Why An Ugly Trump Is Better Than a Lovely Trump
He embodies and exposes the ugliness of the modern conservative agenda
Foreign Policy
What Do Terrorists Want?
Terrorism, if it to have any meaning, is a political, not a sadistic, act.
FBI Allegedly Cracks Terrorist's Phone, Ending Fight with Apple (for Now)
The Senate is still interested in legislation that could weaken everybody's security.
CIA-Backed Syrian Rebels Fighting Pentagon-Backed Syrian Rebels
The Pentagon resumed funding and training rebels this month.
Fox News: '2016 the best chance yet for a libertarian candidate?'
Red Eye panel feels the Johnson and is bullish on the LP, because "a lot of people are libertarians without realizing it"
Science Is a Good Substitute for God
Believers in sci-tech progress tend to be happier than the religiously faithful, says new study
China Trade Isn't Killing America's Working Class
Government handouts maybe more responsible.
Libya: It Was About Regime Change, and It Was a Disaster
Hillary Clinton was part of a campaign to mislead us about the purposes of the Libyan intervention.
Clinton, the Worst Warmonger Running for President, Warns That Trump or Cruz Might Start a War
Clinton and Cruz both condemn Trump's "isolationism," code for asking why America must police the planet.
How Rock Music (Mostly) Defeated Castro's Censorship
The Rolling Stones prepare their historic concert in a country that once banned the Beatles and still harasses artistic free expression
Ted Cruz Wages Jihad on Truth
Senator scaremongers to deflect from his lack of a real plan to deal with ISIS.
The FBI Might Not Need Apple's Decryption Help
The FBI says a mysterious "outside party" has found a way to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone without assistance from Apple.
German "Neo-Nazi" Politician Rescued By Syrian Refugees
Asylum-seekers performed first aid on man who recently wrote "integration is genocide."
Dear Conservatives: Don't Peddle Racist Garbage If You Are Not Racist
Their growing flirtation with the sick anti-immigration dystopia, Camp of Saints, is disturbing
The Case of the Catfish Cartel
Why Mississippi's catfish industry asked the government to regulate it more tightly
Obama in Cuba: "I Have Come to Bury the Last Remnant of the Cold War"
President tells Cuban people the US will not impose any system on them; calls on Castro to "not fear" democracy.
China Bashing Is a Bipartisan Sport and It's Back With a Vengeance
American working class is spurning jobs, but somehow that's the fault of trade liberalization
The Brussels Terror Attacks: When Security Theater Fails
There is no such thing as perfect security, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you snake oil.
Brussels Attacks Give Cruz Another Occasion to Slam Obama for Refusing to Say 'Radical Islamic Terrorism'
The Texas senator seems to think the phrase has magical powers.
Before We Know Much of Anything About Brussels Attack, Encryption Fears Already Invoked
Rep. Schiff raises the issue in a statement.
Meet Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Team
A mixed bag of military contractors, a Jihad-panicked Middle East expert, and energy consultants doesn't tell us how a President Trump will do foreign policy.
Justice Dept. to Apple: Never Mind on That Encryption Thing, Maybe
In the 11th hour, feds ask to delay court hearing over access to terrorist's work phone.
Trump's Death-Eaters, Cuba's Freedom Fighters, and DiCaprio's Idiocies
Watch Matt Welch on tonight's Kennedy, Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. and midnight ET
No, Ted Cruz, Obama's Cuba Trip Is Not 'Appeasement'
Demagogic Cuban-American demagogues in support of a failed policy
The Paris Attackers Didn't 'Go Dark'—They Used Burner Phones
More reasons to be skeptical of demands for encryption back doors.
Is Liechtenstein a Libertarian Utopia?
Prince Hans-Adam II says open borders, low taxes, free trade, and small government should define "the state in the third millennium."
FBI Warns About Car Hacking. Encryption Security Helps Prevent That.
Beware of hatchback doors in your cybersecurity.
The Say-Anything Campaign
Donald Trump has blown apart the boundaries of acceptable American political speech
Trump and Cruz on War and Peace
Trump is more skeptical of foreign intervention, but both promise to boost military spending and destroy ISIS.
Sen. Tom Cotton's 'Brand' Depends on Americans Remaining Ignorant, Fearful of Apple's Encryption
Accusing Apple of "hyperbole" is pretty ballsy...and utterly wrongheaded.
Camp of Saints Is a Sick Racist Dystopia and Conservatives Shouldn't Have Anything to Do With It
Restrictionists should try making their case without reviving this vile French book
Rep. Thomas Massie: I Stand with Apple in Protecting Encryption
Americans have the right to privacy and security of their digital data.
The Toxicity of Trump's Aggrieved-Nation Shtick
The aggrieved-nation shtick has been the strongman's path to power many times in the past. We shouldn't discount it today.
The Last Honest Man in Congress
Rep. Justin Amash on Capitol Hill skullduggery, surveillance surprises, and how Donald Trump "could be very dangerous as president"
Apple Slaps Down the FBI's Encryption Hail Mary Effort: 'The Founders Would Be Appalled'
Both sides will be back in court next week.
Obama and the Justice Dept. May Be Losing the P.R. Battle over Encryption, but Watch the Larger War
Nobody believes it's 'just one phone.'
Was the 'Libertarian Moment' Wishful Thinking? Cato Debates This Wednesday
Come see Matt Welch, David Boaz, Conor Friedersdorf, and Ramesh Ponnuru March 16 at 6 p.m. ET
Russian, Chinese Foreign Ministers Complain About North Korea Missile Tests, U.S. Korean Missile Defense System
Dealing with the consequences of China's interventionist foreign policy.
A Vote for Trump Is a Vote Against American Consumers
Donald Trump's trade war on America.
A Communist Student Is Igniting a Liberty Movement in India
If India's free market Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets away with his campus crackdown, it'll be bad for Pakistan
The Most Ridiculous Argument for Hillary Clinton That You'll See Today
Take a bow, Jonathan Alter!
Can Rand Paul Become a New Leader for Republican Party Foreign Policy?
And can you accurately chart the GOP's foreign policy future without dealing with Trump?
Maybe This Time the Democrats Will Talk About Foreign Policy at the Debate
There were no foreign policy questions at the last debate
You Can't Say That on Chinese Television
China's Communist authorities have put out a laundry list of material they don't want to see on TV, from homosexuality to unpatriotic sound effects.
What Is Congress Hiding?
Legislators smuggled all kinds of questionable provisions into a last-minute, $1.1 trillion spending bill
