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.
Economics
Irwin Schiff, R.I.P.
Man who argued there is no legal obligation to pay income tax dies of cancer shackled to prison hospital bed at age 87.
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.
SCOTUS Asked to Decide Whether Special-Interest 'Economic Favoritism' Counts as Legitimate Government Interest
Connecticut teeth-whitening monopoly lands at Supreme Court.
What Global Food Crisis?: Ronald Bailey's Wall Street Journal Review of The Reproach of Hunger
Neo-Malthusians still get it wrong: Markets and science will feed 9 billion if not blocked.
Sanders and Clinton Vs. Capitalism
Neither seem to realize how much better life is, thanks to markets.
Just How Bad Would Joe Biden Be as President? Really F*cking Bad.
The vice-president is an unrepentant drug warrior and has promised "no changes" to old-age entitlements that screw the young.
Watch Matt Welch Defend Capitalism Tomorrow Morning on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry
That's 10 a.m. ET for a full two hours of democratic socialism, Walmart, school-funding, and so on
Documenting Humanity's Great Escape from Abject Poverty: Angus Deaton
The Economics Nobel Laureate worries that crony capitalism will kill off economic growth
Rand Paul's Fumbling on Gay Discrimination Question Was Eminently Avoidable
The right answer needs the right argument to avoid callousness.
Missouri Law Puts a Cap on Municipal Piracy
The home of a speed trap and a jail-for-hire tries to adjust.
Why Is Hillary Throwing Obama's Core Legacy on Free Trade Under the Bus?
She was for the TPP before she was against it
Carly Fiorina Slams Donald Trump for His Crony Capitalism and Eminent Domain Abuse
Says Trump "engaged in crony capitalism in its most raw and abusive form."
Illinois Lottery Now Paying IOUs on Wins Bigger than $600
Just pray these guys never take over the state's whorehouses.
Only an Unprincipled Congress Would Revive the Ex-Im Bank
Fight over the crony-capitalist program highlights all that's wrong with Washington
Sorry, Bernie Sanders. Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour Wouldn't Create Millions of Jobs. But It Might Destroy Them.
This is an idea that's become increasingly common amongst more liberal Democratic politicians and policymakers.
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.
Watch Matt Welch React to the Democratic Debate on Red Eye w/ Tom Shillhue
If I'm staying up this late, so should you!
Watch Matt Welch Talk Dem Debate Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Kennedy
Hillary's roboticism, Webb's untapped potential, and the Democrats' lurch to the economic left
Democratic Debate Cocktails!
Will you drink "The Hillary," "The Bernie Sanders," or "The Biden"?
Penn Jillette: Bernie Sanders is the 'one person in this race who's actually genuine and not crazy' [UPDATE: Penn sez 'You are right, I am wrong']
Libertarian magician praises the socialist and disses Rand Paul
Thanks for the Mammaries, Playboy!
Venerable skin mag drops nudity in favor of "expanded coverage of liquor," PG-13 thrills.
[Updated: Gun Rights Too!] When Bernie Sanders Called for Ending Compulsory Education & Legalizing All Drugs
The Vermont socialist advanced some libertarian ideas way back in the day.
Tonight's Democratic Debate: Your Guide to the Also-Rans
What Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb, and Lincoln Chafee have to say about the issues
A Libertarian-Gay Divorce?
Government-sponsored discrimination is nearly eradicated. So what's left to work together on?
Angus Deaton: 2015 Economics Nobel Laureate
"We've seen a remarkable decrease over the past 20 years, and I do forecast that will continue."
California Equal Pay Law Mainly Boosts Pay of Lawyers
Governor signs bill that makes it easier to file discrimination grievance.
North Korea's Grassroots Capitalism
How creeping market forces are improving life in the Hermit Kingdom.
Got Baseball Playoff Fever? Watch The Top 5 Pointless Congressional Hearings on Baseball
Joe Biden contradicts himself in the same sentence, Jesse Ventura calls team owners' logic "asinine," and more!
House of Representatives Votes to End 40-Year Old U.S. Oil Export Ban
Lifting the ban would lower gas prices and boost domestic oil production - Obama wants to keep it.
Federal Employees' Wages Growing Faster Than Everybody Else's
Pay freeze over, for government types anyway.
Here It Comes: Wash Post Writer Calls for "A Gun-Free Society"
Despite continuing declines in gun violence, Fred Hiatt says enough is enough.
Police Mag Calls Marilyn Mosby 'The Wolf That Lurks'
No love for the prosecutor in the Freddie Gray case
Donald Trump Trashes the Constitution, Endorses Eminent Domain Abuse
Trump's support for Kelo v. City of New London reveals his fundamentally unconstitutional support for eminent domain abuse.
What's in the Trans-Pacific Partnership? New Zealand Gives Us a Glimpse.
Good news on tariffs, bad news on copyrights
Speak Now, Congress, or Forever Maintain the Status Quo
A to-do list for the new Speaker of the House
I Quote This Excellent Essay on Copyright Abuse & Refuse to Pay a Single Dime to Mick Jagger!
FFS, don't authors want to be quoted? Isn't that the whole goddamned point?
Donald Trump's Shameful Eminent Domain Abuse
Trump tried to seize an elderly widow's home via eminent domain.
HuffPost: "The Libertarian Moment Is Alive and Well…"
"...regardless of Rand Paul's campaign." You got that right, brother.
Washington, D.C. Mulls Nation's Biggest Family Leave Benefit, Funded By New Tax on Employers. Obviously the Federal Government Is Exempt.
Obama administration backs new measure, hopes to see it replicated elsewhere.
Dilbert Creator Scott Adams on Donald Trump's "Linguistic Kill Shots"
Is Trump using powerful hypnosis and persuasion techniques hidden to manipulate us all?
Let States Build Their Own Highways
Congress can't pass a real transportation bill. And it shouldn't have to.
