Civil Liberties
Maryland Parents Panic When Their Kids Are Once Again Confiscated By CPS
"You don't understand how cruel bureaucracy can be."
The Real Problem With Rolling Stone's Campus Rape Fiasco
The hysteria over "rape culture" is still alive and kicking.
Garry Trudeau on Charlie Hebdo: 'At Some Point Free Expression Absolutism Becomes Childish and Unserious'
Doonesbury's creator accuses the French satirists of publishing 'hate speech' and 'crude, vulgar drawings.'
At U of Michigan, a Muslim Student Unmasks the Hypocrite He Says Vandalized His Apartment
The perpetrator was a liberal activist and decorated campus Muslim leader who said American Sniper promoted violence.
Sprint Fined $15.5 Million After Charging Feds for Government-Mandated Wiretapping Upgrades
Insult, meet injury. You'll be paying the feds' bills.
Killer Robots Should Be Banned, Says Human Rights Watch
Warbots might actually behave more morally than soldiers.
Block Bots Automate Epistemic Closure on Twitter. Are You Blocked?
Peer behind the Block Bot!
Ohio State Trooper Will Go to Federal Prison for Repeat Sexual Misconduct During Traffic Stops
Family says he's "a good person" who simply "lacked the self-esteem" not to stalk and sexually assault vulnerable women.
Rand Paul: As Pro-Second Amendment as They Come, Cast Out by NRA
Internal gun rights movement politics keep NRA away from Rand Paul.
The Shooting of Walter Scott and the Right to Record Cops
Feidin Santana was exercising a constitutional right that police often violate.
How An Anti-Piracy Law Became a Tool for Online Censorship
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has created new ways to shut down Internet speech.
The Net Neutrality Riddle
Why are Edward Snowden's supporters so eager to give government more control over the Internet?
Indiana's RFRA: Religious Freedom or Freedom to Discriminate?
Indiana was effectively making discrimination based on sexual orientation lawful.
Here's the Lamest Liberal Attack on Rand Paul You'll Read Today
The 2016 presidential campaign is going to be a long haul. Let's try to stick to the facts as it gets rolling.
Can Rand Paul's Positions on Abortion and Gay Marriage Be Defended on Libertarian Grounds?
Yes, but you have to try pretty hard.
Did the Cop Who Shot Walter Scott in the Back Try to Doctor the Scene?
Video seems to show the officer picking up an object and dropping it near the body.
How Rand Paul's Defense of Privacy Rights Challenges Conservative Orthodoxy
The libertarian-leaning GOP candidate champions an unenumerated constitutional right to privacy.
Keep Rand Paul Weird
Will the libertarian-leaning presidential candidate shed the differences that make him interesting?
The Drug War, Not Terrorism, Brought Us Mass Surveillance
The DEA was collecting mass numbers of Americans' foreign calls prior to Sept. 11.
South Carolina Cop Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Motorist in the Back
The patrolman claimed he "felt threatened" when the man grabbed his Taser.
Rand Paul, Foreign Policy, and Republican Delusions of Interventionist Grandeur
The GOP operative behind Swiftboat Veterans for Truth is gunning for the senator's scalp.
Surveillance Envy Drives France to Intrusive Law of Its Own
Actually, the French government has been snoopy as hell for a long time
Trade in Your Old 'Assault Weapon' For a New One, Says Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Thank the nice congresswoman for the new guns!
Another Day, Another Dumb New York Times' Story on Corporations and Free Speech
An error-filled op-ed from a liberal Times pundit.
Have We Reached (and Passed) Peak Snowden?
John Oliver tries to keep the surveillance debate going with dick jokes.
Rand Paul, a 'Judicial Activist' in January, Is Now a Populist Judge Basher
The Kentucky senator faults courts for failing to reflect the majority's will.