Copyright Expert Pans Plagiarism Suit Against Taylor Swift
Swift is accused of ripping-off the lyrics to her hit song "Shake It Off," but lawyer Mike Godwin says the case is "almost certainly meritless."
Law & Government
Lawsuit Targets Rapacious City Fine System in St. Louis Community
Tickets for not having curtains or screen doors used to fund government.
Did the NYPD "Execute" a Mentally Ill Man in His Home?
New evidence contradicts officers' claims that they shot Mohamed Bah because he stabbed one of them.
Drone Registration: A Stupid Solution in Search of a Problem It Might Actually Fix
The occasional misuse of unmanned aircraft is an exaggerated issue that won't be corrected by bureaucrats.
California Lt. Gov. Takes Detour on Pot, Embraces More Gun Control
Triggers coming gun fight.
Paul Ryan Is the New Speaker of the House. So Just How Much Does He Love Ayn Rand?
Celebrate the libertarian-leaning congressman's new gig with this amazing painting of Ryan with Rand and pancakes.
The Terrible, Privacy-Violating CISA Bill Seems Destined for Passage
All your data belongs to the government.
Democrats and Republicans Agree to a Budget Deal Compromise: More Spending on Everything!
New deal would suspend the debt limit, raise spending by $80 billion over two years.
Paul Ryan vs. Bernie Sanders on College Entitlements
God forbid, Bernie becomes our 45th president, who will stand in his way?
The Hillary Doctrine: Create Instability, Wing it, Then Refuse to 'Retreat'
The Democratic frontrunner takes the exact wrong lesson from an illegal, ill-advised war
Paul Ryan's Demands Tell Us That He Still Doesn't Really Want to Be Speaker of the House—He Wants to Be Something Better
The Republican budget wonk wants to change the way the Speakership works.
How Should Libertarians Think About Intellectual Property?
Brink Lindsey, Sasha Moss, Wayne Brough, Eli Dourado, and Nick Gillespie talk patents and copyrights in the digital age.
Yes, Rand Paul, Running for President Is a Drag. So Have Some Fun, Already!
5 ways that the libertarianish candidate can turn a depressing duty into a liberating opportunity
Brazil's Pension Crisis Is Like America's on Steroids
Unsustainable and yet seemingly unstoppable
A War on Climate Change?
We are supposed trust government technocrats - what could possibly go wrong?
When Everyone Can Read the News About the War Except the Warriors
Who's allowed to viewThe Intercept's drone exposé?
Hillary Knows Something Most Democrats Can't Admit
Debate performance illustrates that civil liberties and executive-power abuse matter mostly when Republicans run the White House
Paul Ryan Borrows a Mitt Romney Power Play in House Speaker Race
Did Ryan take a page out of Romney's playbook from the Bain and Company turnaround?
Only an Unprincipled Congress Would Revive the Ex-Im Bank
Fight over the crony-capitalist program highlights all that's wrong with Washington
A Nixon Aide's Secret Archive
The man who revealed the White House taping system has some more revelations.
California Equal Pay Law Mainly Boosts Pay of Lawyers
Governor signs bill that makes it easier to file discrimination grievance.
Got Baseball Playoff Fever? Watch The Top 5 Pointless Congressional Hearings on Baseball
Joe Biden contradicts himself in the same sentence, Jesse Ventura calls team owners' logic "asinine," and more!
House of Representatives Votes to End 40-Year Old U.S. Oil Export Ban
Lifting the ban would lower gas prices and boost domestic oil production - Obama wants to keep it.
Fantasy Sports League Employee Win Prompts Class Action Suit
Accused of misrepresenting fairness of competition
Kevin McCarthy Drops His Bid for House Speaker, Throws Race into Chaos
Could John Boehner be forced to stay Speaker?
The Baseball Commissioner Who Made Bush President
The culture, politics, and economics of baseball in the Bud Selig era
Speak Now, Congress, or Forever Maintain the Status Quo
A to-do list for the new Speaker of the House
People Magazine Wants You to Bug Your Representatives for More Gun Laws; What do the People Think?
Not what People wants them to think.
California Pension Reformers Split Initiative into Two
One focuses on limiting taxpayer liability; the other gives voters more say.
John Boehner's Missing Agenda
The outgoing Speaker of the House leaves a Republican party that's fractured and directionless.
Rep. Chaffetz Holds Some Terrible Views. Would That Make Him a Bad Speaker?
He definitely wouldn't be a voice of libertarian conservatism.
Hillary Clinton Reacts to Gun Tragedies with Old Policy Proposals
More background checks, more assault weapon bans, more suits against gun makers and sellers, and expanding group of people to whom gun ownership bans apply.
Pension Reform Initiative in California Getting a Rewrite
Proponents trying to get past problems with how A.G. Harris officially summarizes proposal.
Justin Amash: Too Useful to Be House Speaker?
Would a higher profile be worth giving up his role as a rebel?
Stockton's Pension Struggles Offer Lessons for California
But it might take another major economic downturn to get state officials to check out the problems.
The Secret Service's Awesome Plan to Regain America's Trust: Try to Humiliate Its Critics
Leaks private info about congressional critic to the press.
"Boehner is the type of guy who couldn't get laid in a monkey whorehouse with a handful of bananas."
Will the speaker's resignation lead to a better, more effective House of Representatives?
Shed a Tear for Speaker John Boehner as He Announces Resignation (Updated)
Will step down at end of October
The Global Carceral State
The U.S. isn't the only country to have seen a recent prison boom.
Generational Swindle: How DC is Screwing over Millennials
Jared Meyer on "Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young"
20 Week Abortion Ban Fails to Win Enough Senate Support
Only two Republicans voted against the bill and three Democrats in favor.
The Case For Back-Room Deals, Party Hacks & Unlimited Money in Politics
Jonathan Rauch's Political Realism argues that libertarians should embrace "transactional politics" if they want big changes.
Donald Trump is 'Very Good at Losing Other People's Money'
Trump biographer Jerome Tuccille on why the real estate tycoon is not a capitalist.
What Drives Donald Trump? 'He's got money, he's got fame…Power is what's left'
Trump biographer Jerome Tuccille on the secret compulsion behind the billionaire's presidential bid.
Forfeiture Reformers in California Lick Wounds, Plan Next Steps
Bill fails, but the battle's not over.
