Confessions of a Stockton Slumlord
The northern California city of nearly 300,000 has become a key test case on whether cities can reduce their unaffordable public pensions when they head into bankruptcy court
Law & Government
What Do Americans Think About the Pension Crisis?
Most realize the problems, but they don't want tax increases or spending cuts to fix them.
Wisconsin State Treasurer's First Objective: Eliminating Himself
Newly elected government employee is the spending-cutting hero libertarians dream of.
Rand Paul Says Nope to AG Nominee Loretta Lynch
Says 'Mrs. Lynch has a track-record of violating the individual freedoms granted to us by our Constitution.'
New CBC Head Wants Special Prosecutors Appointed in Police Shootings, Not Sure About the Details
Rep. G.K. Butterfield's not sure who'd appoint the prosecutor. He has other ideas for reform, too, but voted against limiting police militarization last year.
Post Office Gets Lousy Customer Service Ratings (But Who Still Sends Mail?)
The future for the USPS involves competing to deliver packages, or dying.
SAVE Act Would Hold Websites Criminally Liable for User-Generated Content
Lawmakers target classified ad sites
The Employment Benefits of Cutting Unemployment Benefits
Does a new NBER study prove that cutting unemployment benefits increases employment?
Senate Votes 60 to 36 For Keystone XL Pipeline: Obama Veto Pen Ready?
Symbolic vetoes are not in the national interest.
AG Nominee Loretta Lynch Says Civil Asset Forfeiture 'Protections Are There.' Not When Her Office Ignores Them.
Long Island business had nearly half a million seized for more than two years without any court filing.
Congressmen Propose Dumping House Pension Program
Taxpayers fund retirement for millionaires.
Here Is How Rand Paul's Bill Would Curtail Civil Forfeiture
The FAIR Act gives owners more protection and reduces law enforcement's profit motive.
U.S. No Longer Slides in Economic Freedom Ratings, But Still Only 'Mostly Free'
Whew. We won't have to match ourselves against Bulgaria anytime soon.
District of Cannabis
How will Congress respond to marijuana legalization in the nation's capital?
Clearly What Indianans Need Is a Taxpayer-Funded State News Outlet
Governor proposes his own media coverage.
Sens. Rand Paul, Barbara Boxer Working on Postponing Iran Sanctions Votes
New Republican Congress wants to vote on new sanctions now, before talks between Iran and the West end, and some Democrats agree.
The Coming House Vote on Building a Berlin Wall on the Rio Grande
This week will test if Rep. McCaul's strategy of restrictionist appeasement and border security first is politically viable
House Leadership Should Thank GOP Women for Thwarting Anti-Abortion Bill
From a political standpoint, the legislation was baffling.
Senate Votes 98 to 1: Climate Change Is Real and Not a Hoax
Senators vote 50 to 49 that it is "sense of the Senate" that "human activity significantly contributes to climate change."
How the ADA and a Lawsuit Mill Could Turn Out the Lights on One of New York's Last Punk Rock Bars
Manitoba's, one of the last punk rock dive bars in New York's East Village, fights for its life.
SOTU and the Cynical Call for Bipartisanship: Four Decades of B.S.
President Obama's call for putting aside partisanship and governing as "Americans" is one of the oldest and most dishonest cliches in politics.
Steven Soderbergh, Copyright Hypocrite?
The filmmaker takes one approach to intellectual property in court, another in his own work.
Obama's Privacy Conversion
The surveillance debate that supposedly preoccupies the president is one he never wanted to have.
Obama's State of the Union Address Was a Bid to Influence the Next Democratic Campaign
Obama, bored with Congress, stages a kickoff event for an imaginary third term.
Obama SOTU: We've "Turned the Page"; But What We Need is a Whole New Book
The president's tired rhetoric and policy proposals show that we've not yet entered the 21st century in politics.
Yemen on Verge of Collapse? Different Approach, Similar Results
Houthi rebels have stormed the presidential palace in Yemen, also home of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
SOTU: Obama Requests Authorization for War He Is Already Fighting
The president doesn't make the case for taking out ISIS
