Trump's War on Terror: More Intelligence Gathering, Winning Fast, Suspending Immigration From 'Compromised' Countries
Less war, more war, faster.
Foreign Policy
The Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy Defense: It's Obama's Foreign Policy
Trump whipped up fear about a world Clinton's policies have helped make more dangerous.
Trump Wouldn't Lecture Turkey, Gives Foreign Policy Interview on Eve of Acceptance Speech
Also talks re-evaluating NATO, NAFTA.
Foreign Policy Night at the RNC Was Bleak and Apocalyptic
Make America scared again.
U.S. Airstrike in Syria Reportedly Kills At Least 60 Civilians
Americans turn to social media to express regret since they're not actually going to vote for anyone who would curb U.S. intervention.
A Republican Party of Emotions, Not Ideas
How will the newfangled GOP make America safe again? By blustering like the last 15 years didn't happen
Military Times Reader Survey Finds 23 Percent Want to Vote Third Party
And 13 percent name Libertarian Gary Johnson.
RNC Foreign Policy Platform: More Spending, Things Are Awful, Obama Sucks
Republicans can make it better because they're Republicans, argue Republicans.
So Much for the Delusion That Donald Trump Could Be Some Kind of Non-Interventionist
Chooses Mike Pence as VP
Obama on His Unauthorized War Against ISIS: I'm Not Hearing 'No'
The administration argues that Congress has implicitly consented to new military operations in Iraq and Syria.
Bursting the Pentagon Spending Bubble
To make America safer, we need to get military costs under control.
Yes, Sharing Your Netflix Password Is a Federal Crime. No, This Isn't New.
The worst tech law in the country continues to criminalize citizens.
Washington Post, in Dishonest Editorial, Calls Gary Johnson 'honest but defective'
Editorial board dings Libertarian ticket for "wishful thinking" that libertarian policies could "solve a range of complicated social problems," even though candidates said no such thing
It's Official: No Charges for Hillary Clinton over Email Scandal
A.G. Loretta Lynch accepts FBI recommendation.
Chelsea Manning Hospitalized After Possible Suicide Attempt
Defense team can't get answers from military.
Congress Wants To Force Pentagon To Buy Ships Against Its Will
Rather than cut defense spending, lawmakers seek armaments the Defense Department does not need.
Why Is Hillary Clinton Still a Hawk?
She refuses to learn from every failed foreign intervention.
Military Announces Its Own Transition Plan to Allow Transgender Troops
Yes they can now serve openly, but the regulations will be complicated.
Benghazi Just a Symptom; Interventionism Is the Disease
A bipartisan failure of judgment which shows all the signs of running on repeat.
Is the ACLU's Lawsuit Against Bad Anti-Hacking Law Ingenious or Terrifying?
Ending federal prosecution over violations of vague 'terms of service' rules may come at a cost.
Transgender Troops May Be Cleared to Serve Openly Starting This Week
Policies awaited for months expected in days.
Gary Johnson/William Weld: 'Skeptics' of Intervention That Will Involve Congress in Decisions on Military Action
Would also cut the military budget 20 percent, just like the rest of the federal budget.
International Criminal Court Sentences First Former Govt Official Convicted of Sex Violence War Crimes
The third person to be convicted by the ICC.
How Not to Fight Islamic Terrorism
Overseas attacks haven't worked, and pursuing more of them will only make things worse at home.
Terror Semantics, the AR-15 McGuffin, Runaway Aboutism, and the Clinton/Trump Follies: Working Through Orlando on The Fifth Column
Your favorite libertarian podcast tackles the nation's deadliest mass shooting
Defending Due Process for Pre-Criminals, and Criticizing Mike Rowe's Anti-Passion Absolutism
Matt Welch talks Orlando and more on Red Eye
Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Says Gun Restrictions Make Us Less Safe
Gun free zones and providing free recruiting services to ISIS by overly crediting Orlando shooting to foreign terror both condemned by Gary Johnson in interview this morning.
Speaker Paul Ryan Calls Orlando Shooting 'Another Act of War,' No Word on War Declaration
But no plan for Congress to vote on a declaration or authorization
U.S. Can't Be Responsible for ISIS in Syria Because There Wasn't an 'Intervention,' Says Vox
Blind spots big enough to get rebels through.
Trump Takes Credit for Hillary Clinton Using 'Radical Islam,' Calls on Her to Return Saudi Donations
Says he wants a safe society that's tolerant and open and also railed against Muslim immigration.
The Post-Orlando Trump/Clinton Crackdown
Matt Welch talks terrorism and the political instinct to control & clench on tonight's Kennedy
Trump Reiterates His Call for a Ban on Muslim Immigrants Because a Tiny Percentage Are 'Implicated in Terrorism'
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee exaggerates both the number of immigrants and the number who pose a domestic threat.
Killer Robots: Protectors of Human Rights?
Why a ban on the development of lethal autonomous weapons is premature
A New Place to Think About "Free Cities"
Can special economic zones and private cities morph to arenas for widespread, unprecedented market and regulatory liberty?
U.K.'s Mass Surveillance Bill Slightly Less Awful Than What Could Have Been
Demands for encryption back doors removed, sort of.
The Speed of Military Bureaucracy Annoys Those Waiting for Policies to Allow Transgender Troops
Pentagon announced planned changes last year but has gone silent.
Don't Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook for Her Foreign Policy Mistakes Because of Donald Trump
Her finger on the trigger isn't safer.
New Episide of The Fifth Column Features Anthony L. Fisher on Muhammad Ali's Anti-War Legacy, and So Much More
Also, Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch talk about what it's like to be among the clapping seals in the audience of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Rand Paul Wants to End the Draft and Force Congress to Vote on Authorizing War
Libertarian-ish senator plans to introduce "The Muhammad Ali Voluntary Service Act" and force Congress to vote on Authorization of Use of Military Force.
Trump's Thin Skin vs. Clinton's Thick Head
On war and peace, he's dangerously unpredictable, while she's predictably dangerous.
Gary Johnson on Foreign Policy & War: We Need to Involve Congress in Decisions
The Libertarian nominee pitches himself to a mainstream audience
