Should Daily Fantasy Sports Be Regulated by the Government?
Regulators want their own piece of the action at FanDuel and DraftKings. But if they win, consumers will be the biggest losers.
Culture
The New York Times Exposes the Futile Stupidity of Banning Online Sports Betting
There's always a way around.
Right-to-Farm Debate Heats Up
Controversies over laws in all 50 states that protect the rights of farmers to actually farm.
Everybody Loves a Good Apocalypse
Even as the world gets better and better, people continue to stubbornly believe the end is nigh.
Anti-Feminist Speaker Suzanne Venker Reinvited to Speak at Williams College, Declines
Hosts were uncomfortable caving to the discomforted
Friday A/V Club: The Totalitarian Hand
An aging Eastern European animator's protest against Stalinism
High School Bans Pro-Trump Stuff and American Flags! Except No, It Absolutely Did Not
School says feel free to bring your "make America great again" hats.
Cardiff Students Want Feminist Germaine Greer Disinvited from Campus and You Already Know Why
Doesn't agree with modern left on transgender issues
How Sexual Harassment Codes Threaten Academic Freedom
'Gender justice' warriors in the Department of Education are pushing campus officials too far.
Nick Gillespie Talks Hillary, Trump, Libertarianism w Hot Air's Jazz Shaw & OTB's Doug Mataconis
...and much, much more on the Politinerds podcast.
Hillary Clinton Knew All Along Benghazi Attack Had "Nothing To Do With The Film," Documents Reveal
What difference at this point does it make? If you value free speech, a lot.
It's Not Just American College Campuses: Free Speech Is in Trouble Around the World
Says FIRE President Greg Lukianoff
Are You Better Off Now Than You Were 20, 30, 40 Years Ago?
Declinists who focus on inequality and stagnant wages miss increased freedom and opportunities.
Edward Snowden's Lawyer on the Government's War on Whistleblowers
Jesselyn Radack reveals what happens when whistleblowers go through those "proper channels" we're always hearing about.
Nick Gillespie Talks Smack About Joe Biden & Paul Ryan…
On HuffPost Live, no holds are barred and no quarter is given. And I really let it rip regarding how lucky we are Biden isn't running.
Yelp Suing South Park: File Under "When a Story is Too Good To Be True…
...it usually isn't. An excellent hoax follows an excellent episode of an excellent series.
In Virginia Firing Case, Principles Collide
St. Francis Home, an assisted-living facility, recently fired its director for being a gay man in a gay marriage.
[Updated with Ryan's Statement!] Paul Ryan's Conditions to Serve as Speaker Should Disqualify Him
Irony alert: GOP running aground as it reaches its most zenith of historic power.
Anti-Feminist Speaker Disinvited to 'Uncomfortable Learning' Lecture Series. She Made Students Uncomfortable.
Safe-spacers pressure Williams College group to cancel Suzanne Venker
On Soundcloud: How Should Libertarians Think About Intellectual Property?
Listen now as thinkers from Cato, Mercatus, FreedomWorks, and R Street talk about copyright, patents, history, and cronyism.
Which Presidential Candidate Resembles Which Star Wars Character?
Besides, obviously, Donald Trump as Darth Vader. And Lincoln Chafee as C-3PO.
Capitalism Is Good and Bernienomics Doesn't Work
Also, who will be the last American to die for the mistake of staying in Afghanistan?
How Should Libertarians Think About Intellectual Property?
Brink Lindsey, Sasha Moss, Wayne Brough, Eli Dourado, and Nick Gillespie talk patents and copyrights in the digital age.
Is America the New Weimar Republic? Yeah, no.
Extremist politics, fashion choices galore: Life really is a cabaret, old chum. Or just more prosperous, fun, and free.
Junk Science and Campus Rape
A new inquiry casts serious doubt on the most influential study on collegiate sexual assault.
Citigroup Executive Reviews Book on the Federal Reserve
An executive whose bank faltered while he was highly compensated reviews a book on the Fed for the New York Times.
Wesleyan Students Will 'Reduce Paper Waste' By Cutting Funding to Newspaper That Printed Conservative Op-Ed
The cost of crossing #BlackLivesMatter
Let the Beer Giants Merge, But Scrap the Mandatory Middleman
Allowing AB InBev to buy SABMiller won't hurt consumers. But the nation's government-mandated three-tier alcohol distribution system hurts them every day.
College Administrators Have This One Simple Trick for Telling If Your Halloween Costume Is Offensive
Is it a costume? Then yes, it's offensive.
Google Books' Scanning of Copyrighted Work Indeed Legal, Appeals Court Confirms
Likely outcome: better for scholars, readers, writers, even publishers.
Nevada Goes Protectionist on Fantasy Sports Leagues
Requires Draft Kings, FanDuel to get gaming licenses to operate in state
Are Obama and America to Blame for Syria's Disaster?
"ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror" co-author Michael Weiss on how Obama allowed a bad situation to get worse in Syria.
Illinois Lottery Now Paying IOUs on Wins Bigger than $600
Just pray these guys never take over the state's whorehouses.
Why We Should Pity the Anti-Rape Activist Who Convinced Herself She's a Rapist.
Affirmative consent will never work as policy
Does a Religion Need to Worship a Supreme Being? New Hampshire Supreme Court Considers the Question
"Church of the Sword," run by associates of the Free State Project, sues over the state's right to define religion.
The 3 Best and Worst Moments of the First Democratic Debate
Is there hope for liberty lovers among the Democrats?
The DemDebate Clarified That Many Libertarian Views Have Gone Mainstream
Clinton, Sanders, Webb, O'Malley, and Chaffee are nobody's idea of small-government crusaders, but they got some things right.
Lawsuit Against NYPD for Muslim Surveillance Restored
Decision that stripped targets of standing to sue reversed
Malaysia Bans International Sex Robot Symposium
"Intercourse with robots-don't try to be ridiculous," say Malaysian police.
Democratic Debate Cocktails!
Will you drink "The Hillary," "The Bernie Sanders," or "The Biden"?
