinic attack in years.
"War Prayer 2015"
Thank God for a renewed sense of common purpose in these desultory, fractured, and hyper-partisan times.
Justice Department Distorts Sex-Trafficking Arrest Numbers
Loretta Lynch claims "hundreds of sex traffickers" were recently arrested by the FBI. It's not true.
Nobelist Douglass North Taught Us Institutions Matter Most
Nobel-winning economist, one of the most influential thinkers of his generation, dies aged 95.
4 Dumb Responses to the Paris Attacks
Panic-driven reactions to terrorism that make no sense upon reflection
Self-Defenseless
Leftist politicians work to keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.
Paris Terrorism No Excuse for Anti-Encryption Efforts
Inconveniently for the U.S. intelligence community, the Paris attacks had nothing to do with encrypted communications.
College President Cancels Classes over Threats, Which He Confuses with 'Hate Speech'
Does Western Washington University's head even know the difference?
Clock Kid Deserves an Apology, Not $15 Million. And He's Wrong About His Victim Status.
Zero tolerance, rather than racism, is the prime culprit in Ahmed Muhamed case.
"Don't Ban Smoking in Public Housing"
Proposed rule treats poor people like children and exposes government paternalism at its most naked.
France Cracks Down on Civil Liberties, Sometimes Exceeding US's Post-9/11 Response
Warrantless raids, house arrests, limits on freedom of speech and assembly are just some of the measures used in the name of security.
Wisconsin Law Requiring Hospital Privileges for Abortion Doctors Ruled Unconstitutional
Admitting privileges rule can't "be taken seriously as a measure to improve women's health," says federal appeals court.
Journalists Are Condemning Flawed Campus Rape Science. Will Activists Do The Same?
New York Magazine weighs in on Reason's David Lisak series.
Want to Save College Campuses from the Safe Spacers? Try Free-Ranging Your Kids.
Jonathan Haidt, co-author of 'The Coddling of the American Mind' thinks Free-Range Kids is the answer.
Exclusive: Occidental Professors Voting to Give Students Power to Report Them for Microaggressions
Would also mandate diversity training
Databases: Violating the Rights of Muslims and Gun Owners
Something else Donald Trump and Democrats have in common
A New Model for a Police Shooting Database?
Researchers in St. Louis broaden analysis of police force beyond just fatalities.
Donald Trump Is Your Dad
Forwarding obvious Internet bullshit about crime, making up memories about Muslims
New Orleans Shooting Details: 16 Shot During Outdoor Party
Expect new calls for gun control from mayors, Hillary Clinton.
Millennials More Likely to Support Censorship of Offensive Speech Than Older Americans
Libertarians must make the case that free speech is the cornerstone of civilized society.
Smith College Students Say Journalists Must Swear Vow of Loyalty to Their Cause
'By taking a neutral stance, journalists and media are being complacent in our fight.'
Refugees and the Risk of 'Sleeper' Terrorists
Grandstanding politicians fan fear, but don't know what they are talking about
Conservatives Really Want to Believe Hillary Clinton's Campaign Threatened a Comedy Club Owner
A thinly-sourced story about a rogue Clinton campaign staffer goes viral.
Donald Trump Has Now Trashed the 1st Amendment, the 5th Amendment, and the 14th Amendment
Another day, another rank attack on basic constitutional principles from Trump.
How The Hunting Ground Spreads Myths About Campus Rape
Activist film set to air on CNN this weekend uncritically parrots bad theories peddled by a serial exaggerator.
Updated! Donald Trump, Muslim IDs, and Mike Huckabee's Falafel Fixation
The GOP succumbs to nativist hysteria in the wake of Paris attacks.
The Inevitable Collision Between Black Lives Matter and Gun Control
Or, what in hell is any Michael Bloomberg group doing anywhere near regular BLM-related phone calls?
Google Offers to Defend Against Some Bad YouTube Takedown Demands
Attempting to protect fair use from copyright claim abuse
EXCLUSIVE: Gary Johnson Talks ISIS, Refugees, Black Lives Matter and Marijuana Leglization
The former New Mexico governor and 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate makes first comments on recent turmoil, talks future.
Hillary Clinton's ISIS Strategy is a Warmed-Over Mess But at Least She Wants to *Declare* War…
...rather than pretend whatever it is we're doing is something else.
Visa Waiver Program Under Attack from Libertarianish Senators
Rand Paul, Jeff Flake want to limit the types of French and European citizens America will let visit without a background check
Encryption Was Most Certainly Not the Reason Why the Paris Attacks Weren't Foiled
Investigators find phone data wasn't even protected at all.
Paris, Fear, and Freedom
It is in times of fear when we need to be most vigilant about our liberties.
NRA Slammed for Not Supporting Law Giving Attorney General Arbitarary Power to Deny Rights [UPDATED]
Daily News sees "sick jihad" behind not letting an unelected official deny rights largely at will.
John Kerry's Shamefully Familiar Victim-Blaming: Matt Welch on Tonight's Kennedy
Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. ET. Show also includes Glenn Greenwald!
In Defense of Yik Yak, "The Crack Cocaine" of Social Media!
Demonized as catering to racists and stalkers, the social media service actually provides comfort and the good kind of safe spaces.
Why Student Activists Need Free Speech: What to learn from Mizzou and Yale
Student attacks on the First Amendment are misguided and counterproductive.
A Surveillance State Doesn't Have To Be a Police State
Is it time to crowdsource law enforcement?
Law Enforcement Loves Legal Larceny
Legislators should ignore the self-interested fearmongering of cops and prosecutors who oppose forfeiture reform.
