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Confirmation Theater

Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominees keep the public as ignorant as possible.

Radley Balko | 9.28.2010 7:00 AM

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Who Is More Macho, 2010 Edition

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.29.2010 11:44 AM

Politics

From the Why-I'm-Turning-Libertarian Files

Matt Welch | 8.20.2010 11:42 AM

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The Tao of Coolidge

Jesse Walker | 7.7.2010 10:55 AM

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Oil Gushes and Power Rushes

Obama's "$20 billion shakedown" exemplifies his lawlessness.

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2010 7:00 AM

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Presidential Size Matters

Damon Root | 6.22.2010 2:37 PM

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Keith Olbermann to Daily Kos: I Break With Thee

Matt Welch | 6.17.2010 10:26 AM

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As the Spill Expands, So Does Presidential Power

More fallout from the BP oil spill

Steve Chapman | 6.17.2010 7:00 AM

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Why, Oh, Why Doesn't Obama Save Us?

Why a president who does too much is far more dangerous than one who does too little

Steve Chapman | 6.14.2010 7:00 AM

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Glenn Greenwald, on "this suffocating, two-party monster"

Matt Welch | 6.11.2010 3:08 PM

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Don't You Go Calling Obama an "ex-state senator," Hater!

Matt Welch | 6.11.2010 12:48 PM

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"According to their bios, Thomas Friedman and Maureen Dowd are 57 and 58 years old, respectively. You'd never guess it from their columns."

Matt Welch | 6.2.2010 11:59 AM

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Elena Kagan and Executive Power

Damon Root | 5.24.2010 9:27 AM

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Elena Kagan on Free Speech, Executive Power, and Judicial Restraint

Will Obama's Supreme Court pick show too much deference to the government?

Damon Root | 5.13.2010 3:00 PM

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Is The TVA A-OK?

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2010 11:06 AM

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Would You Believe an OLC That Can Say 'Maybe'?

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2010 2:46 PM

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Mr. President, You're No Theodore Roosevelt

Damon Root | 3.11.2010 8:31 AM

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Your Annual President's Day Thread

Jesse Walker | 2.15.2010 10:43 AM

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Obama Is the Queen of America

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.3.2010 9:24 AM

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Pull the Plug on This Program

No matter what happens in a State of the Union address, the opposition's official response is going to feel pathetic.

Jesse Walker | 1.29.2010 4:30 PM

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Time to Add on Official Judicial Response to the SotU?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.29.2010 12:10 PM

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Should Obama Just Pack the Supreme Court and Get It Over With?

Damon Root | 1.28.2010 1:09 PM

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FDR: Tax Increases Don't Apply to Me

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.28.2010 10:25 AM

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Alito's "Not True" Moment

Matt Welch | 1.28.2010 8:10 AM

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Reason Staff Liveblogs the State of the Union: Now!

Reason Staff | 1.27.2010 8:58 PM

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Which First-Time SOTUer Said it?

Matt Welch | 1.27.2010 3:49 PM

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Advice to Barack Obama by Two People Who Didn't Vote for Him (or John McCain)

But just might if he ever got serious about governing.

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie | 1.26.2010 4:30 PM

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Obama to Propose Three-Year Spending Freeze

Matt Welch | 1.25.2010 9:36 PM

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Douglas Brinkley Likes the Cut of Obama's Jib! No Really, He Said That, and Lots of Other Bollocks Besides

Matt Welch | 12.23.2009 12:03 PM

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Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch in the New York Post on Liberals Attacking Obama

Reason Staff | 12.20.2009 8:17 AM

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Barack's Backbone Aria

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.18.2009 4:59 PM

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Bipartisan Consensus: Going Rogue Offensively Bad

Michael Moynihan | 12.1.2009 6:17 PM

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Woodrow Wilson's Legacy

Damon Root | 11.30.2009 1:26 PM

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Obama's Appetite for "Unprecedented" Crisis and Response

Matt Welch | 11.25.2009 2:35 PM

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The Only American Male With Less Athletic Skill Than I Have Shows He Can Catch a Ball

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.20.2009 2:13 PM

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What Calvin Coolidge Can Teach Barack Obama

Damon Root | 11.10.2009 4:48 PM

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Weep When You Consider That Alexander At His Age Had Conquered So Many Nations, And Obama Has Barely Conquered One.

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.28.2009 8:56 PM

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Shut Your Mouth If Your Experience Is Not Typical Enough

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.5.2009 1:31 PM

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Ben Bernanke and Chet Roosevelt Forever

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.2.2009 7:07 PM

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Are You an Anti-Obama Racist?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.1.2009 7:18 PM

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Ayers From My Father

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.24.2009 7:59 PM

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White House Farm Flashback: 1942

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.18.2009 12:03 PM

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Trading Blows

Chicken feet, rubber tires, and the rule of law in international trade

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.17.2009 6:00 PM

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Automaker Bailout: Such a Bad Investment, It Should Have Been Illegal. Oh Wait, It Was.

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2009 12:14 PM

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President Announces Martial Law, Praises Socialized Medicine, Calls for Destruction of Israel, more

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.8.2009 12:27 PM