The Protectionist In Chief Will Kill American Jobs
There will be no winners, only losers.
Foreign Policy
Are Private Military Contractors a Solution to U.S. Quagmires Overseas?
Private contractors have actually fought for America since America began, but they're not a panacea.
Presidents Are Reckless With Soldiers' Lives
The controversy over Trump's condolence call should be a debate about promiscuous military intervention.
Stossel: Blackwater and Erik Prince Do Mostly GOOD
Media slam "profit-seeking" military contractors, yet evidence shows they're more efficient and even helped end piracy in Somalia.
Welcome to 'Extreme Vetting' of Refugees
Social media fact-checks, secondary scrutiny for 11 countries, and the lowest annual cap in modern U.S. history.
U.S. Withdrawal From UNESCO Is a Good Start
The Trump administration should look at America's participation in other U.N. offshoots too.
Rand Paul Throws Incredible Shade At Lindsey Graham for Being a Warmonger
What kind of cheerleader for war doesn't know how many troops are where?
Ex-Presidents We Want to Drink With: Podcast
This week's show covers the John Kelly phone flap, former presidents against Trump, and why Republicans are only pretending to be worried about the budget.
The Truth About Niger
Jihadists would be no threat to Americans who were left to mind their own business.
Everything That's Wrong with Political Twitter in Two Tweets (Niger Edition)
Tribalism today, tribalism tomorrow, tribalism forever!
Trump Combines His Worst Ideas Into a Solar-Power Border Wall
The idea is sadly gaining steam.
The Real Insult to the Troops Is Rudderless Military Adventurism
Honor the dead by taking service members out of harm's way.
Justice Department Calls for 'Responsible' Encryption, Which Means 'Bad' Encryption
What Rosenstein wants would threaten data security. That's hardly responsible.
North Korea Threatens Nuclear War 'At Any Moment' As U.S.-South Korea Run Joint Military Drill
The regime says it's not ready for diplomacy until it can hit America's East Coast, but it also claims the entire U.S. mainland is within its range.
U.S. Foreign Policy Can't Be a Choice Between McCain and Trump
The ailing senator is right that "half-baked, spurious nationalism" is wrong. But so is his brand of hawkish intervention.
Anti-Trump Republicans Need to Re-Examine Their Own Reckless Foreign Policy
Yes, the president is erratic and incompetent. But prominent GOPers like John McCain have been saying crazy things about North Korea and elsewhere for a quarter century
Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei Explores the Tragedy of the Refugee Crisis
The famed artist has a new public art project going up in New York City, which coincides with his debut feature film, Human Flow.
Trump Proposes Awful-Sounding 'Economic Development Bill' That Might Not Actually Exist
Is it just more bluster from the White House? Let's hope so.
Puerto Rico's Hurricane Recovery Just Got Even More Expensive
DHS ends waiver of protectionist shipping law that drives up costs.
Corker Against World War III Now That Trump Is for It
Corker is a longtime defender of American intervention and war in the Middle East, and now wants to supply billions in weapons to the Saudis and Ukraine.
U.S. Troops Will Stay in Niger and You'll Forget About It Again Soon Enough
U.S. fatalities bring America's misadventures overseas into the public eye, but only briefly.
U.K. Official Wants You to Stop Sneering at Her for Trying to Destroy Your Privacy
Amber Rudd admits that she doesn't understand encryption while insisting on the need to undermine it.
Hey Trump, American Manufacturing is Doing Just Fine
Don't ruin it with protectionist trade policies.
How to Stop Post-Tragedy Panic Syndrome: Podcast
Reason's Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch on the Las Vegas shooting, Trump's Twitter rage at Puerto Rico, and the Jones Act.
With Bombardier Tariffs, Trump Continues His Protectionist Mania
Anti-dumping tariffs don't lead to more fairness, they just lead to more tariffs.
Trump's New Travel Ban: Mean and Senseless
It will do nothing to Make America Safe Again
Two Solar Companies Got Big Subsidies From Obama. Now They Want Protective Tariffs From Trump.
A bankrupt Chinese-owned taxpayer-subsidized company that's asking for protection against Chinese imports.
Trump Waives Jones Act for Puerto Rico for 10 Days. That's Good, but It's Not Enough.
Congress needs to vote to stop protecting shipping cartel from market competition.
Jones Act Protectionism Is Why Tax Reform Is Probably Doomed to Fail (UPDATE: It's Waived!)
If you can't change a single lousy law in the face of humanitarian crisis, how are you going to take on the tax code's thousands of special-interest blocs?
Would Data Breach Notification Laws Really Improve Cybersecurity?
Responses to top-down federal dictates are hard to predict.
The Vietnam Syndrome: How We Lost It and Why We Need It Back
How could we be repeating the mistakes of Vietnam already?
Trump's Selective Sovereignty Is Par for the Course in U.S. Foreign Policy
The president's "principled realism" promises more restraint than he has delivered so far.
Show Business Patter Aside, Trump's a Fairly Conventional Militarist
How Trump's UN speech fits into his foreign policy.
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.
