Show Business Patter Aside, Trump's a Fairly Conventional Militarist
How Trump's UN speech fits into his foreign policy.
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Congress Does Not Want Its War Power
A Senate vote shows that even Trump critics are happy to let the president use the military as he pleases.
Thanks, Obama, for That Unaccountable System of Deadly Drone Strikes!
Now that it's in Trump's hands, even the illusion of responsibility is fading.
Harvard's Spineless Administrators vs. Chelsea Manning: Podcast
Reason editors talk single-payer health care, Rand Paul's push to deauthorize foreign wars, and Chelsea Manning vs. Harvard.
Rand Paul: 'I Think President Trump's Instincts Are Still Leaning Against Major Involvement in Foreign War With Great Land Forces'
Kentucky senator talks about his vote on intervention-authorizations, says John McCain "has never met a war he wasn't interested in getting the U.S. involved in," and worries about "these generals whispering in" Trump's "ears every day."
Justin Amash and Rand Paul Talk Congressional Pushback on SiriusXM Insight from 2-4 p.m. ET
Matt Welch interviews the libertarian-leaning legislators, as well as Emily Yoffe and Eli Lake, on Channel 121
Better Relations with Russia Should be Welcomed, Not Feared
It's OK to seek better relations with foreign countries.
The Vietnam War Is the Key to Understanding Today's America: Q&A with Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Their 18-hour miniseries looks at one of the most divisive, painful, and poorly understood episodes in American history.
Watch Rand Paul Urge Congress to Stop Letting the President 'Do Whatever He Wants' in War
"The neoconservatives and the neoliberals believe the president has unlimited authority," senator complains during unsuccessful attempt to repeal the post-9/11 authorizations for the use of military force.
China and Russia Warn U.S. About Regime Change in North Korea
The best way for them to prevent regime change is to offer more attractive alternatives.
Putin Warns: Don't Push North Korea Into 'Dead End'
He's right. But he shouldn't leave diplomatic efforts to the U.S.
Once Dovish-Sounding Trump Getting Very Bad Foreign Policy Advice
The president increasingly sounds like his national security advisor, H.R. McMaster. And that isn't good.
Hey Libertarians for Trump, How Much More #Winning Can You Take?
The president is doing everything he can do to alienate libertarians who believe in shrinking the size, scope, and spending of government.
Holocaust Museum Pulls Study That Came to Obvious Conclusion on Syria Genocide
There's not much the U.S. could have done to stop the killings.
From Pig's Blood Assassination Fantasies to the Depressingly Real Afghan Surge
How many people will die for Donald Trump's mistaken belief that only "political correctness" is holding America back from victory?
'Experts' Fear Trump Will Talk to Kim Jong Un, New York Times Reports
But talks, even bilateral ones, offer the best solutions.
North Korea Fires Another Missile Over Japan, to Predictable Responses
The cycle can be most easily broken by a U.S. push to resume six-party negotiations.
Stossel: Eye Test Innovators vs. Bottleneckers
John Stossel got an eyeglass prescription over the internet. "Bottleneckers" want that banned.
Emmanuel Macron an Intra-European Protectionist
The EU can be quite protectionist, particularly vis a vis its eastern members.
Lawsuits Fly Against Trump Administration's Reversal on Transgender Military Service
Three separate attempts to block memo calling for new ban.
Rex Tillerson Is Right: Trump, and All U.S. Presidents, Speak For Themselves
American values are a bottom-up, not top-down, affair
The Transgender Debate Is Overblown
Transgender individuals serve in the military, and will likely continue; Trump's directive will be overturned in court or reversed by a future administration.
Trump Sticks to Status Quo With Idiotic Afghanistan Plans
The great disrupter of the establishment turns out to be-surprise, surprise-a man of the establishment.
Stossel: Rep. Thomas Massie Says End the War in Afghanistan
The Kentucky congressman tells John Stossel why we should withdraw immediately from this "graveyard of empires."
Watch Matt Welch on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher Tonight at 10 p.m. ET
Discussing Trump, Afghanistan, identity politics and more with Jesse Jackson, Paul Begala, Frank Bruni, and Nayyera Haq
Were Anti-War Libertarians Gullible for Believing Trump Would Take on the War Party?
Matt Welch talks with MilLiberty about foreign policy, post-communist Europe, collectivist antipathies, and the apocalyptic style within libertarianism
Trump Out of Touch With Reality on Afghanistan
The president's proclamations about Afghanistan are not a plan; they're a letter to Santa Claus.
Remember That Time Trump Said 'Get Out of Afghanistan'? Neither Does He.
The president's latest flip-flop is total and appalling. Will it finally alienate his base?
Contrary To Nationalist Myths, Protectionism Is an Economic Disaster
American protectionism has repeatedly failed as an economic strategy.
Anti-Interventionists in Congress Respond to Trump's Afghanistan Strategy
Amid efforts to get Congress to vote on a new Authorization for Use of Military Force
Classical Liberalism Is Incompatible With Imperialism
Imperialism is not the highest stage of capitalism, as Karl Marx claimed.
Venezuela: At the Edge of a Deeper Chasm
Nicolas Maduro's brand of socialism has brought poverty, hunger, and death.
Trump's 'Fire and Fury' Wouldn't Be the First for North Korea
The Truman war council discussed using atomic bombs just two weeks after the Korean War started.
Don't Be Fooled. Airstrikes Are War.
Despite evidence they may make things worse, airstrikes are mistakenly seen as a perfectly reasonable response.
The Apocalyptic Faithlessness of Trump/Bannon Conservatism
What does it mean when a president is constantly worried that we 'won't have a country' anymore?
Groups Sue Over Trump's Plan—If He Actually Has One—to Boot Transgender People Out of Military
Five members of the military disclosed their status. Now they're worried they'll get kicked out.
Americans Increasingly Open to War With North Korea, Even As Distrust of Trump Hits Record Highs
Lessons about U.S. interventionism fast forgotten.
There Aren't 'Tremendous Medical Costs' for Trans Soldiers
President Trump's new ban didn't just "blindside" military brass and disrespect equality under the law, it's founded on a lie.
The Party of Trump Is Trying to Gut America's Asylum Process
A GOP bill would set up impossible obstacles for fleeing foreigners
Trump Tweets Return to Ban on Transgender Military Service 'In Any Capacity'
Who will be ejected under this abrupt reversal of Pentagon policy?
Congress Wants to Make It Harder for Trump to Pursue Peace, Easy as Ever for Trump to Pursue War
Congress limiting president's power to loosen sanctions, but not to pursue military adventurism.
Why Trump's 'Buy American, Hire American' Is Un-American
How flag-waving nationalism provides cover for a destructive economic policy.
Trump to Cut CIA Program That Arms Syrian Rebels. Good—Now Cut the Pentagon's Program, Too.
Don't let Russia hysteria torpedo a better foreign policy.
John McCain's Flawed, Important Example in the Age of Trump
The cancer-stricken senator's eternal pursuit of honor and integrity are a welcome tonic in a tawdry age, even while his policy misjudgments helped pave the way for the new Republican politics he abhors.
Australian Leader's Stupid Quote About Laws Trumping Math Is Encryption Fight in a Nutshell
Government authorities refuse to consider uncontrollable, dangerous consequences of breaking data privacy.
McCain and the Trump-Russia Dossier: What Did He Know, and When?
A British spy. An Arizona senator. And one inflammatory dossier on Donald Trump. The connection between them is starting to unravel...
Bassem Youssef Was 'Egypt's Jon Stewart.' Then He Was Forced To Flee.
How the Arab world's top satirist was censored, persecuted, and driven out.
