Civil Liberties

Politics

Instapundit: Meet The New Oligarchs, Same as the Old Oligarchs

Nick Gillespie | 4.9.2014 9:32 AM

Politics

Did Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Reason Interview Sink Her at Brandeis?

Nick Gillespie | 4.9.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Free Speech vs. the Collective

Stephen Breyer's dangerously broad rationale for campaign finance regulations

Jacob Sullum | 4.9.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Sen. Mike Lee, Thaddeus Russell, IJ's Paul Sherman, Meet the Independent (Nick Troiano Edition), OK Cupid, Campaign Finance, NCAA Servitude, Plus After-Show!

Matt Welch | 4.8.2014 8:32 PM

Policy

Bronx Judge Chastises and Banishes Prosecutor for Failing to Share Exculpatory Evidence With Rape Defendant

Jacob Sullum | 4.8.2014 4:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Press Release Boo-Boo Reveals Lots About Rights-Preventing Gun Prohibitionists

J.D. Tuccille | 4.8.2014 10:22 AM

Politics

Is Rob Lowe a Libertarian? "I Want the Government Out of Almost Everything."

Nick Gillespie | 4.7.2014 3:33 PM

Politics

Feinstein Too Emotional for CIA Torture Report, Says Ex-CIA Director

Zenon Evans | 4.7.2014 3:13 PM

Politics

Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton in 2016? I'm Tired of the Politics of Exhaustion!

Nick Gillespie | 4.7.2014 2:49 PM

Supreme Court

Here's What the Supreme Court Is Declining To Argue About Today

Dozens of cases rejected. Some had been watched more than others.

Scott Shackford | 4.7.2014 2:37 PM

Politics

Ukraine: Separatists Seize Buildings and Arms, Declare Sovereignty

Zenon Evans | 4.7.2014 1:05 PM

Civil Liberties

#NotABugSplat: Art Installation in Pakistan Puts a Face on Drone Victims

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.7.2014 12:25 PM

Politics

The Case for Knife Rights

Big government overreach claims a new class of victims.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.7.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Otis McDonald, Civil Rights Hero and Second Amendment Champion, 1933-2014

Damon Root | 4.7.2014 11:25 AM

Policy

Supreme Court Won't Hear Gay Wedding Photography Case

Scott Shackford | 4.7.2014 11:18 AM

Politics

Millennials, the Tech-savvy, Independents, and Libertarians Say Bitcoin Should Be Allowed; Bitcoin Tells Us Who Cares About Choice

Emily Ekins | 4.7.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Millennials, the Tech-savvy, Independents, and Libertarians Say Bitcoin Should Be Allowed; Bitcoin Tells Us Who Cares About Choice

Emily Ekins | 4.7.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Jeb Bush is Right: Illegal Immigration - Like Legal Immigration - is an "Act of Love"

Nick Gillespie | 4.7.2014 9:01 AM

Policy

Rich People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance Restrictions

When Congress blocks off one avenue for funding political campaigns, millionaires find other routes-or bulldoze new ones through the wilderness.

Steve Chapman | 4.7.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Come and Knock on Our Door

Charles Oliver | 4.7.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Come and Knock on Our Door

Charles Oliver | 4.7.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Otis McDonald, R.I.P. (The Man Who Got the Second Amendment Applied to States and Localities)

Brian Doherty | 4.6.2014 2:33 PM

Politics

Does Mozilla Dumping Its CEO Over Prop. 8/Anti-Gay-Marriage Stance = McCarthyism?

Nick Gillespie | 4.6.2014 12:39 PM

Politics

Krist Novoselic on Punk, Politics…and the Urgent Need to Get Along with Celine Dion Fans

Nick Gillespie | 4.6.2014 10:29 AM

Policy

Libertarianism Is More Than Just Rejecting Force

The "thick" and "thin" of libertarian philosophy.

Sheldon Richman | 4.6.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Leaders Are Inevitable, Says Nirvana's Krist Novoselic. But They Shouldn't Suck.

Krist Novoselic | 4.4.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Would Maine Democrat Shenna Bellows Really Look Forward to Working with "Nutcase" Rand Paul on Civil Liberties?

Nick Gillespie | 4.4.2014 3:57 PM

Policy

Judge to Order Ohio to Recognize Other States' Gay Marriages

Scott Shackford | 4.4.2014 3:30 PM

Policy

NYC Prison Guards Union vs. Humane Treatment of Prisoners

Damon Root | 4.4.2014 2:36 PM

Politics

Another Ohio Libertarian Knocked Off the Ballot

Zenon Evans | 4.4.2014 2:26 PM

Civil Liberties

Captain America vs. Obama's Kill List

Peter Suderman | 4.4.2014 12:48 PM

Politics

Should a Pro-Pot, Anti-NSA Democrat Unseat Sen. Susan Collins (RINO-Maine)?

Nick Gillespie | 4.4.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Poll: 63 Percent Say Politicians Playing Favorites is Worse than Special Interests' Campaign Contributions

Emily Ekins | 4.4.2014 11:34 AM

Politics

What Are You Going to Do Now That You've Lost the Drug War? Blame George Soros!

Matt Welch | 4.4.2014 10:43 AM

Civil Liberties

Reason-Rupe Poll: Half of Americans Think Cops Not Held Accountable

Paul Detrick | 4.4.2014 9:35 AM

Politics

Poll: 63 Percent Say Politicians Playing Favorites is Worse than Special Interests' Campaign Contributions

Emily Ekins | 4.4.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Welcome to the Era of Politically Correct Web Browsing!

Nick Gillespie | 4.3.2014 6:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Feminist Author Katha Pollitt Advocates Banning Sex Work Because PATRIARCHY

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.3.2014 5:05 PM

Policy

Senate Committee Votes to Declassify Parts of CIA Torture Report—Pending CIA Review of Report

Scott Shackford | 4.3.2014 4:57 PM

Science & Technology

Crowdsourced Amateurs Outperform CIA at Predicting World Events

Zenon Evans | 4.3.2014 12:36 PM

Politics

Clapper Gets Rappered, Plus Your Two Minutes Hate

Matt Welch | 4.3.2014 11:06 AM

Gun Control

Second Fort Hood Shooting Renews Same Debates over Security, Gun Control, Mental Health

Here we go again

Ed Krayewski | 4.3.2014 10:04 AM

Politics

Americans Say 75 Percent of Politicians Are Corrupted, 70 Percent Use Political Power to Hurt Enemies

Flight 370 conspiracy theories; college basketball players should share NCAA revenue; distrust of NSA and Facebook; concerns about police misconduct

Emily Ekins | 4.3.2014 9:16 AM